Suit is with departments of Transportation and Environmental Protection

She fell at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway on October 2, 2014

The eldest daughter of civil rights activist Al Sharpton has launched a bid to sue the city of New York for $5 million after she fell in the street and sprained her ankle.

Dominique Sharpton, 29, said she was 'severely injured, bruised and wounded' when she stumbled over uneven pavement at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway downtown last year.

According to the lawsuit obtained by The New York Post, Sharpton now wants millions of tax payer money to compensate her for the fall which occurred on October 2, 2014.

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Lawsuit: Dominique Sharpton, left, the eldest daughter of civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton, right, has launched a bid to sue the city of New York for $ 5 million after she fell in the street and sprained her ankle

Fall: Dominique Sharpton, 29, said she was 'severely injured, bruised and wounded' when she stumbled over uneven pavement at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway last year, pictured,

Sharpton, the membership director for her dad's National Action Network claims she 'still suffers and will continue to suffer for some time physical pain and bodily injuries.'

The suit was filed against the city departments of Transportation and Environmental Protection.

It is classified as a defective roadway claim as she fell in a crosswalk. The city received 774 such claims in the 2014 fiscal year alone.

She is also claiming the sprained ankle left her in 'permanent physical pain.'

Furthermore she states that it left her with 'internal and external injuries to the whole body, lower and upper limbs, the full extent of which are unknown, permanent pain and mental anguish.'

Sharpton wants damages for the 'loss of quality of life, future pain and suffering, future medical bills, [and] future diminution of income,' according to court papers.

She was seen hobbling around in a walking boot in the weeks following the fall.

She is also active on social media and regularly posts pictures and comments about herself including one about her injury on Instagram: 'I sprained my ankle real bad lol.'

Healed: This picture of her on social-media shows her climbing a ladder to decorate a Christmas tree in 2014 just a few months after she fell in the street

Instagram: Dominique Sharpton, seen here, has an active Instagram page and posts pictures to followers of her life. After the accident, she posted the comment: 'I sprained my ankle real bad lol'

However, by December, she attended National Action Network's Justice for All march in Washington, DC, and was able to walk freely during a New Year's Eve vacation to Miami Beach.

There are also pictures of her on social-media in high heels and fancy dresses and one showing her climbing a ladder to decorate a Christmas tree.

CASES AGAINST CITY OF NEW YORK It's quite common for people to sue over broken sidewalks and rough pavement. One plaintiff, Denise Giles, got a $2.25 million settlement seven years after suing the city's Health and Hospitals Corporation for failing to fix a broken sidewalk outside one of its clinics. Giles claimed she needed ankle surgery as a result of her fall. Her payout was one of 885, or $60 million worth, that the city made over a 22-month period for defective sidewalks. Source:NY Post Advertisement

Her mother, Kathy, is Al Sharpton's ex-wife. On Saturday, her father said he didn't know much about the progress of his daughter's legal claim.

He said: 'She's 29 years old. Why would she have to talk to me about that? 'I just know that she was hurt and that she got a lawyer and she's a grown woman. [Where] she goes from there, I have no idea.'

Her father, who runs the National Action Network, is considered to be a civil rights hero to some, an opportunist to others.

The Baptist minister, MSNBC TV talk show host and activist says he has fought for years to bring justice to African Americans killed or caught up in disputes with the police and the justice system.

Former Mayor of New York City Ed Koch, a one-time foe, said that Sharpton deserves the respect he enjoys among black Americans saying: 'He is willing to go to jail for them, and he is there when they need him.'

Sharpton, has also been invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to meet with President Barack Obama at least 73 times since 2009, according to some estimates.

Celebrations: Dominique Sharpton attends her birthday celebration at Beauty & Essex on July 29, 2013 in New York City, a year before she had the fall in New York

Good times: Rachel Noerdlinger, left, and Dominique Sharpton, right, attend Dominique Sharpton's Birthday Celebration at Beauty & Essex on July 29, 2013 in New York City

Meetings: Sharpton, right, has been invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for meetings with President Barack Obama at least 73 times since 2009, according to some estimates

But he has also been on the receiving end of criticism, and was once labelled 'a political radical who is to blame, in part, for the deterioration of race relations'.

Liberal columnist Derrick Z. Jackson called him the black equivalent of Richard Nixon and Pat Robertson.

He was also branded 'greedy' by the daughter of Eric Garner. 'He's all about this,' Erica Snipes said rubbing her fingers ­together on an undercover video.