Hon. Valerie Salkin (Ret.)

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Wrongful Death

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Representative Case Summaries

  • Negligence action against government defendant after a pedestrian was left in a permanent coma due to being struck by a truck driven by a government employee in the course of employment.
  • Negligence action against police department after officer shot and killed an individual with mental health issues brandishing a knife. The defense alleged “suicide by cop.”
  • Parents brought suit against residential treatment facility and doctors after their teenaged child committed suicide while a resident of the facility.
  • Adult children sued for wrongful death and elder abuse after their mother died of complications from an unwitnessed fall at a senior housing facility. At issue was whether the level of care provided at the facility was reasonable.


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