New York City taxpayers shelled out a half-billion dollars last year to people suing for everything from slip-and-falls to car accidents allegedly caused by city employees. And that’s the good news. The $506 million the city paid to plaintiffs in Fiscal Year 2012 was down from $565.2 million in FY 2011 — the first time in a decade such legal payouts declined. But a Post review found some claimants are still collecting outrageous sums in questionable cases, from a well-manicured transit cop who collected nearly $1 million for cutting her hand on a swivel chair, to a drunken cyclist who reaped $3 million after straying onto an unlit dirt path in a city park. Deluged with over 9,000 claims a year, city attorneys say they are fighting more cases in court rather than settling just to get rid of them. In many cases though, the city still reluctantly settles because going to trial can sock taxpayers even harder. The Law Department says it has launched a strategy to duke it out more aggressively, starting in federal court. “The city makes motions to dismiss 2,000 cases annually, succeeding 70 percent of the time and saving tens of millions of dollars,” the spokeswoman said.
Maybe that Unconstitutional, nanny state, hell hole will run out of money?
Mind your tongue about nyc.
Ahhh fuck.... this is embarrassing.... didn't know you were in the room online...
usa is uber litigious
