SKETCHES OF COURT: Absent defendant faulted for traffic accident
In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Richard Velasquez listens as plaintiff’s attorney Michael Binder (standing), trial counsel, makes his opening remarks in the summary jury trial Joseph v. Katz. Binder was joined by co-counsel David Lo (seated at left), of the law offices of Boyko & Associates.
The September 2012 motor vehicle collision occurred in opposing traffic on Park Avenue in Brooklyn, when Johnstan Joseph’s car was struck by a vehicle making a left turn onto Taaffe Place. Binder recounted a litany of injuries that his client claims to have sustained as a result of the impact.
Defendant driver David Katz was represented by Claude Laroche (at right), of the law offices of James G. Bilello & Associates. Laroche alleged that Joseph shared fault for the accident, maintaining that Joseph had the last chance to have avoided the impact and had failed to see what should have been seen.
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