Tim O’Brien, ABC News journalist who covered Supreme Court, dies at 77

Tim O’Brien, a broadcast journalist and lawyer who covered the Supreme Court for ABC-TV for 22 years and co-wrote a book on its notable capital cases, died Nov. 30 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. He was 77.

He had been riding a bicycle and waiting on a sidewalk for a traffic light to change when he was struck by a truck that had veered off the road after an accident, Florida Highway Patrol officials told local media outlets.