Verdicts in child abuse cases align with Hayes+Associates biomechanics testimony
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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.

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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.

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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.

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