I went to Kings County Supreme Court. Its located at 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn NY at September 21 at 2:30 pm to 4:40 pm under Honor Francois A. Rivera from Part 52. The case type was civil and type of the proceedings is a trial. There were 8 jurors in the stand. Mostly male and about 2 females juror. The proceedings is more formal then what I expected. We have to stand up when the judge comes in and wait to be seated by the judge. The courtroom in the beginning was calm the, when it progress it got more intense with it. I got a chance to see and speak to one of the attorney through the court case but they couldn 't give to much detail of what was going on while we wait for the judge in the lobby. One of the attorneys were from defendant side. There was six attorneys in total. Three from defendant side and three for the
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The defense asked was the plaintiff was speeding past the bus or did the plaintiff slowed down when he saw the bus stop. The witness then stated the plaintiff was going the speed limit. The defense finished their questions and the judge had called a short recess. The plaintiff and the lawyers had went outside to talk and I figure to regroup. The jury was instructed before the judge called a short recess was to not discuss the case among themselves. The court resume after the short recess and the defense have to call upon their witness which was Officer Lopez. He was response officer who came when the accident happened. He stated his name and his profession to the court. The defense what he saw when he got to the scene and the witness came the car was severely damaged in the front of the passenger car and the rear was badly damaged of the right side of the car. The plaintiff and the son was unconscious when he arrived and many of the people of bus was madly injured. He made sure that the father and the son was rushed to the hospital and others that were hurt and took statements. By the look of the crash he explained the bus ran into the plaintiff
The defense asked was the plaintiff was speeding past the bus or did the plaintiff slowed down when he saw the bus stop. The witness then stated the plaintiff was going the speed limit. The defense finished their questions and the judge had called a short recess. The plaintiff and the lawyers had went outside to talk and I figure to regroup. The jury was instructed before the judge called a short recess was to not discuss the case among themselves. The court resume after the short recess and the defense have to call upon their witness which was Officer Lopez. He was response officer who came when the accident happened. He stated his name and his profession to the court. The defense what he saw when he got to the scene and the witness came the car was severely damaged in the front of the passenger car and the rear was badly damaged of the right side of the car. The plaintiff and the son was unconscious when he arrived and many of the people of bus was madly injured. He made sure that the father and the son was rushed to the hospital and others that were hurt and took statements. By the look of the crash he explained the bus ran into the plaintiff