The settlement, awarded to the former boxer Magomed Abdusalamov and his family, was approved Friday by Judge Jeanette Rodriguez-Morick in New York City Civil Court. A separate lawsuit filed against the three ringside physicians is pending in state Supreme Court. This is going to help them give him care and as dignified an existence as possible.”A spokesman for the New York State Attorney General’s office, which agreed to the settlement, declined to comment Monday. Edelstein said that it is the largest payment ever made by the state of New York to a single personal-injury victim. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAbdusalamov was an up-and-coming Russian heavyweight when he entered the ring against Mike Perez at Madison Square Garden in November 2013.

Source: New York Times September 11, 2017 19:18 UTC