Police wrongful death lawsuit by mother can proceed

Police wrongful death lawsuit by mother can proceed

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PATERSON — The mother of a man who died by suicide about 21 months after he was assaulted by two Paterson cops at a hospital emergency room can pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, a federal judge ruled this week.

The mother, Marie Casciano, essentially will replace her son, Andrew, as the plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit he filed against the Paterson police department long before his death. She also will pursue additional wrongful death and survivor claims against the city because of the suicide, under the ruling.

Paterson had sought to block the mother’s bid for the wrongful death claim on the argument that Casciano’s death by suicide in December 2019 was “an independent act” from the attack on him by two Paterson cops in March 2018.

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