SKETCHES OF COURT: Homeless accident victim receives $190K in Brooklyn
In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Dawn Jimenez-Salta listens as plaintiff’s attorney Kenneth Klein (standing), of the law firm Gorayeb & Associates, cross-examines the defendant in the pedestrian-motor vehicle accident trial Guzman v. Ram Caterers. Court reporter Eric Pollyea (center) transcribes the proceedings.
The defendant driver, an employee of Ram Caterers with permissive use of their vehicle, was at the wheel of a GMC van with his wife as passenger in June 2010. The driver had been heading from a crowded hospital to another hospital in seeking treatment for his ailing wife. Around 10 p.m. he made a left turn onto West 39 Street at the intersection of 8th Avenue in Manhattan when, he testified, he was unaware of an accident until he heard noise at the rear of the vehicle.
The defendant is represented by attorney John Szewczuk (seated, right) of the law office of Steven G. Fauth.