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MERCED v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 90 CIV. 2898(DC).

986 F.Supp. 774 (1997)

Diana MERCED, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK and The New York City Housing Authority, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dienst & Serrins, LLP, for Plaintiff by Jonny Kool, New York City.

Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives by Victoria J.B. Doyle, New York City, for Defendant New York City Housing Authority.

Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York Attorney by Gayle S. Sanders, New York City, for Defendant City of New York.

OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

On March 9, 1989, two unknown assailants shot plaintiff Diana Merced in the face outside her mother's third-floor apartment in a New York City Housing Authority project in the Bronx. Plaintiff alleges that Joseph Navedo, her ex-boyfriend and the father of her child, was behind the shooting. Navedo was a known drug dealer, and plaintiff had been cooperating with the authorities in their efforts to prosecute him. The shooting...

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