J. Michael Hayes's Legal Cases (4)

Personal injury

Verdict for Hip Replacement from Car Crash

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OUTCOME: $500,000

A State Supreme Court jury Tuesday ordered insurance carriers for an Amherst woman to pay an Orchard Park woman $500,000 for injuries suffered in a two-car crash in the parking lot of the Eastern Hills ... Mall in Clarence. The automobile crash caused a broken arm and required the woman to have a hip replacement JUST two months later. The collusion aggravated an arthritic hip mandating the surgery. The defendant failed to stop or look while crossing a roadway in a mall parking lot, ramming the passenger side of the car.

Car accident

Auto Crash Victim Awarded $1.1 Million

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OUTCOME: $1,100,000

A 56 year old woman was awarded $1.1 million by a State Supreme Court jury for injuries she suffered after her vehicle was rear-ended. A jury ordered GEICO Insurance Company to pay the Town of Tona ... wanda woman. The victim was about to turn onto Woodward Street from Elmwood Avenue in Kenmore when she was rear-ended by a car traveling at a high rate of speed causing severe neck injuries. The crash was witnessed by an off duty police officer who happened to be standing across the street. The injury was a “non-surgical” herniated disc in her neck. The victim had continued to work at her job though she was in pain, on medication and getting regular medical treatment. Her husband was awarded $300,000 for loss of her services.

Car accident

Tractor Trailer Thruway Crash Wrongful Death $3.2 Million

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OUTCOME: $3,200,000

The widow and daughter of a truck driver who was killed in a collision on the Thruway will receive more than $3.2 Million as the result of a jury verdict reached in State Supreme Court in Niagara Falls ... . The driver was killed when the tractor-trailer he was driving stuck the rear of another tractor-trailer during a heavy snow squall that caused a whiteout on the Thruway. The vehicle in front was found totally at fault. A jury of four men and two women deliberated about 2½ hours before returning the verdict in favor of the survivors who were from Detroit.

Car accident

Back Injury Pretrial Settlement in Rear End Crash of $603,000

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OUTCOME: $603,000

Back injury resulted in $603,000 pretrial settlement by Buffalo woman due to a rear-end collision. The Plaintiff received a cash payment of $135,000 and will receive monthly payments over the next 40 ... years of an additional $468,000 from insurance carriers for defendant driver who was from Eggertsville. The plaintiff did submit to surgery for a disc injury. The settlement offer came on the eve of a negligence trial before State Supreme Court in Buffalo.

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