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Workers Comp Insider -Justice for Judge Joyce?
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Judge Joyce came to our attention not for what he is accused of doing, but for how he is alleged to have done it. According to the indictment, Judge Joyce, while parked in his Mercedes-Benz sedan in 2001, was rear-ended by an SUV traveling about 5 mph. That's right, five miles per hour – I’ve crested middle age and I still can run that fast.
Following this horrendoma of a crash, no police or medics were called to the scene, yet the Judge asserted that the impact rendered him unable to exercise or play golf for more than a year. He was paid $390,000 by his insurer, the Erie Group, and $50,000 by State Farm, which insured the poor SUV driver.
Unfortunately for Judge Joyce, the indictment alleges that, not only was he playing 18- hole rounds of golf shortly after the "accident," but he was doing it on vacation in Jamaica. It also claims that he was scuba diving, inline skating (I’ve never gotten the hang of that) and working out in his local Gym. The man must be a medical and physical marvel.
At any rate, Judge Joyce has announced that, infirmities and indictments notwithstanding, he will continue his run for a second ten-year term in this fall's coming election.
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(After that article ran, the judge changed his mind about running again.)
Oh, OK, this judge tended to rule for the insurance companies after all.
GoErie.com: How Judge Joyce ruled
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State Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce, indicted on federal charges he cheated two insurance companies out of $440,000, often sided legally with the industry he is now accused of defrauding.
During his 10-year career on the influential intermediate appeals court, Joyce tended to find in favor of insurance companies, according to an Erie Times-News review of Joyce's Superior Court cases.
One of the insurance companies was Erie Insurance Group, from which Joyce got $390,000 of the $440,000.
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