SKETCHES OF COURT: Driver’s injured thumb at issue in motor vehicle trial
In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Larry Martin listens as defendant’s attorney Malvina Herschkowitz (standing), of the law firm James G. Bilello & Assoc., conducts a cross examination of the plaintiff in the motor vehicle accident trial of Joseph Anemone v. Alex Siegel.
At issue in this summary jury trial is the question of damages. The plaintiff, represented by Jack Walisever (seated, far left), trial counsel to the law offices of Thomas J. Stock, alleges his thumb was seriously injured and that he has suffered neck and back pain since his vehicle was rear-ended in March 2011. The defendant had attempted to drive around a bottleneck in a Queens strip mall parking lot, while an armored car blocked traffic.
The plaintiff had made produce deliveries to the area supermarket and was writing invoices at the wheel as he awaited the gridlock to clear. He claimed his thumb was wrenched completely backward when he lurched forward from the impact, and he has since been relegated to lighter duties. The plaintiff is seeking damages for pain and suffering. The defense, however, sought to cast doubt on whether the plaintiff could have suffered serious injury from an impact with a slow-moving sedan as he sat in a 16,000-pound box truck.
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