Civil Liberties
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 79 vs. Rick Scott
State Employees sue Governor Rick Scott over order to drug test state workers. Judge rulled order was unconstitutional
Click here for the transcript of an interview with Peter Walsh, Esq. regarding this case or listen to the interview on the right.
Products Liability
$3,653,000 Jury VerdictPlaintiff was injured by conveyor belt while working at UPS. Product liability suit filed against manufacturer of package conveyor belt system which caught Plaintiff ’s leg causing a de-gloving injury.
$2,581,500 Settlement
Man fell from tree while working as a tree trimmer. Product liability suit filed against manufacturer of the belt that unlatched causing the plaintiff to fall from tree resulting in paralysis.
$1,900,000 Jury Verdict
City employee injured while using a street sweeper, when his head hit a sign. Claim of
defective of design and failure to warn. Jury verdict of $1,900,000, subsequent appeal and settlement.
$1,700,000 Settlement
Passenger involved in motor vehicle accident and sufffered injuries causing paralysis due to a defective seat belt.$1,180,000 Jury Verdict
Construction employee suffered severe burns from a crane cooling system. Jury verdict of $1,180,000 and subsequent Confidential settlement.
$1,155,530 Settlement
Building maintenance worker electrocuted while working on a lighting fixture.
$1,000,000 Settlement
Machine operator in a tissue paper production plant got hand and arm caught in machine manufactured by Italian corporation.
$1,000,000 Settlement
Factory worker injured hand and arm as a result of defect in textile machine.
$977,110 Jury Verdict
Custodial employee sustained fractures to both legs by a trash compactor.
$600,000 Settlement
Worker at a plastic molding company injured hand on molding machine. Suffered compartment syndrome.
$452,500 Settlement
Employee was run over by an excavating machine. Amputated leg. Claim for defective design filed against manufacturer.
$300,000 Jury Verdict
Employee’s hand was caught in a fabric spreading machine.
$220,000 Settlement
Daily plant employee received hand crush injury while using a dairy crate stacker.
$185,000 Settlement
Employee injured his eye by a metal shard at worksite. Claim filed against safety glasses manufacturer for defective design.
$175,000 Settlement
Brake press operator crushed non-dominant hand while changing dies.
Confidential Settlement
Employee of tire repair shop sustained massive head injuries when tire he was repairing exploded.
Confidential Settlement
Furniture maker’s employee injured hand while using a power tool. Jur y found manufacturer of power tool responsible.
Confidential Settlement
Worker at airport injured knee when pneumatic lift suddenly lost pressure, thereby causing Plaintiff to strike knee on the ground.
Confidential Settlement
Worker at printing press got his hand caught between roller and suffered traumatic amputation of 2 1/2 fingers. Product liability suit filed against the manufacturer of the printing press.
Confidential Settlement
Worker sustained an injury to arm when caught in box making press. Case settled presuit for confidential settlement with manufacturer of machine.
Negligent Security
$325,000 Settlement
Office building security guard was assaulted by intruders which gained access to building through a scaffold which was left unprotected and unguarded by a contractor. Case settled for $325,000.
Spoliation of Evidence
$1,500,000 Settlement
Employee fell off ladder during work and suffered brain damage. Claim filed against employer and workers compensation carrier when ladder was lost after accident. Bifurcated trial on liability only. Verdict for Plaintiff. Case settled before trial on damages.
$175,000 Settlement
Construction worker fell at job site when scaffolding collapsed. Scaffolding was lost, defective product claim, as well as spoliation claim was filed. Worker suffered shoulder injury, but was able to go back to work.
Contractor/Sub-contractor Liability
$465,000 Settlement
Construction laborer crushed by falling chimney collapse. Claims for intentional tort made against general contractor/employer.
Confidential Settlement
Employee was a truck driver who ran into a construction site on a highway. Amputation of arm and leg. Claim filed against contractors for negligent failure to warn of construction site.
Confidential Settlement
Tractor trailer driver injured by negligent loading of trailer.
$100,000 Settlement
Employee of subcontractor fell from second story balcony on construction site of a home, and fell onto exposed rebar left there by another subcontractor. Confidential settlement.
Premises Liability
$1,350,000 Settlement
Employee of airplane service company fell 50 feet to the ground from SnorkLift Cherry Picker.
$1,240,000 Jury Verdict
Employee stepped on a covered skylight while re-roofing a warehouse and fell through the roof. Jury verdict for $1,240,000. Confidential settlement.
$817,330 Settlement
County bus driver tripped and fell on street construction site.
$560,800 Jury Verdict
Woman slipped on soapy water on the floor of a restaurant due to inadequate warnings.
$385,000 Settlement
Diner patron tripped na fell over a curb due to the slope of the cement pathway in the parking lot of a restaurant and fractured his hip.
$285,000 Settlement
FPL employee suffered a re-activation of an asthmatic condition when a general contractor began demolition work at her job.
$150,000 Settlement
Nurse slipped and fell in hospital.
Medical/Professional Malpractice
$905,000 Settlement
Worker sustained an injury to toe. Went to comp clinic and was misdiagnosed with simple injury to foot when in fact he had an infection that went untreated. Plaintiff had a partial amputation of leg. Malpractice claim made against physician for negligent diagnosis.
$450,000 Settlement
Professional NegligenceA brick layer suffered injury when working at a home site where a tree recently planted by nursery fell, striking worker. Plaintiff suffered closed head injury.
Confidential Settlement
Worker sustained an injury to arm when caught in box making press. Went to ER and was misdiagnosed with sprain. Patient had a compartment syndrome which needed immediate surgery. Plaintiff has partial loss of use of his arm. Malpractice claim made against physician for negligent diagnosis. Case settled for confidential amount with physican during litigation.
