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Metro-North Found Liable In 2015 Northern Westchester Crash That Killed 6 Metro-North Found Liable In 2015 Northern Westchester Crash That Killed 6
Metro-North Found Liable In 2015 Northern Westchester Crash That Killed 6 A jury has decided to hold Metro-North Railroad liable for a 2015 crash in Northern Westchester that killed six people and injured more than a dozen others.  The decision in the liability trial regarding the crash, which happened in Valhalla in February 2015, was reached on Tuesday, July 17.  Earlier Report - Deadliest Metro-North Crash Claimed, Changed Lives, But Crossing Unchanged On the day of the crash, Feb. 3, 2015, 49-year-old Ellen Brody of Edgemont had left her job in Chappaqua before encountering a traffic jam along the Taconic State Parkway in Mount Pleasant that f…

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Former Westchester Special Needs Student Wins $28M Rape Lawsuit Former Westchester Special Needs Student Wins $28M Rape Lawsuit
Former Westchester Special Needs Student Wins $28M Rape Lawsuit A former special needs student in Westchester has been awarded $28 million in a rape lawsuit. A jury awarded the $28 million to a former student that was raped nearly seven years ago after being led off the Mount Vernon High School campus when she was supposed to be in class and on the special education bus. According to her attorneys, the verdict is believed to be the largest physical and sexual assault jury verdict in New York State history. The case centered on a 14-year-old girl who was in the special education program at the high school when the sexual assault took place. The lawsuit …

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by Zak Failla