Bronx jury awards police officer $3million for personal injuries

Although $3million is certainly not money to sneeze at, less than $2million after fees and expenses for a young man who will never earn his living of choice suggests the City of New York dropped the ball again. 

A Bronx jury has awarded a police officer $3.16 million in a personal injury suit against the City of New York after he fell 40 feet while chasing a carjacker.

The carjacker had smashed a patrol car with a stolen livery cab, ran off and ended up unconscious on Metro-North tracks at East 187th Street and Park Avenue in June 2003.

The police officer, a seven-year veteran, hopped a fence on an overpass to reach the man and plummeted when the fence gave way from the posts. He suffered broken bones, loss of feeling in his left hand and a lacerated liver.