Attorneys for Laker center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and...
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Attorneys for Laker center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and an Italian man who claims Abdul-Jabbar injured him during a shoving incident in a Phoenix shopping mall last year have failed to reach an agreement.
The negotiations before Superior Court Judge Barry Schneider in Maricopa County, Ariz., could have avoided a trial scheduled to begin Tuesday in Municipal Court.
Abdul-Jabbar faces two misdemeanor charges in the April 21, 1988 incident.
Fernando Nicolia, 40, of Rome claims he suffered facial injuries when Abdul-Jabbar stiff-armed him as he was trying to videotape the basketball player in the Metrocenter mall.
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