$1M lawsuit blames Rikers guard for 77-year-old inmate's fall, broken arms
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The legal guardians for a 77-year-old woman in Rikers have sued New York City and a corrections officer, saying the inmate's arms were broken when she was shoved to the ground after throwing a paper medicine cup.
The civil rights lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, seeks $1 million in damages.
It says the 106-pound mentally disabled prisoner — M.J. Norwick — was injured March 18, 2014. It says eight days earlier, she'd been released from a hospital after treatment for a heart attack.
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At the time, Norwick was awaiting trial on an attempted murder charge. The case is still pending.
The city law office says Monday that it hasn't yet received the lawsuit. A Correction Department spokeswoman says the agency will respond after reviewing the lawsuit.
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This story has been corrected to show the lawsuit seeks $1 million in damages, not $3 million.