So I’m reading this article on Cracked.com today about 9 Insane Cases that Prove the US Legal System Is Screwed and there are a couple that were unresolved as of the writing of the article (12 June 2008). This was the only case that I couldn’t seem to find anything online about a possible resolution.
On page two, #5 is about New York State Supreme Court Justice Jack Battaglia, who slipped on a floor that had just been mopped. He filed a lawsuit seeking not just $1 million from the city, but also from sought recompense from the janitor who mopped the floor.
I found a couple of articles about this from 2008, one of which said that there had been a change of venue because of personal ties between Judge Battaglia and the judge who was originally set to hear his case, but I didn’t find anything about whether or not the case had ever been settled.
Here’s an article about the lawsuit.
Here’s an article about the change of venue being granted.
Anyone able to find out anything further about this lawsuit?