In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Ellen Spodek listens as defendant’s attorney Raymond Belair (standing), of the law firm Belair & Evans, addresses the jury during summations in the medical malpractice trial Zafir v. Klinger, M.D. Attorney David Kownacki and co-counsel Toby Schwarz (at right), of the law offices of David P. Kownacki, represented the plaintiff. Court reporter Jennie Fantasia recorded the proceedings. Devorah Zafir experienced a difficult labor at a Staten Island hospital — her first pregnancy — before giving birth to a healthy baby in.....MORE
