Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 82 The Second Trial

Shinjuku District Court, Court Building No. 923.

Terai v. Kawamoto Expressway Paid Use Contract Dispute Case, the second hearing.

Court No. 1107 is wider than Court No. 923 last time.The decoration of the entire court room is more modern, with brightly coated wood panels around it, decorating the entire court room in a more modern style.The distance between the seats between the plaintiff and the defendant has also been widened. At the same time, the latest computer screen is placed on the desktop, allowing lawyers to see the clerk's record of the trial in real time.

There were more people sitting in the gallery than last time.This time, not only the legal team of Kawamoto Expressway was on the list, but even many middle and senior lawyers of Jinxi Law Firm rarely appeared in the trial court.This kind of big battle has rarely happened in Jinxi Law Firm for more than ten years.They sat in the public gallery, watching the trial with unprecedented serious expressions.

At this time, the trial had already begun, and the three judges on the trial bench were already in line.Judge Kumagai, who was sitting in the middle, still had a red face and an eager expression, as if he was full of anticipation for today's trial. He looked at the lawyers on both sides of the seat.On one side of the plaintiff's table are lawyers Kitahara and Miyagawa, and on the other side are lawyers Imanishi and Onoda.The corners of Judge Kumagai's lips curled up slightly, and he announced loudly: "Then, the court is now entering the stage of presenting evidence and cross-examination, and presenting evidence on the facts of this case. Please ask the plaintiff's lawyer to present the evidence first."

Miya Chuan, who was in the plaintiff's seat, swallowed, glanced at his father in the defendant's seat across the corner from the corner of his eye, trying to calm down his nervousness.Today she is in charge of presenting the evidence.

"Don't be nervous." Bei Yuan sat beside him, leaning against the back of the chair, slightly shaking the swivel seat, and said with a smile.

"Yeah." Miyagawa replied softly and stood up.The moment he got up, Miyagawa's temperament changed somewhat.The timid and well-behaved temperament on her body was somewhat restrained, and a heroic spirit emanated from between the brows faintly, showing the appearance of a female beauty.

"The evidence presented below is the plaintiff Terai's driving recorder. It proves that when the accident happened that day, there were iron pieces on the road that the expressway company hadn't cleaned up." Miyagawa held a small remote control in his hand, and then pressed the triangle on it play button.

A TV screen was placed on a white bracket next to the plaintiff's seat. The wires behind the screen were connected in a mess behind the screen, hanging down on the floor of the courtroom, and extending into the hidden sockets in the courtroom.

As the button was pressed, the screen seemed to make a slight "sizzling" sound, and the screen began to play.

A piece of the windshield of a vehicle appeared on the screen. Looking through the windshield, the car was driving in the leftmost lane of a highway.The rolling hills and trees on both sides of the surrounding area are constantly retreating rapidly.Suddenly, there seemed to be something reflecting light on the farthest road. As the distance continued to approach, the luminous object gradually became clear, but it was two iron blocks in the shape of "I", lying directly on the ground. pavement.

In an instant, it was as if a hard bat was being swung directly at the people in the car.In the next second, the audience present seemed to feel the tension of the driver in the car.The scene in front of the windshield inside the car shook violently, and the whole car changed lanes arbitrarily and turned to another lane.

But a white Toyota in the other lane, the red brake tail lights on the rear of the car happened to be on at this time.In an instant, a fierce collision occurred, and the entire rear trunk of the white Toyota was dented suddenly, and a terrible big hole appeared in the entire rear trunk in an instant.

The front of the Rolls-Royce was directly crushed into a ball, and the hard hood was torn into pieces like a piece of flimsy thin paper, blown away like scraps of paper, while the front windshield It exploded in an instant, pouring towards the passengers in the car like a torrential rain.

The entire video is silent.

Because the driving video camera does not record sound.

However, this silent film-like style brought even greater shock to the people present.Under the circumstances, it is a miracle that the car accident did not result in fatalities.

A female judge on the right side of the trial seat couldn't help but frowned slightly when she saw the car accident, and turned her head slightly to the side.

"Chief referee. This video clearly shows the whole process of the accident. It not only clearly shows the road involved in the case, there are iron blocks that have not been cleaned up, but also clearly shows that our client, Terai, is In order to avoid the iron blocks on the expressway, he changed lanes and unfortunately had a car accident."

"The G227 expressway involved in the case is an important cargo transportation route in the Tokyo Bay area. Knowing that there may be risks of truck spills on the road, Kawamoto Expressway still adopts a laissez-faire attitude and does not clean up the spills on the road in time, resulting in In the event of an accident, Kawamoto Expressway shall be liable for all losses suffered by the client and shall be liable for compensation.”

After Miyagawa said these words with a serious face, he walked back to the plaintiff's seat, sat on his seat, and quietly hissed without anyone noticing.Suddenly, Miyagawa felt a light pat on the shoulder, and turned his head to look, only to see that it was Bei Yuan who continued to give a positive look.

Imanishi finished watching the video with a gloomy expression.Ever since the first court trial failed to attack Kitahara, Imam realized that he had not litigated for too long. He had been focusing on non-litigation business for more than ten years, and his sense of law had become somewhat blunted.Therefore, after the first trial, he quickly selected several litigation cases in the institute, participated in several court trials, and performed "muscle rehabilitation".

Although the Kawamoto Expressway case, the second trial was less than two weeks away from the last time.However, Imanishi has participated in more than ten court trials through the handling of other cases.In the past two weeks, Imanishi has regained the state of the past, and the exquisite legal sense of being a litigator is flowing again in his body.At this time, he will appear in court as a senior litigator who has recovered!

"Defendant. What do you think about this video?" Judge Kumagai in the middle of the trial seat turned his head to look at the two lawyers in the defendant's seat.

The atmosphere in the courtroom became a little dignified.After all, most people have had the experience of being a bus and speeding on the highway.And the video screen of the driving recorder really made the people in the court feel too substituting, and people couldn't help being afraid that it was me who was sitting in the car.

The legal team of Kawamoto Expressway frowned when they saw the video was played, with worried expressions on their faces.The contents of the driving recorder alone are already very detrimental to them. What kind of defense can their lawyers make?At this time, the people in the legal team understood why the lawyers of Imanishi spent so much time on the previous procedural defense.

In the trial of substantive issues, this case seems to be very unfavorable to Kawamoto Expressway.

Listening to Judge Kumagai's questioning, Imam's expression showed no sign of being frightened by the video. He stood up with a calm face, held his head high, and said firmly, "Chief referee. This video just proves that Now, the main cause of the accident this time is the plaintiff himself!"

Imanishi's voice echoed in the courtroom.

If we talk about the issue of procedural defense last time, it was the exchange of artillery fire between the two sides, and there was thick smoke and gunpowder billowing.Both sides hid in each other's positions, bombarded only by artillery.

So now, the artillery is fired.

The bloody hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)