An Upstate New York bartender must pay almost $25,000 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud. Investigators said that 57-year-old James Hooks consistently told an insurance company that a 1994 workplace injury at a grocery store left him unable to work. However, state officials eventually determined that Hooks had been working as [VIEW MORE]
$5,100,000.00 - Female, 43: Cyclist hit by truck
Our client was riding her bicycle when a truck was turning and came up onto the sidewalk. Our client went to back up and the truck struck her.
Injuries: Catastrophic injuries to entire right side of body below the waist resulting in amputation of the right leg and hind quarter; bladder rupture; multiple rib and spinal fractures.