Jury Awards Over $9 Million To Injured Bicyclist

by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq.

The 39 year old plaintiff was riding his bicycle on the east side of 10th Avenue, when a parked cab allegedly opened its door into traffic knocking plaintiff to the ground.  A low riding bus subsequently ran over plaintiff trapping him under the bus, pinned by the front right wheel.  Plaintiff maintained that although his companion ran alongside of the bus pounding on the window and yelling for the bus driver to stop, he was dragged approximately one third of a block before the bus actually stopped.

Read about plaintiff's extensive injuries, defendants' argument and the jury award in our latest Scales of Justice blog at http://www.liattorney.com.