Long Island, NY

Long Island, NY: (Aug-04-07) Loc Thi Protzmann filed suit against the city of Long Island after she sustained injuries when she drove into an Atlantic Ave. pothole. In her suit, Protzmann charged the city with being negligent for failing to maintain the street, which she claimed was in a holey, broken, jagged, uneven, depressed, and trap-like condition. Protzmann, then 56, was driving west on Atlantic Ave. in April 2002 when her car's front right tire was engulfed by a gaping pothole. The suit stated that a ruptured sewer pipe triggered the street collapse. A city road-repair foreman testified that it was properly fixed about two months before the accident, but Protzmann's lawyer contended the repair job was shoddy, leading to the accident. Protzmann claimed the accident caused back and neck injuries that required surgery. Though the city argued that Protzmann had a history of injury-inducing incidents, it agreed to pay her $1.25 million after the trial got under way in Brooklyn Supreme Court. [NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: POTHOLE INJURY]

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Published on Aug-6-07