Cariol Horne got her law, but her money remains out of reach.
A judge on Thursday renewed a defamation judgment against Horne that blocks City Hall from turning over to her the back pay she won in her 2021 court case against the city.
Thursday’s ruling from State Supreme Court Justice Paul Wojtaszek comes as the latest legal setback for the former police officer stemming from the defamation lawsuit she lost to retired Buffalo Police Lt. Gregory M. Kwiatkowski in 2011.
So far, Horne’s successful 2021 civil case against the city and the city’s adoption in 2020 of “Cariol’s Law” – making it a crime for a police officer to fail to intervene when another officer is using excessive force – have not freed her of the defamation judgment won by Kwiatkowski.
“New York owes Cariol Horne a debt of gratitude for her service to the Buffalo community and for her bravery in a moment of crisis,” Hochul said in a statement.
The next court encounter is a hearing scheduled for March 5, when Kwiatkowski will seek a court order requiring the city to turn over to him the estimated $105,000 that Horne owes him, said Frank J. Jacobson, who represents Kwiatkowski.
“The city has has been fighting us just as much as she has been fighting us,” Jacobson said.
The bitterness…
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