"The optics in the courtroom were very difficult. The optics were very extreme—to have this young lady sitting in front of the jury for days, without legs. In fact, [on] one of the legs there's no femur on the right side—it's just a hip," a defense lawyer said.
April 12, 2024 at 05:36 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New Jersey Law Journal
A jury in Essex County, New Jersey, returned a $55 million verdict to a woman who suffered amputations of both legs when a truck hit her.
Following a two-week trial before Superior Court Judge Thomas Vena, the verdict was entered April 11 against Alert Motor Freight and Jersey City Transport, two related trucking companies in Cinnaminson, New Jersey, and the estate of truck driver Paul DePass of Belleville, New Jersey. Lawyers in the case said DePass died of cancer three years after the crash.
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