In the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida, plaintiff Thomas Gerlach has filed a lawsuit against defendant Renate Hayes. The case (Case Number: 24-001596-CI) was filed on April 10, 2024, and pertains to a motor vehicle collision that occurred in Unincorporated, Pinellas County, Florida.
Represented by attorney Jeremy Clark of Clark Hartpence Law, Gerlach alleges that he was involved and injured in a motor vehicle collision with a vehicle operated by Hayes on February 22, 2023. The incident occurred at the intersection of East Lake Road and Tarpon Woods Blvd., where Hayes allegedly failed to yield while making a left turn and collided with Gerlach's vehicle.
Gerlach is seeking damages in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), exclusive of interests, costs, and attorneys’ fees. He claims that as a direct result of Hayes' negligence, he suffered bodily injury; great physical pain and suffering; disability and loss of capacity to lead and enjoy a normal life; inconvenience; physical impairment; disfigurement and scarring; mental anguish; mental incapacity or a reduction in cognitive functioning; loss or diminution of earning or earning capacity; permanent injury within a reasonable degree of medical probability; medical and related expenses, past and future.