A federal judge has declined to dismiss claims against New York City brought by a Danish woman arrested in 1997 for leaving her sleeping infant in a stroller on the sidewalk while she sat some six feet away at a window table inside a Manhattan restaurant. The woman, Anette Sorenson, and her companion, Exavier Wardlaw, later claimed it was a practice common in Denmark.
July 22, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A federal judge has declined to dismiss claims against New York City brought by a Danish couple arrested in 1997 for leaving their infant in a stroller on the sidewalk while they sat inside a Manhattan restaurant.
Southern District Judge Harold Baer Jr., in Sorenson v. New York City, rejected the City’s summary judgment motion for unlawful deprivation of custody of a child and other claims stemming from the controversial arrest of Anette Sorenson and Exavier Wardlaw.
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