Michael R. Hinkley's Legal Cases (2)

Car accident

Waltermire v. Geno

Nov 13, 2012

OUTCOME: $125,000 jury verdict

Michael Hinkley obtained a $125,000 jury verdict (before interest and costs were added) in a motor vehicle case. The action was brought on behalf of a local man who was injured when his truck was struc ... k by another car. The case was tried in the Central Berkshire District Court. The primary argument was that the defendant broke the rules of the road and injured the plaintiff. The verdict is believed to be the largest District Court plaintiff's verdict in recent history.

Medical malpractice

Estes v. Singh, et als

May 22, 2012

OUTCOME: $7,988,300 jury verdict

In May 2012, Michael Hinkley and Chris Dodig obtained a $7,988,300 verdict in a surgery error case. The case was brought on behalf of a Bennington, VT, woman who had undergone a Nissen Fundoplication s ... urgery (anti-reflux surgery) in Albany, New York. The case was tried in federal court in Syracuse, New York. The primary argument was that the doctor failed to do appropriate and required presurgical testing. The result is believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict ever achieved in the jurisdiction.

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