Featured Verdicts and Settlements

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Over the last 35 years, our attorneys have received thousands of jury verdicts and settlements. Our firm has also been involved in over 150 appeals in the State and Federal Courts, including several landmark decisions creating new law in the State of Florida.

Third Party Verdicts/Settlements Orginating From Workers Compensation Claims:

Products Liability

Serrano v. Spartan Textile Machinery, Inc.
Factory worker injured hand and arm as a result of defect in textile machine. Case settled for $1,000,000.

Sedeno v. Clean Tec Waste Services, Inc.
Custodial employee sustained fractures to both legs by a trash compactor. Verdict for Plaintiff in the amount of $977,110.

Napoles v. Oteman, S.A.
Employee’s hand was caught in a fabric spreading machine. Jury verdict for Plaintiff in
the amount of $300,000.

Estate of Luis Sanchez v. Miami Free Zone, Inc.
Building maintenance worker electrocuted while working on a lighting fixture. Confidential settlement.

Tejada v. Elgin Sweeper Company, Inc.
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.

Rodriguez v. Goodyear Tire Company
Employee of tire repair shop sustained massive head injuries when tire he was repairing exploded. Confidential settlement.

Diaz v. Officine Meccaniche Toschi, S.A.
Machine operator in a tissue paper production plant got hand and arm caught in machine manufactured by Italian corporation.Case settled for $1,000,000.

Rodriguez v. Clark Equipment
Construction employee suffered severe burns from a crane cooling system. Jury verdict of $1,180,000 and subsequent Confidential settlement.

Diaz v. Cannon Equipment Southeast, Inc.
Daily plant employee received hand crush injury while using a dairy crate stacker. Case settled for $220,000.

Restrepo v. Comeq, Inc. Brake press operator crushed non-dominant hand while changing dies. Case settled for $175,000.

Parra v. Porter Cable Corp.
Furniture maker’s employee injured hand while using a power tool. Jur y found manufacturer of power tool responsible. Confidential settlement.

Santos v Buckingham
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. Confidential settlement.

Chang v Alstom Federal Court
Plaintiff 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. Jury verdict of $3,653,000.

John Doe v ABC Industries
Worker at a plastic molding company injured hand on molding machine. Suffered compartment syndrome. Case settled for $600,000.

Rivas v Commodore Aviation, Inc.
Worker at airport injured knee when pneumatic lift suddenly lost pressure, thereby causing Plaintiff to strike knee on the ground. Confidential settlement.

Garcia v Heidelberg Graphics et al.
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.

Valencia v Kalil et al.
Worker sustained an injury to arm when caught in box making press. Case settled presuit for confidential settlement with manufacturer of machine.

Crisante v. Uvex, Inc.
Employee injured his eye by a metal shard at worksite. Claim filed against safety glasses manufacturer for defective design. Confidential settlement.

Davis v. Caterpillar, Inc.
Employee was run over by an excavating machine. Amputated leg. Claim for defective design filed against manufacturer. Confidential settlement.

Gonzalez v. Powermatic, Inc.
Employee injured while using a power saw. Jury verdict for Plaintiff, and subsequent Confidential settlement.

De la Sedas v. Delta Saws
Employee injured while using a power saw. Confidential settlement.

Garcia v. Delta Saws
Employee injured while using a power saw. Confidential settlement.

Zapata v. Powermatic
Employee injured on power press machine. Confidential settlement.

Villalobos v. Performance First
Landscaping employee injured on wood chipper. Claim filed against manufacturer for defect in chipper. Confidential settlement.

Arboite v. Delta Hotels, et.al.
Hotel employee had her arm caught in a blanket folding machine. Claim of defective product filed against manufacturer and owner of machine. Confidential settlement.

Negligent Security

Falcon v. Moss Constructors, Inc.
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

Santoro v. Byrons and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
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. Confidential settlement.

Rivera v Sunbelt et al.
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. Case settled for $175,000.

Contractor/Sub-contractor Liability

Duchesne v. Art Contruction, et.al.
Construction laborer crushed by falling chimney collapse. Claims for intentional tort made against general contractor/employer. Case settled for $465,000.00.

Harris v. Gilbert Southern Corp.
Employee was a truck driver who ran into a constr uction site on a highway. Amputation of arm and leg. Claim filed against contractors for negligent failure to warn of construction site. Confidential settlement.

Vazquez v. Panalpina, Inc.
Security guard injured by truck on a loading dock. Confidential settlement.

Shepard v. Wal-Mart, Inc.
Tractor trailer driver injured by negligent loading of trailer. Confidential settlement.

Cooke v. Falcon and Mato
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

Gonzalez v. Kellogg Partners
Employee stepped on a covered skylight while re-roofing a warehouse and fell through the roof. Jury verdict for $1,240,000. Confidential settlement.

Topalian v. Glace and Co.
FPL employee suffered a re-activation of an asthmatic condition when a general contractor began demolition work at her job. Case settled for $285,000.

Lewis v. Tenet Health
Nurse slipped and fell in hospital. Confidential settlement.

Fornes v. American Engineering
County bus driver tripped and fell on street construction site. Confidential settlement.

Medical/Professional Malpractice

John Smith v John Doe, MD Medical Malpractice
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. Case settled for $905,000.

Fijardo v Black Creek Nursery, Inc., et al.
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.

Valencia v Kalil et al.
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. Confidential settlement.