Charles Oakley’s lawsuit against Madison Square Garden reinstated; Seeking James Dolan added as defendant

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New York Knicks legend Charles Oakley will have his day in court once again. A federal appeals court panel overturned a decision made in 2021 by a district judge to dismiss Oakley’s lawsuit against Madison Square Garden. The lawsuit stems from a 2017 incident in which Oakley was forced to leave a Knicks game by security. The former All-Defensive big man then got into an altercation with the security team, which was recorded and went viral online.

In Oakley’s lawsuit, he alleged defamation, assault, battery, and other allegations. However, when presented to Judge Richard Sullivan he ruled that the former NBA player “failed to allege a plausible legal claim.” Now, though, not only has an appeals court reinstated the lawsuit, but they are also allowing Oakley to add Knicks team owner James Dolan to the complaint as a defendant, something that Judge Sullivan dismissed back in 2021. 

“In this case, the only video record of Oakley’s initial encounter with the security guards does not compel the conclusions that Oakley was provided a reasonable opportunity to leave the Garden and that any force used by the guards during that initial encounter was reasonable,” the panel of judges wrote. “Given material disputes about whether and when the security guards pushed Oakley, we cannot conclude as a matter of law that no reasonable jury could conclude that the defendants gave Oakley a reasonable opportunity to depart, and that they then used only reasonable force.”

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Author : Jasmyn Wimbish

Publish date : 2023-05-05 20:11:09

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