Our team was pleased to help the parents of a 19-year-old college student tragically killed in a vehicle rollover accident win a $10 million jury verdict. While driving home from college, the Florida State University student swerved to avoid a car that had come into her lane. Unfortunately the student’s 1995 Kia Sportage sports utility vehicle flipped over six times. The victim, who was wearing her seat belt, died of head injuries. The jury agreed with plaintiffs that the Kia Sportage was negligently designed. Indeed, the jury found that several design defects contributed to the co-ed’s death, including instability, roof collapse, and a faulty windshield that popped out during the rollover.

Our team obtained a $6 million verdict, including attorney's fees and costs, for the loved ones of a mother who died as a result of surgical mismanagement of a urological procedure. Tragically, the nurses had incorrectly assembled the machine to be used during surgery -- instead of sucking in air, the machine blew out air. The surgeons, who had attended a three-day course to operated the machine, failed to recognize that they had filled the patient's body with air, resulting in her death.

We went to bat for our client, an alcoholic, who suffered brain damage when she went into a seizure as a result of the d.t.'s. She was forced to become sober "cold turkey" instead of being given Valium, which would have avoided the seizure.

$5 million was awarded to our client, a 45-year-old painter who was partially paralyzed due to a faulty part on a cherry-picker type machine. The manufacturer recognized that the part needed to be replaced but only informed its direct purchasers of the problem and never notified those to subsequent purchasers. The defect could easily have been fixed with inexpensive parts.

Our client, a learning disabled 18-year-old, was molested by a security guard while her mother visited a relative in the hospital. The security company had allowed the security guard to remain on the job despite numerous incidents of misconduct including off color remarks and bizarre statements. The security company also failed to perform adequate employment screening which would have revealed the guard’s three outstanding warrants for violent crimes.

Recently, our team came to the aid of a company in its defense of a complex negligence case. Significantly, over 40 lawsuits arose while the company’s owners were in the process of selling the company and its several separate entities. Drawing upon decades of experience representing victims of nursing home negligence, abuse and neglect, our team provided a bird’s-eye view of the case from the plaintiff’s perspective. Our experience-based appraisal of the matter and identification of potential theories of liability led the company to realistically assess the merits of the litigation it faced. Our timely and constructive advice enabled the company to develop an effective strategy to resolve the disputes quickly and in the best interests of the company.

Working closely with forensic accountant and trained valuation analyst Dave Ellrich of Moore, Ellrich and Neal, our team produced a damages computation and provided advice that enabled all parties to reserve funds for the pending lawsuit upon sale of the business, as well as to minimize the company’s exposure to any future lawsuits.