Judge McFadyen was examining the evidence to decide whether, the defendant should be held legally responsible for the damages alleged by the plaintiff. The bench trial began with multiple parties consisting of four African American females; two plaintiffs suing two defendants. The body language portrayed by one of the defendants was quite noticeable. She would often shake her head and display anger toward the plaintiff. I witnessed several times Judge McFadyen rolling his eyes during the case. Upon cross examination a cell phone conversation provided by the plaintiff’s attorney was placed into evidence. The assistant district attorney played the recording for Judge McFadyen. Both parties had presented their arguments and the judge’s verdict was not guilty to the 1st defendant and guilty to the 2nd defendant. The 2nd defendant was ordered to 90 days of house arrest with an electronic monitoring, and no return to the Diamond club where the incident took
Judge McFadyen was examining the evidence to decide whether, the defendant should be held legally responsible for the damages alleged by the plaintiff. The bench trial began with multiple parties consisting of four African American females; two plaintiffs suing two defendants. The body language portrayed by one of the defendants was quite noticeable. She would often shake her head and display anger toward the plaintiff. I witnessed several times Judge McFadyen rolling his eyes during the case. Upon cross examination a cell phone conversation provided by the plaintiff’s attorney was placed into evidence. The assistant district attorney played the recording for Judge McFadyen. Both parties had presented their arguments and the judge’s verdict was not guilty to the 1st defendant and guilty to the 2nd defendant. The 2nd defendant was ordered to 90 days of house arrest with an electronic monitoring, and no return to the Diamond club where the incident took