David Gould and Svitlana Astakova obtained a unanimous defense verdict in the Civil Court Queens County before Judge Alan J. Schiff in the Pierre Laine v. Iga Trojanowski, Jean Dorismond and Harold Almonor case, Index TS-350535/19. The plaintiff, Pierre Laine, was a front seat passenger in our client Jean Dorismonds’ car on January 15, 2016. Dorismond was heading eastbound on Jericho Turnpike while co-defendant Iga Trojanowski was heading northbound on 10th Street in New Hyde Park. We argued that the co-defendant was negligent for failing to yield right of way when she was facing a stop sign. Co-defendant’s attorney argued that her car was stopped waiting for Dorismond to pass her vehicle when he moved into her lane of traffic. With respect to damages the plaintiff underwent a right shoulder arthroscopy. The defense argued that the surgery was not caused by this car accident.

After 1 hour and 7 minutes the jury found that Dorsimond was not negligent and that co-defendant Trojanowski was negligent as well as the proximate cause of the accident. The jury found that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury and thus did not award plaintiff any compensation.

Shoutout to our client Jean Dorismond, second from the right, and Rollin Allonce our IT Director and Creole intepreter extreme right, for assisting our client.