| Crash in
Hunts Point in The Bronx Ends in Jury
Verdict of Defendant 52% Liable, Dead
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By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 8 – Fred Donnelly was
driving to his workplace at
Hunts Point Auto Sales &
Service in The Bronx on March
28, 2016 when his Buick
LeSabre was hit by a truck
from American Carbonation
Corporation, driven by Ricky
Sherer of Kunkletown,
Pennsylvania.
Donnelly
sued, in Bronx County Supreme
Court. It got removed.
On June 8,
U.S. District Court for the
South District of New York
Magistrate Judge Katharine H.
Parker began a jury trial with
seven jurors, in one of the
large courtrooms on the 23rd
floor of 500 Pearl Street.
Inner City Press went up and
covered it.
Donnelly
was questioned by his lawyer
about the minutes before the
crash. He had stopped at a
church, and was in no rush to
get to work. He said he didn't
try to pass the truck, that he
respects trucks.
The cross
examination was largely about
which way the streets run, and
Longfellow Avenue intervening.
As thunder began
outside, Judge Parker let the
juror do for the day. She had
held a settlement conference
in the matter, on July 28,
2020.
On June 9
was the charging conference,
and closing arguments. And the
jury delivered a nuances
verdict: Defendants 52% liable
and Plaintiff 48% liable.
Judge Parker "respectfully
directed the Clerk of Court to
upload to ECF the Court
Exhibits from trial... the
Voir Dire Questionnaire, the
Jury Charge and the Verdict
Form." But the links in the
docket are not live, at least
as of the evening of June 10.
The case is
Donnelly v. American
Carbonation Corporation et
al., 19-cv-6030 (Parker).
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