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$220,000 Settlement for Fractured Elbow on Footbridge

$220,000 settlement with the City of New York for a woman who suffered a fractured elbow requiring ORIF surgery for injuries she sustained when crossing a pedestrian foot bridge in Queens. Plaintiff proved the City had been on notice by a two-year-old Department of Transportation memo indicating the bridge was decaying and recommending it to be repaired immediately.