John P. Comerford

Over the course of his career, he has helped hundreds of people recover financial awards for injuries. Mr. Comerford obtained a $2,000,000 jury verdict for a plant worker with lung cancer and asbestosis. He recently obtained a $2,000,000 settlement for a 61 year old housewife with mesothelioma exposed to asbestos from laundering her husband’s contaminated work clothes. Mr. Comerford assisted in trying an automobile accident case in Federal Court which settled for $890,000. He has also assisted homeowners and commercial property owners in cases directly against insurance companies. After a two week trial in Buffalo, New York, a jury ordered an insurance company to pay a Niagara Falls hotel owner $910,000 for wrongly denying his claim based on “arson.” Another Niagara Falls hotel owner recently received a settlement of $800,000 for water damage.

Mr. Comerford resides in Amherst, NY is married and is the father of three boys and two girls.

Admissions:

1996; New York, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, Western District of New York

Education:

• B.S., 1990, Cornell University
• J.D., 1995, State University of New York at Buffalo Law School

Memberships:

• American Association of Trial Lawyers
• New York State Trial Lawyers' Association
• Bar Association of Erie County
• New York State Bar Association

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