1.17M Fall Down Verdict
An English Citizen Fell on a public sidewalk. The adjacent business owner created a condition on its property which created a repetitive trip hazard for pedestrians using the abutting public right-of-way.
$325,000 Premises Liability
A 67 year old British citizen was injured at a Florida theme park.
As she was directed through the handicap gate by an employee, the 67 year old female Plaintiff who was in a mobility scooter, lacerated her leg when it came in contact with a razor sharp metal rod holder at the gate. The wound site became infected and required prolonged IV antibiotic treatment. The wound eventually healed and left a large permanent scar on the front of her leg.
$585,000 Premises Liability
A 42 year old Michigan resident traveled to a resort in the Caribbean Islands for a vacation. While at a resort, the client was injured while dancing in the resort's Disco. At that time, an apparatus near the dance floor fell, causing her to fall to the ground and the apparatus then fell on her ankle, causing a vertical fracture of the talar dome. The employees of the resort failed to secure the apparatus to the floor as was intended. As a result, the client immediately flew back home to Michigan for surgery and over a course of two and-half (2 ½) years, had two more surgical procedures and medical expenses totaling $ 140,000.00.
Jurisdiction was established in Florida, as the central operations for the Caribbean company was operating an office in Florida and suit was filed in Federal Court in Miami. The matter was settled at Mediation.
$350,000 Auto Pedestrian
A 68 year old English citizen with a moderate form of Muscular Dystrophy who required the use of a mobility scooter when walking longer distances, was vacationing in Orlando, Florida, when she was struck by a rental vehicle while crossing the street in her mobility scooter. The rental vehicle was exiting a parking lot which after it exited, proceeded through a red light just in front of a parking lot exit and then struck the mobility scooter trapping the client's foot underneath. This caused a degloving injury to the left foot. As a result, the client was admitted and treated at a local hospital in the Orlando area and returned to England where she had a skin graft procedure to her left foot and subsequently developed a staff infection, which a required a prolonged stay in the hospital and intravenous infection therapy. Her medical bills for treatment in the US totaled $75,000.00.
The remaining medical expenses, including the hospital stay for treatment for the staff infection and the skin graft surgery were covered at no cost under the United Kingdom's National Health System(NHS) and were not reimbursable.
Suit was filed and the matter settled shorlty thereafter.
$545,000 Auto/Bicycle
UK Citizen Bicyclist struck down in an intersection causing an Orbital fracture and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
$470,000 Auto Accident
English Citizen vacationing in Key West, Florida was injured when the transportation bus she was riding in, rear ended a truck at approximately 25 mph. The client who was an unrestrained passenger, (bus not required to have seat belts) struck her head on the headrest of the seat directly in front of her. As a result, she was trasported to the Hospital by ambulance, where she reported headache, neck pain and contusion to the face. A CT Scan of the brain failed to demonstrate any hemorrhages, fractures or masses.
On her return to England three days later, she consulted with various medical professionals, including Cardiologist and a Neurologist. Her complaint consisted of loss of sense of taste and smell for 3-4 months, dizziness and post concussion like symptoms. Ultimately, she was diagnosed with reflex syncope, post traumatic headaches with migranous component and Post Concussion Syndrome.
Barry S. Friedman, Esq. was able to succesfully negotiate a settlement of the claim for the balance of the Bus' Policy Limits of $470,000.00 after apportionment of $30,000.00 for the two other passenger claims.($500,000.00 Policy Limits).
$100,000 Legionnaires/Spoliation
UK Citizen — Plaintiff, age 49, was renting a villa in the Orlando area. He fell ill, was hospitalized and diagnosed with Legionnaires disease. The management company, upon receiving notice of the
Plaintiff's contraction of the disease, replaced all fixtures throughout the villa, threw out all of the old fixtures and never ordered any testing or inspections for Legionella in the villa.
$110,000 Tour Boat Injury
English Citizen visiting South Florida suffered a compression fracture of her lumbar vertebrae when the high speed tour boat she was riding in hit a wake in the bay which was created by the tour boat. She was hospitalized for two days where she had a Kyphoplasty procedure to repair the vertebrae.
$900,000 Auto Accident
lrish Citizen and her four children were passengers in a minivan rented and driven by her ex-boyfriend in Orlando, Florida. As the ex-boyfriend attempted to enter a four lane highway and after traveling across two lanes, he passed the median and the third lane and cut in front of an oncoming auto causing a T-bone collision. All passengers in both vehicles were taken to the hospital by ambulance. The ex-boyfriend was issued a citation by the investigating officer for turning in front of an approaching vehicle.
The Supplemental Liability Policy taken by the ex-boyfriend at the time of the rental in the amount of $1,000,000.00 was ultimately tendered to the most seriously injured child and the driver of the oncoming vehicle which T-boned the minivan. Additionally, Barry Friedman was able to obtain for the most seriously injured child, the maximum per person insurance benefit of $100,000.00 from the oncoming vehicle owners insurance policy by establishing that he was also partly responsible and could have avoided the collision had he been paying proper attention to the roadway. He was also able to secure an additional $50,000.00 from the automobile owners' insurance policy for the less seriously injured mother and the other three children.
$300,000 Dog Bite
English Citizen was visiting the Florida Keys and arranged to rent a vacation villa in the area. She met the owner who had her Japanese Akita sitting next to her on the sidewalk in front of the villa. As the two were talking, the Akita lunged at our client biting the upper portion of her lip. She was rushed to the local hospital where she took 15 stitches and was left with a faint but permanent scar between her lip and nose. The matter was resolved for the full amount of the dog owners homeowners insurance policy.
$250,000 Trip & Fall
English Citizen tripped and fell in an Orlando, Florida shopping mall parking lot, when his foot came into contact with a metal cap protruding through the asphalt parking lot in front of a restaurant, where he and his family planned to eat dinner. He suffered a fractured femur requiring surgery at a local Orlando hospital.
$335,000.00 Air Boat Accident
Boating accident. An Englis Citizen boarded a boat in the everglades for an afternoon tour. During the ride, the tour boat company boat experience a mechanical faliure causing the operator to lose control of the boat and run into a tree. Several passangers were injured and taken to the hospital. Our client suffered a knee injury requiring surgical repair.