A Brooklyn jury recently awarded a plaintiff passenger $50,000 for personal injuries sustained in a read end motor vehicle accident.
The plaintiff was a passenger in a livery cab that was involved in a collision in March 2014 on Joralemon Street, near its intersection of Court Street. The issue of liability was waived and the issue resolved at trial was the determination of damages. The plaintiff testified that the impact jolted her back and forth and that her knee struck a magazine rack in front of her, which caused her to sustain a serious personal injury.
The plaintiff further testified that after her accident she started conservative treatment for her right knee.
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