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A woman suffered a severe brain injury and numerous fractures after getting hit by a school bus while crossing the road.
On Sept. 24, 2012, at rush hour, Maria Flores was walking home from her job as a housekeeper for a family in Greenwich, a position she had held for the past 12 years. Walking alone on the same route home she had taken on a daily basis, she reached the Lake Avenue Rotary. Flores began to cross the rotary from north to south. When approximately halfway across Glenville Road, Flores stopped inside a defined traffic island bordered on three sides by a double yellow roadway line. At the same time, a yellow school bus with 14 passengers registered to East End Bus Lines and used by Montauk Student Transport was headed west on Glenville Road. The bus, driven by Gilbert Hodge, crossed the double yellow center line, striking Flores. She was knocked airborne and landed 48 feet away, coming to rest in the center of the eastbound lane of Glenville Road. Flores’ attorneys contended that the bus driver was going faster than the 25 mph speed limit and had crossed to the wrong side of the double yellow line. Flores’ legal team filed a lawsuit against the bus driver, East End Bus Lines and Montauk Student Transport. Flores’ husband, Marco Tulio Flores, also filed a loss-of-consortium claim against the bus driver and company. The husband, who had worked on cars at a local dealership, was forced to retire to take care of his wife full time after the accident, according to the Flores’ lawyers. The bus company argued that Flores was in the traffic lane and the driver swerved into the traffic island to try to avoid her.
Flores suffered a head injury. Her brain swelled so much that surgeons had to remove a portion of her skull, which was then placed in her abdomen so the bone could stay alive. Forty-five days after the accident, doctors were able to take the piece of bone and place it back with the rest of her skull. However, her motor skills were profoundly affected and she has permanent cognitive impairments. Flores also suffered a fracture to her left hip, her pelvis and various cuts and bruises all over her body. parties held several mediation sessions before agreeing to a settlement of $3.25 million for Flores’ injuries.
At Maya Murphy, P.C., our personal injury attorneys are dedicated to achieving the best results for individuals and their family members and loved ones whose daily lives have been disrupted by injury, whether caused by a motor vehicle or pedestrian accident, a slip and fall, medical malpractice, a defective product, or otherwise. Our attorneys are not afraid to aggressively pursue and litigate cases and have extensive experience litigating personal injury matters in both state and federal courts, and always with regard to the unique circumstances of our client and the injury he or she has sustained.
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Source: Jeff Forte, Top Connecticut Verdicts & Settlements of 2015, CONN. LAW TRBN. at 8 (July 2016) discussing Dolores M. Nieto-DeFlores, aka Maria Dolores Flores, and Marco Tulio Flores v. Gilbert Hodge, East End Bus Lines and Montauk Student Transport
