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Attorney Jason Edwards obtained a complete defense verdict following a two-day jury trial on behalf of a local construction company’s employee and a directed verdict in favor of the local construction company in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County.
Plaintiff claimed that the employee negligently operated the dump truck on the date of the accident which caused Plaintiff injuries and damages. Plaintiff further claimed that the construction company negligently entrusted the dump truck to its employee on the day of the accident.
At trial, Jason was able to establish through effective cross-examination that it was Plaintiff’s own negligence that cause the accident to occur. Jason established that Plaintiff’s vehicle – which was directly behind the dump truck for a period of time – sped up to pass the dump truck in the left lane of travel of a two-lane roadway, then suddenly veered into the right-lane in front of the dump truck, immediately slowed down to make a right-hand turn into a local car dealership entrance leading to the dump truck to read end Plaintiff’s vehicle.
Plaintiff admitted during cross-examination that the dump truck was going “slow as hell” so he passed it to enter into the car dealership parking lot where Plaintiff worked at the time of the accident.
Following the close of evidence, Jason moved for a directed verdict. The Court granted the directed verdict as to the local construction company as there was no evidence to establish any liability against it. The jury was left to determine whether the employee was negligent. Following brief deliberations, the jury render a unanimous verdict in favor of Jason’s client and determined that the negligence of the Plaintiff caused the accident.
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