Lawyers for embattled New York crane rental executive James Lomma used their closing arguments on April 19 to poke holes in the “morality play” they claim prosecutors presented of their client—as a man whose greed and carelessness led to the deaths of two construction workers, crane operator Donald C. Leo and sewer worker Ramadan Kurtaj, in a 2008 Manhattan crane collapse.
Prosecutors will make their last arguments in Lomma's criminal case in the late afternoon on April 20, at which time Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Daniel Conviser will decide the case without a jury, upon the defense’s request.