After a four week trial in Supreme Court, Westchester County, Cecil Floyd secured a defense verdict in Gloria G. v. City School District of the City of Mount Vernon et al. Index No. 70026/12. The case involved allegations of sexual assault, bullying and physical assault of a special needs high school student. Mr. Floyd represented a bus company that transported students to and from the school. Following a five hour deliberation, the jury held the co-defendant school district 99% responsible and one of the alleged assailants 1% liable for plaintiff’s claimed injuries and awarded $28 million to the plaintiff. Mr. Floyd argued that the bus company did not breach any duty owed to the student,
On December 5, 2018, the Second Department issued a Decision and Order in the matter of Syed A. Shah v. Mo M. Rahman, et al. under Docket No. 2016-04719 which affirmed the Judgment of the Court below. The Plaintiff appealed from a Judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County dated March 18, 2016 upon a jury verdict finding that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of the New York State Insurance law. At the damages only trial, tried by Cecil Floyd on behalf of the defendants, the plaintiff claimed he sustained herniated cervical discs requiring discectomy and fusion at two levels allegedly resulting from a motor vehicle accident involving the defendants. The pla
