$265,000 Indiana Personal Injury Settlement for Hammond Woman's Personal Injuries
The Hammond City Council recently approved the second and final installment of a personal injury settlement that has been described as one of the city’s largest settlements. Janine Daniels will now receive the final $132,500 of her $265,000 settlement with the city. Daniels incurred nearly $100,000 in medical bills for injuries that she sustained to both legs, her right arm and hip after her car collided with a city dump truck in 2004.
An online Northwest Indiana story detailed the circumstances surrounding Daniels’ car accident injuries. Personal injury attorney Richard Komyatte claimed that his client, Daniels, was heading westbound and didn’t have stop sign when a city dump truck rolled out into the intersection to make a turn after either failing to stop at a stop sign or yield the right of way. Komyatte added that Daniels swerved her car to avoid contact with the dump truck before striking it.
Hammond defense attorneys claimed that Daniels was at least 50 percent responsible for the car accident because she was exceeding the legal speed limit and not paying attention. They added that the city’s truck driver, Juan Martinez, would have been able to complete the turn without incident if Daniels was doing the speed limit. Daniels and the city came to the $265,000 settlement last May.