Jewish Man Assaulted by Construction Worker

A Jewish man was punched in the face by an irate construction worker, who after asking to allow him to pull out of his driveway went berserk.

The incident occurred at around 9:00am on Brooklyn Avenue near Empire Boulevard. A construction crew from JEK Communications, who were subcontracted by Cable vision to run new wiring on the block, had some of their equipment blocking a driveway.

The homeowner walked over to one of the workers and asked if they can be moved so that he can pull his car out and drive his children to school, the worker responded by shouting at him. An altercation ensued and escalated when the worker punched the man in the face, smashing his glasses and causing sever swelling and bleeding around his eye.

Hatzalah and Shomrim were called and the man was given medical treatment, while the worker remained at the scene. Once police arrived the worker, a Hispanic male, was arrested and charged with assault.

While waiting for the police the assailant attempted to strike another man, who deflected the punch and was not hurt. “He was just so angry” he told CrownHeights.info

The victim was taken by Hatzalah to Methodist Hospital where he received further treatment.

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28 Comments

  • rivkah

    Okay, now for the debate, was it anger management issues or anti-semitic issue (guy whose driveway he is blocking is jewish) anyone?

  • Sue JEK?

    Is JEK responsible for every crime its employees commit? So if a business owner has an employee that commits murder during his hours of employment, the owner can be sued for millions?

    • Milhouse

      Probably not in the case of murder, but since this fight arose out of how he parked his employer’s truck, and parking that truck is part of his job, there probably is enough in it to invoke the master-servant rule.

    • Inda Know

      Right, Milhouse. They probably tell them to park like that, and the company will take care of the tickets as a “cost of doing business”! SOP.

    • To #10

      That is correct. Anyway, he should sue Cablevision, they sub-contracted JEK, a small “tiny” company, that most probably have no money. Furthermore, IF this guy is here in the US illegally, AND working illegally, then oh boy…

    • Milhouse

      It doesn’t matter how they tell him to park. Even if they do tell him to park illegally, they’ll never admit it, but it’s irrelevant. Even if they could prove that they explicitly told him not to park illegally, parking is still part of his job, so if he does it illegally they are responsible under the master-servant doctrine. The only way they get off is if parking was not part of this person’s duties, and he decided to do it anyway.

    • Milhouse

      To the comment headlined “To #10”: No, he cannot sue Cablevision. Cablevision has no liability for its contractors’ actions. There is no master-servant relationship between them.

  • goldie

    the family is looking for more witnesses who were there during the incident, especially the guy who was holding the phone and videotaping the incident. please contact : zehavitel@gmail.com

  • Sue JEK

    they are (or at least should be) insured and bonded (you would hope – they were subcontracted by Cable vision, so you would have to sue them too.

    • Milhouse

      No, there is no possible claim against Cablevision. They are not responsible for what JEK does.

    • Milhouse

      That opinion is irrelevant here, since the fight arose over the way the servant parked the master’s truck, which was a regular part of his duties. That should be close enough to invoke the master-servant rule.

  • did his kids see?

    Very traumatic for kids to see Tatty beaten up. He should def sue and the company should fire the guy immediately.

  • BR

    these days u just have to let some things go….cuz u dont know what ppl are going thru…………this is a HUGE lawsuit!!

  • DaasTorah

    He was charged with battery, not assault. Battery is the act of physically touching another person, assault is only saying it/threatening it.

  • Fed Up

    This perp should be fired from his job and prosecuted to the max for causing a serious injury to another!

  • Nira

    OMG what is wrong with this employee it’s not enough that he blocks the owner driveway on top of it he bit him up and I front of his kids… What is going on with this guy is he on medication?!!! Shame on the attacker

  • Fabrice Diaz

    None of you people know what really happened so keep your ignorant comments to yourselves. This website is obviously ran by Jews so of course your going to be on the Jewish mans side. First of all he’s not Hispanic, he’s Filipino. Second of all the Jew came outside screaming and acting irate. Third of all, he got what he deserved. By the way, the case was dismissed because the JEW put his hands on on the “PERP” first and multiple people witnessed it.