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FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023
08/11/2020 12:04
05/12/2023 05:02 AM
10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121
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~TH
KEITH ~~~
LERNER ER 1
1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X
2 “NB
IN THE ER
MATTER F
OF ““E
THE ~~ IM
CLAIM OFFf
3 TH IRPMRER
-KEITH
4 are ANT ,
CLAIMANT,
5 ST
AGAINST fi f f a A j ]/
6
7 TOWN
~~ NMOFFf OYSTER
“ERY BAY
8 oO ~ ENT
RESPONDENT
9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X
10 BRO
OYSTER Y
BAY ONY’
TOWN ATTORNEY'S SS OFFICE
CE
11 “4 AUDREY
54 ~~~" RY ~~"UEB
AVENUE -
- 2?
2ND FLOOR
~~ OR
12 BR
OYSTER OU™Y,
BAY, CON
NEW OTK
YORK 71
11771
13 ST
AUGUST 73,
28, "19
2019
14 12:20
“~~ 20 P.M.M.
7
15
16 NG
HEARING of f£ TH
KEITH “7""ER,
LEPMR, 1e Claimant
the ~ “mant
17 “ein,
herein, takencen by “y thele “--~-adent,
Respondent, ~
Townm of £ Oyster
_ ter “-y,
Bay,
18 pursuantuant o
to “-H
°50-H of f£ ‘ie
the General ral s
Municipal
~~ ‘sipal Law
~ w of f ie
the
19 “ate
State of f£ ~w
New York rk and d°held lid’before“ore ~
MELANIE VIE “7h,
WOHL, a1
20 “~-~“ified,
Certified, Professional iSional Court
~ art Reporterrter
— andad°-held ilidit at
21 “ye
the ° ve
above ‘me
time andid =~ ace
place noted. ed.
22
23
24
25
sy ree Coe
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NORTHSHORECOURTREPORTERS1-800-794-5342/516-234-4196800-794-5342 / 516-234-4196
FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023
08/11/2020 12:04
05/12/2023 05:02 AM
10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121
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99 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/13/2023
08/11/2020
05/12/2023
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KEITH LERNER 2
2 A P P E A R A N C E S:
. 3
4 LAW 1°" 3ES OF
OFFICES -PF TON
JOHN 7.
J. rT -"NYO,
GUADAGNO, ~
P.C.Cc.
5 oo
ATTORNEYS EYS FOR
—~"R E>
THE cLATMANT ANT
6 “6
96 49
EAST MAINN CET -
STREET - 2"
.™ — "oR
FLOOR
7 "49
EAST 7*"\IP,
ISLIP, NEW1 --K YORK ~-730
11730
8 ~~PH ™"""""RTO,
BY:Tt; JOSEPH D'ADDARIO, ~~
ESQ.Q.
9
10 BR
OYSTER Y
BAY ~ ON
TOWN ATTORNEY'S HY’ S ~~ CE
OFFICE
11 a “EYS
ATTORNEYS cB
FOR 8,THE ENT
RESPONDENT
12 “4 AUDREY
54 ~~ UE -- “OR
~~"BY AVENUE 2" FLOOR
13 "ER mY,
OYSTER BAY, NEW Po"KYORK 77774
11771
14 BY: SAMANTHA GOETZ, ESQ.
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
RE
NORTHHH SHORE COURTTOREPORTERSERS *1-800-794-5342
*** ~** §342 /'""~ ~~ * $196
516-234-4196
FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023
08/11/2020 12:04
05/12/2023 05:02 AM
10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121
33
99 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/13/2023
08/11/2020
05/12/2023
I
~
KEITH TH LERNERER a
3
I K (aE
E I T tTH tT Lautk
E R Ntf E am,
R, ie
the “mant
Claimant *“-~ein,
herein,
2 after“ter “-~ing
having beenan first rst “ly
duly sworn mr ‘y
by “inie “-4il,
Melanie
~~ Wohl,
3 ai =6—
Professional $sional Court
~ irt Reporter rter
— and a“-*ary
Notary ”~ “lic
Public ‘n
in
4 and d for
“or .e
the State ate of£ ~w”
New York rk was s examinedined andid
5 testified ‘tified ass follows:
~ “ows
6 PION
EXAMINATION ¥
BY --
ASSISTANT UANT ON
TOWN ATTORNEY TY ~'4
GOETZ:
7 2
Q "> State ate ur
_your nameie “or the
for “1e record?ord?
8 A\ Keithith
~ Lerner.
~ aer.
9 1
Q “ate
State ur”homeie
_your “cess
address “or
for 1e
the record? rd?
10 A4 “*5
115 ~ "* wood “-~*way,
Fallwood Parkway, “"~~*~gdale,
Farmingdale, ~
Neww York rk
11 “* "35.
11735.
12 4
Q ~ od Afternoon,
Good ***--noon, 7.
Mr. Lerner.1er “sy
My name1e is 6S
13 Samanthaitha Goetz.
~ tz.
14 I
T am aon”
an ‘stant
Assistant ~
Townwn Attorney herere
***7rney ~ ‘n
in ie
the
15 “Townwn of f°. Oysterter” Bay.y
16 “is
This 's
is °°
ait 50-H-H Hearing. ing IT am a-~cing
going to o askik
17 _you ou aboutmut some1e incidences“ences that at occurred rred onn November ber
18 75,
15, 7°78.
2018.
19 Todon'talt
I *“~-7w,
know, haveve _ou
© you ever er beenen _ sed
deposed
20 “
before? re?
21 A\ Beenan
~ what? it?
22 4
Q Deposedsed *-‘ore,
before, questions tions andod answered‘sred ‘th
with a
23 Court
~ art Reporter? ‘ter?
24 A
A No. “).
25 .
Q “ore
There arece at few
7 tw rules; “es; throughout ghout iis
this
TAU Corre Net ere ree
NORTHSHORECOURTREPORTERS1-800-794-5342/516-234-4196800-794-5342 / 516-234-4196
FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023
08/11/2020 12:04
05/12/2023 05:02 AM
10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121
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99 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/13/2023
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KEITHTH LERNERER 44
1 “---ing,
Hearing, _.u
you 'jht °e
might be “leo
able to anticipate “ie
'"“sipate the
2 question tion ~at
that I
T willill °e
be --*ing, *“1t,
asking, but, ~*-ase,
please, “et
let me28
3 “"aish the
finish ~"-~*ions,
“1e questions, becauseuse
— we 2°haveve ai Courtirt
4 Reporter rter *“-“ing
taking ~ wmeverything
down c7c+thing that
“iat we2 areve ~-ing,
saying,
5 “>,
so, she1e can'taft takeke © wn’both
down th of £ usS -~--king
speaking at t ie
the
6 samele “ne,
time, ~>o,
so, (ist
just “et
let me3 “'1ish
finish -~d,
and, **2n,
then,
7 _ ond.
respond.
8 ™"-ase,
Please, ‘“"2p
keep ur
_your answers‘ers verbal;bal; noo
9 ““—-=ging,
shrugging, noo is,
nods, ‘ngs
things likeke
~ “iat
that becauseuse
© 1e
the
10 Court rt Reporter rter can'tart take ke that at down.m
11 “f ou
If you do
vo notot “
understand stand ai question
_ tion “at
that I
T
12 ~~k,
ask, “7 "ase,
please, askik me2° to0 rephrase rase it. ‘t.
13 I
T willill be e*-7py
happy to oo.
do so.2.
14 “£
If youou needsd a1 breaknak -- -
15 4
A “) breaks.aks
No
16 7
Q Just
~ st “et
let me3 know.iW
17 “RTO?D'ADDARIO:
MR. CEE
Off Chie
the record.ord.
18 m™-——-yoon,
(Whereupon, ai discussion ission was s’ held ld offff ie
the
19 record.ord. “*ter,
After, “1e
the *-"*
followingowing ensued.) ed.)
20 4
Q “£
If ou
you needad ai’ break, 7ak, ** igh,
though, ~"-ase,
please, “at
let me
23
21 know.We
22 “ve s7ly
The only **ing
thing is‘s (f there
if "3re ‘si. a
is question tion
23 ~-~ed,
posed, please,ase,
~*~ answerver 1e
the ©
question tion’before“ore _yourur
24 “--ak,
break, do
Oo _0U
you *
understand stand those ~~ ctions?
~».se instructions?
'
25 A
A Yes. s.
NORTH Ho
SHORE RTO REPORTERSERS * *** “"* §342
te COURT 1-800-794-5342 /'""~ ~~ * 4196
516-234-4196
08/11/2020 12:04
05/12/2023
FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023 05:02 AM
10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020
33
99
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/12/2023
08/11/2020
05/13/2023
KEITH LERNER 5
1 Q Have you taken anything that would affect
2 your ability to testify, today?
3 A No.
4 Q Your name is Keith Lerner, correct?
5 A Yes.
6 Q Have you ever gone by any other name before?
7 A No.
8 Q And, what is your date of birth?
9 A
10 Q And, what is your height?
11 A Six foot.
12 Q And, your weight?
13 A 210.
14 Q What was your weight at the time of the
15 accident?
16 A Urn, about the same, I guess.
17 Q What is your social?
18 A XXX-XX-8454.
19 ASSISTANT TOWN ATTORNEY GOETZ: Last four on
20 the record.
21 Q And, your current address is 115 Fallwood
22 Parkway in Farmingdale, New York, 11735, correct?
23 A Yes.
24 Q And, how long have you lived at 115 Fallwood
25 Parkway?
E T
NORTH SHORE COURT RPORERS 1-800-794-5342 / 516-234-4196
FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023
08/11/2020 12:04
05/12/2023 05:02 AM
10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121
33
99 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/13/2023
08/11/2020
05/12/2023
~ TH
KEITH ER ~~
LERNER 64
1 1
A About
~ out fourur ~"-rs,
years, oe.
maybe.
2 *
Q Is s lis
this a1*-
house, se, ona apartment“ment
an ~-~-*hing
orxr something
3 else?se?
4 A
A “--h,
Yeah, a4 house. se,
5 “Q ">
Do 1
you own n orox rent? it?
6 A‘ Rent.it.
~
7 4
Q “~--antly,
Currently, who
~“o “Oo _0U
do you reside ide ‘th?
with?
8 A\ “-~-ja,
Maria, Mariacia Lerner. ner.
9 7
Q "-qd,
And, Maria tia Lerner
~ ner is ‘s _your ur fe,
wife,
~~“ correct? ‘ect?
10 A4 “"S,
Yes, _yes.Ss.
11 ~
Q “se
Has she livedved
~ with th ou
you je
the entire sire “ur
four irs
_years
12 thatat _ou-'ved
you lived at t ~°5
115 “wood
Fallwood Parkway?lay?
13 A
A ~
Yes.SS.
14 .
Q ™-d,
And, _priorior to o this“lis address,
~““~ess, where ire ‘ld
did _ ou
you
15 live?ve?
16 A4 ™)
Um, Northsth ™-*--lon,
Babylon, butit I
iT n’t ~cally
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FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023 08/11/2020 12:04 05/12/2023 05:02 AM 10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121 33 99 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/13/2023 08/11/2020 05/12/2023 ~TH KEITH ~~~ LERNER ER 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X 2 “NB IN THE ER MATTER F OF ““E THE ~~ IM CLAIM OFFf 3 TH IRPMRER -KEITH 4 are ANT , CLAIMANT, 5 ST AGAINST fi f f a A j ]/ 6 7 TOWN ~~ NMOFFf OYSTER “ERY BAY 8 oO ~ ENT RESPONDENT 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X 10 BRO OYSTER Y BAY ONY’ TOWN ATTORNEY'S SS OFFICE CE 11 “4 AUDREY 54 ~~~" RY ~~"UEB AVENUE - - 2? 2ND FLOOR ~~ OR 12 BR OYSTER OU™Y, BAY, CON NEW OTK YORK 71 11771 13 ST AUGUST 73, 28, "19 2019 14 12:20 “~~ 20 P.M.M. 7 15 16 NG HEARING of f£ TH KEITH “7""ER, LEPMR, 1e Claimant the ~ “mant 17 “ein, herein, takencen by “y thele “--~-adent, Respondent, ~ Townm of £ Oyster _ ter “-y, Bay, 18 pursuantuant o to “-H °50-H of f£ ‘ie the General ral s Municipal ~~ ‘sipal Law ~ w of f ie the 19 “ate State of f£ ~w New York rk and d°held lid’before“ore ~ MELANIE VIE “7h, WOHL, a1 20 “~-~“ified, Certified, Professional iSional Court ~ art Reporterrter — andad°-held ilidit at 21 “ye the ° ve above ‘me time andid =~ ace place noted. ed. 22 23 24 25 sy ree Coe — NORTHSHORECOURTREPORTERS1-800-794-5342/516-234-4196800-794-5342 / 516-234-4196 FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023 08/11/2020 12:04 05/12/2023 05:02 AM 10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121 33 99 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/13/2023 08/11/2020 05/12/2023 -- KEITH LERNER 2 2 A P P E A R A N C E S: . 3 4 LAW 1°" 3ES OF OFFICES -PF TON JOHN 7. J. rT -"NYO, GUADAGNO, ~ P.C.Cc. 5 oo ATTORNEYS EYS FOR —~"R E> THE cLATMANT ANT 6 “6 96 49 EAST MAINN CET - STREET - 2" .™ — "oR FLOOR 7 "49 EAST 7*"\IP, ISLIP, NEW1 --K YORK ~-730 11730 8 ~~PH ™"""""RTO, BY:Tt; JOSEPH D'ADDARIO, ~~ ESQ.Q. 9 10 BR OYSTER Y BAY ~ ON TOWN ATTORNEY'S HY’ S ~~ CE OFFICE 11 a “EYS ATTORNEYS cB FOR 8,THE ENT RESPONDENT 12 “4 AUDREY 54 ~~ UE -- “OR ~~"BY AVENUE 2" FLOOR 13 "ER mY, OYSTER BAY, NEW Po"KYORK 77774 11771 14 BY: SAMANTHA GOETZ, ESQ. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 RE NORTHHH SHORE COURTTOREPORTERSERS *1-800-794-5342 *** ~** §342 /'""~ ~~ * $196 516-234-4196 FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023 08/11/2020 12:04 05/12/2023 05:02 AM 10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121 33 99 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/13/2023 08/11/2020 05/12/2023 I ~ KEITH TH LERNERER a 3 I K (aE E I T tTH tT Lautk E R Ntf E am, R, ie the “mant Claimant *“-~ein, herein, 2 after“ter “-~ing having beenan first rst “ly duly sworn mr ‘y by “inie “-4il, Melanie ~~ Wohl, 3 ai =6— Professional $sional Court ~ irt Reporter rter — and a“-*ary Notary ”~ “lic Public ‘n in 4 and d for “or .e the State ate of£ ~w” New York rk was s examinedined andid 5 testified ‘tified ass follows: ~ “ows 6 PION EXAMINATION ¥ BY -- ASSISTANT UANT ON TOWN ATTORNEY TY ~'4 GOETZ: 7 2 Q "> State ate ur _your nameie “or the for “1e record?ord? 8 A\ Keithith ~ Lerner. ~ aer. 9 1 Q “ate State ur”homeie _your “cess address “or for 1e the record? rd? 10 A4 “*5 115 ~ "* wood “-~*way, Fallwood Parkway, “"~~*~gdale, Farmingdale, ~ Neww York rk 11 “* "35. 11735. 12 4 Q ~ od Afternoon, Good ***--noon, 7. Mr. Lerner.1er “sy My name1e is 6S 13 Samanthaitha Goetz. ~ tz. 14 I T am aon” an ‘stant Assistant ~ Townwn Attorney herere ***7rney ~ ‘n in ie the 15 “Townwn of f°. Oysterter” Bay.y 16 “is This 's is °° ait 50-H-H Hearing. ing IT am a-~cing going to o askik 17 _you ou aboutmut some1e incidences“ences that at occurred rred onn November ber 18 75, 15, 7°78. 2018. 19 Todon'talt I *“~-7w, know, haveve _ou © you ever er beenen _ sed deposed 20 “ before? re? 21 A\ Beenan ~ what? it? 22 4 Q Deposedsed *-‘ore, before, questions tions andod answered‘sred ‘th with a 23 Court ~ art Reporter? ‘ter? 24 A A No. “). 25 . Q “ore There arece at few 7 tw rules; “es; throughout ghout iis this TAU Corre Net ere ree NORTHSHORECOURTREPORTERS1-800-794-5342/516-234-4196800-794-5342 / 516-234-4196 FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023 08/11/2020 12:04 05/12/2023 05:02 AM 10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121 33 99 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/13/2023 08/11/2020 05/12/2023 — KEITHTH LERNERER 44 1 “---ing, Hearing, _.u you 'jht °e might be “leo able to anticipate “ie '"“sipate the 2 question tion ~at that I T willill °e be --*ing, *“1t, asking, but, ~*-ase, please, “et let me28 3 “"aish the finish ~"-~*ions, “1e questions, becauseuse — we 2°haveve ai Courtirt 4 Reporter rter *“-“ing taking ~ wmeverything down c7c+thing that “iat we2 areve ~-ing, saying, 5 “>, so, she1e can'taft takeke © wn’both down th of £ usS -~--king speaking at t ie the 6 samele “ne, time, ~>o, so, (ist just “et let me3 “'1ish finish -~d, and, **2n, then, 7 _ ond. respond. 8 ™"-ase, Please, ‘“"2p keep ur _your answers‘ers verbal;bal; noo 9 ““—-=ging, shrugging, noo is, nods, ‘ngs things likeke ~ “iat that becauseuse © 1e the 10 Court rt Reporter rter can'tart take ke that at down.m 11 “f ou If you do vo notot “ understand stand ai question _ tion “at that I T 12 ~~k, ask, “7 "ase, please, askik me2° to0 rephrase rase it. ‘t. 13 I T willill be e*-7py happy to oo. do so.2. 14 “£ If youou needsd a1 breaknak -- - 15 4 A “) breaks.aks No 16 7 Q Just ~ st “et let me3 know.iW 17 “RTO?D'ADDARIO: MR. CEE Off Chie the record.ord. 18 m™-——-yoon, (Whereupon, ai discussion ission was s’ held ld offff ie the 19 record.ord. “*ter, After, “1e the *-"* followingowing ensued.) ed.) 20 4 Q “£ If ou you needad ai’ break, 7ak, ** igh, though, ~"-ase, please, “at let me 23 21 know.We 22 “ve s7ly The only **ing thing is‘s (f there if "3re ‘si. a is question tion 23 ~-~ed, posed, please,ase, ~*~ answerver 1e the © question tion’before“ore _yourur 24 “--ak, break, do Oo _0U you * understand stand those ~~ ctions? ~».se instructions? ' 25 A A Yes. s. NORTH Ho SHORE RTO REPORTERSERS * *** “"* §342 te COURT 1-800-794-5342 /'""~ ~~ * 4196 516-234-4196 08/11/2020 12:04 05/12/2023 FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023 05:02 AM 10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020 33 99 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/12/2023 08/11/2020 05/13/2023 KEITH LERNER 5 1 Q Have you taken anything that would affect 2 your ability to testify, today? 3 A No. 4 Q Your name is Keith Lerner, correct? 5 A Yes. 6 Q Have you ever gone by any other name before? 7 A No. 8 Q And, what is your date of birth? 9 A 10 Q And, what is your height? 11 A Six foot. 12 Q And, your weight? 13 A 210. 14 Q What was your weight at the time of the 15 accident? 16 A Urn, about the same, I guess. 17 Q What is your social? 18 A XXX-XX-8454. 19 ASSISTANT TOWN ATTORNEY GOETZ: Last four on 20 the record. 21 Q And, your current address is 115 Fallwood 22 Parkway in Farmingdale, New York, 11735, correct? 23 A Yes. 24 Q And, how long have you lived at 115 Fallwood 25 Parkway? E T NORTH SHORE COURT RPORERS 1-800-794-5342 / 516-234-4196 FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 05/13/2023 08/11/2020 12:04 05/12/2023 05:02 AM 10:45 PM INDEX NO. 607333/2020 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 121 33 99 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/13/2023 08/11/2020 05/12/2023 ~ TH KEITH ER ~~ LERNER 64 1 1 A About ~ out fourur ~"-rs, years, oe. maybe. 2 * Q Is s lis this a1*- house, se, ona apartment“ment an ~-~-*hing orxr something 3 else?se? 4 A A “--h, Yeah, a4 house. se, 5 “Q "> Do 1 you own n orox rent? it? 6 A‘ Rent.it. ~ 7 4 Q “~--antly, Currently, who ~“o “Oo _0U do you reside ide ‘th? with? 8 A\ “-~-ja, Maria, Mariacia Lerner. ner. 9 7 Q "-qd, And, Maria tia Lerner ~ ner is ‘s _your ur fe, wife, ~~“ correct? ‘ect? 10 A4 “"S, Yes, _yes.Ss. 11 ~ Q “se Has she livedved ~ with th ou you je the entire sire “ur four irs _years 12 thatat _ou-'ved you lived at t ~°5 115 “wood Fallwood Parkway?lay? 13 A A ~ Yes.SS. 14 . Q ™-d, And, _priorior to o this“lis address, ~““~ess, where ire ‘ld did _ ou you 15 live?ve? 16 A4 ™) Um, Northsth ™-*--lon, Babylon, butit I iT n’t ~cally