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Injury in PATH
Station
Mechanic Sued
in 2017 Now
After 2023
SDNY Trial He
Loses
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 20 –
Billy
Acevedo was
working as a
mechanic
repairman on
the PATH train
at its 9th
Street and 6th
Avenue station
in Manhattan
on October 13,
2017 when
while
manipulating a
turn-style
mechanism back
in place, his
injured his
right rotator
cuff.
He sued. On
January 18,
2023 the
evidence in
his trial came
to a close,
before U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Paul A.
Crotty. Inner
City Press was
there.
In the run-up
to trial,
Judge Crotty
had granted
PATH's motion
to exclude
evidence of a
prior accident
involving PATH
employee
Gregory
Steiger,
citing Lidie
v. Cirrus
Design Corp.
505 Fed. Appx.
72 (2d Cir.
2012).
Judge Crotty
let the jury
go home after
the evidence,
and stayed for
a charge
conference.
There would be
closing
arguments on
the morning of
January 19,
and then
deliberations.
On
January 19,
the jury
returned a
verdict in
favor of the
defendant.
Judge Crotty
dismissed the
jury and
concluded the
trial.
The
case is
Acevedo v.
Port Authority
Trans Hudson
Corp.,
20-cv-7938
(Crotty)
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