Flanzig and Flanzig announces a recently obtained significant recovery
against the City of New York for the failure to notify the family of the
death of a loved one. By failing to conduct a proper search, the body
was wrongfully buried on Hart Island despite the fact that the family,
who lived in the tri-state area, would have taken possession and arrange
for a proper family burial. As a result of the failure of the City and
the Medical Examiner's Office to conduct a proper search and notify
the family, the body was sent to Hart Island and placed in a mass grave
to be ultimately discovered there by the family months later. The matter
was resolved with the City of New York prior to trial.
