Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Subway Shooter Files for Bankruptcy
Hit with a $43-million verdict for shooting a young man on a subway train in 1984, Bernhard Goetz filed for bankruptcy to protect his chinchilla, his guinea pig and other possessions from being seized and auctioned off. Goetz, 48, a self-employed electronics specialist, has personal property worth about $2,000, his lawyer, Darnay Hoffman, said. A Bronx jury last week ordered Goetz to pay $43 million to Darrell Cabey, one of the four young men he shot on the subway in 1984. Under state law, Cabey can collect 10% of Goetz’s earnings for 20 years.
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