Congratulations to Associate Towanda Luckett on her Recent Win!

 

Congratulations to Associate Towanda Luckett on her Recent Win! Ms. Luckett represented a client in a motor vehicle tort in which the Plaintiff claimed personal injuries and property damage as a result of her client’s alleged negligence in a side swipe collision. The Plaintiff argued that he was traveling on a roadway in a residential district, had his right turn signal on and was making a right turn when his vehicle was struck on the front passenger side by Ms. Luckett’s client, who was passing in the right lane. During Ms. Luckett’s cross examination, Plaintiff testified that he was traveling in the left lane, closest to the double yellow lines when he attempted to make the right-hand turn. Based upon the client’s testimony that Plaintiff’s vehicle was stopped in the roadway, positioned to make a left turn, without a turn signal, and the photographic evidence presented, the Court ruled in favor of the Defense. The Court found that Ms. Luckett’s client had the right of way, was permitted to pass the Plaintiff’s vehicle on the right and did not contribute to the collision, rather that Plaintiff unlawfully and negligently attempted a right-hand turn from the left lane, barring him from recovering damages.