New York Partner Larry Lum and Of Counsel Stacey Seltzer obtained a defense verdict for our client after a unified trial in New York County Supreme Court for an accident involving a motor vehicle operated by our client’s corporate executive in the course of his employment. The plaintiff claimed that our driver’s SUV, also occupied by two other corporate executives, sideswiped her vehicle on the driver’s side while veering into her lane as she was making a right-hand turn in Manhattan. We produced our driver and one of the corporate executives at trial and both testified that their vehicle maintained a straight path, and it was the plaintiff who caused the accident. We were able to highlight to the jury the credibility issues surrounding the plaintiff’s testimony from a liability and damages standpoint. The plaintiff claimed two fractures to her right hand for which she ultimately underwent carpal tunnel surgery. We were able to produce missing visit notes, the fact that the plaintiff had profound arthritis predating the accident, and that the carpal tunnel could be seen bilaterally further proving that it was a preexisting condition. Moreover, our expert witnesses all disputed that plaintiff even suffered a second fracture to her hand, casting doubt on the plaintiff’s expert’s findings. The plaintiff’s settlement demand before trial was $600,000, and her counsel asked the jury to award plaintiff $1.25 million in past and future pain and suffering.