Mother of Boy Who Froze to Death in NYPD Dad’s Garage to Receive $9M Settlement

The mother of an 8-year-old boy who froze to death in his NYPD father’s Long Island garage won a $9 million settlement against Suffolk County for failing to protect her son, according to court papers.

Justyna Zubko-Valva was awarded the multi-million-dollar wrongful death claim, in which she originally demanded $200 million, for her son Thomas Valva, who succumbed to freezing temperatures in the garage of his father’s Center Moriches home on January 17, 2020.

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