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Nikki Cannezzaro obtains defense verdict from Wyandotte County jury

10/17/2009

Nikki Cannezzaro recently obtained a defense verdict in the case of Mann v. Gentry, Case No. 07CV1022, following a jury trial in Wyandotte County, Kansas. In Mann, plaintiff sustained a C2 cervical vertebrae neck fracture and serious head injury as a result of an automobile accident at the intersection of 55th and Metropolitan, in Kansas City, Kansas. Plaintiff claimed that defendant, traveling south of 55th ran a red light and broadsided the plaintiff's vehicle as she was traveling through the intersection on a green light headed east on Metropolitan. Plaintiff relied upon the expert testimony of a traffic engineer from the Board of Public Utilities to refute defendant's testimony that the light was green when he entered the intersection. After deliberating just over an hour, the Wyandotte County jury returned a defense verdict preventing plaintiff from recovering from the defendant for her injuries.