Al Sharpton’s daughter sues NYC for $5M over sprained ankle

theGrio REPORT - Sunday, the NYPost reported that Al Sharpton’s eldest child is suing the city of New York for $5 million after she fell in the street and sprained her ankle.

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Sunday, the NYPost reported that Al Sharpton’s eldest child is suing the city of New York for $5 million after she fell in the street and sprained her ankle.

According to the lawsuit, Dominique Sharpton, 28, was “severely injured, bruised and wounded” when she stumbled over uneven pavement at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway downtown last year.

The claim filed against the city departments of Transportation and Environmental Protection alleges she “still suffers and will continue to suffer for some time physical pain and bodily injuries.”

According to the Post,

The Rev on Saturday said he didn’t know the status of his daughter’s legal claim. “She’s 29 years old. Why would she have to talk to me about that?” he said of Dominique, whose mother is Sharpton’s ex-wife, Kathy. “I just know that she was hurt and that she got a lawyer and she’s a grown woman. [Where] she goes from there, I have no idea.”

Broken sidewalks and rough pavement can be a windfall for pedestrians. One plaintiff, Denise Giles, snagged a cool $2.25 million settlement seven years after suing the city’s Health and Hospitals Corp. for failing to fix a broken sidewalk outside one of its clinics. Giles claimed she needed ankle surgery as a result of her fall.

Sharpton is seeking damages for “loss of quality of life, future pain and suffering, future medical bills, [and] future diminution of income,” according to court papers.

As for the $5 million dollar price tag, her lawyer John Elefterakis, said she “has not had any involvement in selecting a figure that would be fair and adequate compensation for her pain and suffering. The number was selected by my firm and is meant as a safeguard for Ms. Sharpton in a worst-case scenario.”

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