As reported from Buffalo News,
East Concord Millwright accepts $2 million
An East Concord man whose career as a millwright ended after scaffolding fell on him at the General Motors Tonawanda plant on June 1, 1998, has accepted a $2 million insurance settlement, his attorney said Friday.
Timothy Swedenhjelm, 52, a GM employee, suffered crippling knee and back injuries and, despite undergoing back surgery, will be taking pain medication for the rest of his life, according to R. Colin Campbell, one of his attorneys. The settlement was reached after a week of testimony during a damages trial before State Supreme Court Justice Rose H. Sconiers.
The offer came from carriers for Safeway Steel Products, the Wisconsin firm erecting the scaffolding.
As reported from Buffalo News,
Crash settlement pays woman $1.2 million
A Williamsville social worker has accepted a $1.2 million insurance settlement for the severe foot and ankle injuries she suffered when a Buffalo driver struck the van in which she was a passenger four years ago, her attorney said Friday.
The client, 43, will receive the settlement within the next 30 days after mediation conducted in the negligence case by retired State Supreme Court Justice Henry G. Gossel, according to attorney R. Colin Campbell of the Eden firm of Campbell and Shelton.
The client was a passenger in the van driven by her son on Hopkins Road in Amherst when it was struck by a car about 1:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 2001. The driver was entering Hopkins from Red Oak Road and he failed to observe the oncoming van at the intersection, Campbell said.
The client, a clinical social worker in private practice, was able to return to work but will never fully recover, even after surgery, Campbell said.
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Crash victim accepts $1.4 million accord
An Eden mechanical engineer whose career was ended by injuries suffered in a two-car crash, has accepted a $1.4 million insurance settlement, his attorney said Friday.
R. Colin Campbell's client, now 50, agreed to the settlement with insurance carriers for a Blasdell physician, after pretrial mediation.
The client, who had been employed by Elrae Industries in Alden, suffered permanent leg and head injuries in the crash at about 5:30 p.m. September 11, 2002, at McKinley Parkway and Sowies Road in Hamburg, Campbell said. The Physician was trying to turn left from the northbound lanes of McKinley when his vehicle collided with Client's southbound vehicle, the attorney said.
The agreement was reached on the eve of a trial on financial damages before State Supreme Court Justice John F. O'Donnell, who previously held the physician legally liable for the accident.
