Originally Posted by Schiek
Not my wording...straight from the annals of westlaw...
Here are the rest of the facts....
Savane sued the taxi's driver, Gurmukh Singh, and the taxi's owner, Hooper Cab Corp. Savane claimed that the taxi was double-parked, and thus, that he did not have sufficient room to navigate the street. He also claimed that Singh stopped the taxi suddenly.
Singh claimed that his taxi was parked a few inches from the curb, and that it was not double-parked. He also claimed that he had instructed his passenger not to exit the taxi on the street side.
So is an NYC jury going to give this messer any green? s2sxii? DMax? What's the verdict?
I would say that the messenger gets no money because he should be aware of and accepted the danger of riding in the 'door zone' when he passed close to the taxi. However, I suspect he got no money because his bike was judged to be lacking in required safety equipment (brakes).