Landmark Cases

Some notable results

Our firm has been active in pending and recent headline cases, including:

• The Jan. 6, 2005, train disaster in Graniteville, South Carolina, in which 10 died and 250 people were treated for chlorine exposure;
• The May 6, 2006 construction site collapse on a high-rise condo in Bal Harbour, Fl, which killed three and injured one;
• The Chalks Airline crash off Miami Beach in December 2005, which killed 20 people;

These are some of our other notable cases:

$12 million recovery in medical malpractice case

$10 million recovery in spinal cord aquatic injury

$8 million recovery for a patient who was rendered brain damaged when she was given the wrong medication while undergoing minor surgery

$6.7 million medical malpractice verdict for brain-damaged child

$6.5 million recovery for a mother and daughter severely injured in an automobile rollover accident.

$6.4 million judgment in an admiralty wrongful death case

$5.25 million recovery in boating accident case

$5.2 million medical malpractice verdict for patient who died of arrhythmia after early discharge from hospital

$4.5 million recovery for spinal cord injury; negligent maintenance of rental vehicle

$4.5 million hypoxic ischema injury to infant

$3.5 million products liability recovery involving garage door

$3.4 million verdict for a migrant worker who lost her leg in an automobile accident

$3 million settlement for an air cargo employee who lost his arm as a result of a defect in an airplane

$2.5 million FELA (Federal Employment Liability Act) verdict for loss of a railroad worker's leg.

$2.5 million recovery for a bank president who suffered a stroke as the result of medical malpractice

$2.5 million recovery automotive products liability case

$2.25 million medical malpractice recovery for infection leading to osteomyelitis

$1.8 million products liability recovery wrongful death in Jeep rollover

$1.7 million recovery for the death of a laborer who was killed when a negligently constructed and maintained building exploded

$1.5 million settlement in negligent security case for a police officer killed in the line of duty

$1.5 million settlement for a laborer injured by a defectively designed automobile

$1.5 million verdict in a FELA case for a railroad switchman who lost his leg

$1 million recovery in a FELA case for a switchman who lost his leg.