SKETCHES OF COURT: Jury finds comparative liability in flipped car accident trial
In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Genine Edwards listens as defendant’s attorney David Brand (standing) of the law firm Brand Glick Brand addresses the jury during his closing remarks in the motor vehicle accident trial Davis v. Salick. Davis’ associate Marsha Whyte is seated at right. At issue was the determination of liability.
Plaintiff Davis was driving along North Conduit Avenue near Cohancy Street around 10:30 p.m. in July 2014. Davis alleged that defendant Salick, who was driving a rental truck on the same road, sideswiped his vehicle, causing the accident in which Davis claims to have been seriously injured. Davis’ car flipped over into a ditch. Marc Freund (seated, center) and Co-counsel Michelle Clemmens (seated, left) of the law firm Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, represented Davis.
Arguments from each side disputed the actions of the other driver, in testimony alluding to improperly crossing lanes of traffic or proceeding in a traveling lane instead of a turning lane, and both sides alluded to what the other party should have seen, and the evasive actions that might have been taken. Witnesses called to testify included an accident reconstruction specialist.
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