SKETCHES OF COURT: Jury disagrees with plaintiff in Gowanus Expressway battle of wills
In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Wavny Toussaint listens as plaintiff’s attorney Glenn Dolan (standing), of the law offices of Morgan Levine Dolan, conducts a direct examination of his client in the motor vehicle accident trial Monaco vs. NYC Transit Authority. At issue was the determination of liability.
Monica Adriana boarded a southbound express bus to Staten Island in June 2011. Adriana sat in the front passenger seat as the bus traveled along the Gowanus Expressway when, she claims, the bus was involved in an accident that caused her serious injury.
Adriana faulted the bus driver, alleging that he reacted inappropriately to a car that tried twice to merge in front of the bus from the left lane. Dolan characterized the maneuvers on the part of both drivers as “a battle of wills.” The car driver left the scene of the accident without being identified.
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