City Worker Can Belatedly File Claim for Assault by Inmate

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted permission to belatedly file a notice of claim against the City of New York for injuries from an assault by an inmate. Case: Matter of Rodriguez v. City of New York, No. 8070N 152230/18, 05/21/2019, published. Facts: Ana Rodriguez worked as a medical technician for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. She was injured in an assault by an inmate in the custody of the city's Department of Correction at Bellevue Hospital. According to Rodriguez, the inmate punched her in the chest and slapped her twice...