Gregory Delpeche, 49, suffered a brain injury when he was hit by a bullet while riding the L train to his job at a Brooklyn hospital last month, according to…
has filed a legal claim against the city, accusing the officers of showing “carelessness and reckless” disregard for the lives of others when they opened fire on a man holding a knife in front of a train.
In addition to Delpeche and Mickles, the bullets also wounded one of the officers and another bystander, a 26-year-old woman.The legal notice, filed Thursday by lawyer Nick Liakas, alleges Delpeche was hit due to the officers' “carelessness and reckless disregard of the lives, privileges, and rights of others" and says he is seeking $80 million in compensation.
Liakas said that since the Sept. 15 shooting, Delpeche has been able to communicate “in few words, but with difficulty and delay.”
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