Saturday, April 4, 2009

Rape Victim Speaks Out After Suit Tossed

A woman who was sexually assaulted in a New York City subway said she was stunned by a judge's decision to toss her lawsuit claiming that two transit workers ignored her pleas for help.
Queens Supreme Court Justice Kevin Kerrigan ruled earlier this week that the workers had taken "prompt and decisive action” when they called the command center to notify police, the New York Post reported. But the victim, identified as Maria Besedina, 25, argued they could have done more to save her from her horrific ordeal. She filed the suit against the city’s Metropolitan Transit Authority.