Lawsuit $28 Million Settlement. New york city has reached a $28 million settlement in a lawsuit brought forward by the family of a former rikers prisoner who suffered severe brain damage. The city has agreed to pay $28.7 million to the family of a rikers island inmate left severely brain damaged during a suicide attempt he made while jail guards watched, court.

The city of new york will pay more than $28 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a woman whose grandson was hospitalized after he tried to take his. The city is set to pay $28 million to settle a lawsuit with the family of a rikers inmate who attempted suicide, according to the u.s.