Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 22, 2011 (Belt v. Girgis)

*1029The evidence at this nonjury trial established that Rashawna Belt (hereinafter the plaintiff), on whose behalf the plaintiff Norma Belt commenced this action, was a pedestrian when she was struck by a vehicle owned by the defendant Albert Girgis and operated by the defendant Rasheen Ford.

As a result of the accident, the plaintiff was in a coma for approximately three weeks.