“The jury…gave me a second chance at living a normal life,” Maruf Hossain said in a statement
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- Maruf Hossain was severely injured when he fell from a New York City subway platform in June 2017, according to court documents
- He sued the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) several months later, alleging the platform was in defective condition
- On June 30 of this year, a jury awarded him $22.75 million
A man who fell from a New York City subway platform in 2017, resulting in the loss of his toes on his left foot among other injuries, was just awarded nearly $23 million.
According to a complaint filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Bronx and obtained by PEOPLE, the incident occurred at the Parkchester Avenue subway station on June 5, 2017.
Per the complaint against the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), the City of New York, the New York City Transit Authority and the train controller, John Doe, filed in from November 2017, Maruf Hossain characterized the condition of the subway platform he was on as “broken” and “uneven,” causing him to trip.
According to his claim, Hossain was struck by a train when he fell, leaving him with “injuries to the neck, back, head, legs, arms, hands, internal and external injuries to the whole body, lower and upper limbs.”…