On February 28, 2019, Tom Marjerison secured a defense verdict in Bradford v. Fowler following a four-day jury trial in Waldo County Superior Court.  The case arose out of a truck accident in which it was alleged that the Defendant crossed the fog line and struck Plaintiff’s vehicle who was waiting to pull onto the roadway.   

As a result of the significant impact, Plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury and was transported by Life Flight from the accident scene.  Unfortunately, the responding police officers did not photograph the scene, and there was a significant dispute where the impact occurred in the roadway.

The Defendant called Rick McAlister of The Crash Lab who opined that the impact occurred in the travel lane.  The Plaintiff called Dale Syphers as an expert witness who offered the opinion that the Defendant crossed the fog line and struck Plaintiff’s vehicle who was waiting to pull onto the roadway.  After 1/2 day of deliberations, the jury returned an 8-1 defense verdict.

Over his 23-year career at Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, Tom Marjerison has tried a large number of high-profile and high-value civil cases.