Verdicts in child abuse cases align with Hayes+Associates biomechanics testimony
Every 10 seconds in the United States, there is a report of suspected maltreatment of a child, the equivalent of over 3 1/2 million calls per year. In three recent child abuse murder cases, Hayes+Associates (H+A), a Corvallis, OR consulting firm specializing in injury biomechanics, was called upon to provide expert testimony as to whether a child died by abuse or by unintentional trauma. In each instance, trial verdicts were consistent with H+A findings.
Jury Returns a Defense Verdict in H+A Slip and Fall Case
Biomechanical analysis from Hayes+Associates, Inc., helped convince a jury last fall that a plaintiff’s allegations of negligence against the City of Molalla, Ore., were not supported by the evidence.
Hayes + Associates analysis lends support to defense verdict in bicycle vs. ambulance suit
Reconstruction by Hayes + Associates, Inc. of a collision between a Portland bicyclist and an ambulance contributed to a defense verdict by supporting the ambulance driver’s claim that the cyclist toppled into the side of the vehicle when her tire was caught in light rail tracks.
Hayes + Associates' biomechanical analysis plays role in monumental GM ignition switch settlement
Analysis by Hayes + Associates, Inc., an expert witness and consulting firm in Corvallis, ORE., played a role in the September 2016 settlement of two cases resulting from a faulty General Motors ignition switch, implicated in 124 deaths and 275 injuries, that cut power to engine and safety features including power steering, power brakes and airbags.
Boating-mishap victim awarded $21.7 million following testimony powered by Hayes + Associates reconstruction
Reconstruction by Hayes & Associates, Inc., on the roles played by occupant dynamics and injury biomechanics in determining impact speed between a jet ski and a larger boat in 2008 contributed to the decision by a Los Angeles jury to award $21.7 million to a 20-year-old woman who suffered a permanent brain injury in the Riverside County incident.