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DISLA v. CITY OF NEW YORK

638, 22450/06.

142 A.D.3d 826 (2016)

37 N.Y.S.3d 501

CANDIDA DISLA, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of LEONEL DISLA, Deceased, Appellant-Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents-Appellants, et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided September 15, 2016.

In this wrongful death suit against the City of New York and a police officer, defendants maintained that the police officer justifiably shot the decedent when he was attacking other people with a knife. At trial, plaintiff's witness Juan Polanco testified that he had seen the shooting and had never seen the decedent holding the knife that was recovered at the scene. Polanco further testified that his statements to the contrary...

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