Paul, Weiss Settles Prisoner Abuse Case With City of New York

Earlier this month, a Paul, Weiss client received a check from the City of New York in final settlement of his lawsuit in federal court against the city and individual corrections officers. Our client had alleged that a corrections officer assaulted him while he was an inmate at the George Motchan Detention Center at Rikers Island, that other officers stood by and did nothing to stop the assault, and that the assault was the latest in a pattern of incidents where Department of Corrections officers use excessive and injurious force to command, control, or discipline inmates. During the course of discovery, Paul, Weiss negotiated the settlement. The Paul, Weiss team included litigation associate Adam J. Bernstein. The team was supervised by litigation partner Aidan Synnott.