Newsday December 20, 1988, Tuesday SECTION: VIEWPOINTS; Pg. 63 LENGTH: 837 words HEADLINE: It's News, But Is Steinberg's Case Really 'Significant' BYLINE: By Mitchell Stephens. Mitchell Stephens is an associate professor of journalism at New York University and the author of A History of News (Viking). BODY: FIRST THERE were the horror stories - the tethered boy, the battered girl in a coma. We ...

NYC Settles Lisa Child Abuse Suit New York Law Journal , October 1, 1999 By Daniel Wise New York City yesterday agreed to pay $985, 000 to the estate of Lisa Steinberg, who was beaten to death in 1987, to settle claims that city agencies had failed to protect her from child abuse. Six-year-old Lisa Steinberg was pummeled to death in 1987 by Joel Steinberg, at the time a criminal defense lawyer.

Joel Steinberg beat his daughter into a coma and left her with her mother.