NYC Lawsuit Says Inmate, 77, Suffered Broken Arms at Rikers Island

The legal guardians for a 77-year-old woman have sued New York City and a Rikers corrections officer. They say the inmate's arms were broken when she was shoved to the ground after throwing a paper medicine cup.

The civil rights lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, seeks $1 million in damages.

It says the 106-pound mentally disabled prisoner — M.J. Norwick — was injured on March 18, 2014. Eight days earlier, she'd been released from a hospital after treatment for a heart attack.

At the time, Norwick was awaiting trial on an attempted murder charge.

The city law office said Monday it has not yet received the lawsuit.

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