SKETCHES OF COURT: Liability determined in 3-car rear-ender
In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Devin Cohen listens as plaintiff’s attorney Michele Mirman (standing) of the law firm Mirman Markovits & Landau addresses the jury during her summations in the motor vehicle accident trial Johnson-Simmons v. Hossain.
Sheryl Johnson-Simmons was behind the wheel of her BMW and had stopped for the red light at the intersection of 2nd Ave. and 15th Street on a rainy July evening in 2009. She felt two heavy impacts as her car was struck in the rear in a three-vehicle collision. She alleged that her recollection of the event was affected by losing consciousness. She was removed from the scene on an ambulance gurney.
In a motion for summary judgment on behalf of the plaintiff, it was decided that the third vehicle in the chain was at fault. At issue in the trial was the percentage of liability, if any, on the second car.