Giancarlo C. Maratea

Lawsuits

Named in 2 known lawsuits.

Gjenashaj, Lori V. City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV04142, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 9, 2019, ended March 1, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On March 25, 2018, plaintiff was in her vehicle at a complete stop when she was surrounded by police vehicles and heavily armed officers. She had previously committed an admitted crime and was fleeing the police. There were no onlookers or civilians around. Plaintiff exited her vehicle with nothing in her hand, having left her toy gun in the car. Without warning, numerous officers fired an unknown number of shots, striking plaintiff in the shoulder and hitting her vehicle multiple times. The officers then arrested her. Plaintiff's husband was in the passenger seat of the car and was forcibly taken from the vehicle and taken to the police station and interrogated while handcuffed for seven hours. He was dismisse...

Wiener, Raymond vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152447/2017, Supreme Court - Richmond, November 30, 2017
Complaint
Description: On November 9, 2016, Plaintiff Raymond Wiener was struck in the back of the head and injured by a prisoner named Elvin Suarez after Defendant NYPD Officers GIANCARLO MARATEA, TIMOTHY LAKE, an officer with last name MOSKOVIC, and one JOHN DOE placed Plaintiff in a holding cell with Suarez at the 120th Precinct in Staten Island, NY. The complaint alleges that the cell where the attack took place was located in a second floor holding area of the 120th Precinct where Plaintiff had been taken for questioning and that during Plaintiff's questioning, Suarez appeared to be highly agitated and threatening such that the officers should reasonably have known that he might attack Plaintiff. The attack took place only momen...