This is not my case. A jury awarded $370,000 for the pain and suffering component of a lawsuit where a 57-year-old woman sued Home Depot.
She had a 3 level cervical (neck) fusion surgery on a herniated disc, as well as surgery on her shoulder. [Read more…]
Actual Case (not mine): $3,000,000 in Pain and Suffering alone to a 44-year-old man who had his leg amputated (cut off) below the knee after an SUV hit his motorcycle in Hialeah (Miami-Dade County), Florida.
The motorcycle rider had a degloving crush injury to his foot, ankle or foot. He had 4 surgeries on his leg before having his leg cut off below the knee 2 days after the accident. [Read more…]
Actual Case $55,000 verdict for the pain and suffering component of the verdict for a man who was injured and sued Royal Caribbean. This is not my case.
However, I have several cruise ship slip and fall cases and Florida slip and fall claims. The injured man claimed that his slip and fall caused a herniated disc and rotator cuff tear. [Read more…]
Actual Case (not mine): $1,000,000 Verdict for the pain and suffering damages for a 57-year-old female shopper who slipped and fell. She fractured the distal end (end closest to the knee) of the femur (thigh bone).
*This verdict was before deduction for attorney’s fees and expenses.
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Actual Case (not my case): $1.5 million Verdict for the family of a 21-year-old college student, Anthony Makowski, who was allegedly strangled to death in a fight at McDonald’s in Pasco County, Florida.
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I settled a case for $100,000 (gross) for my client who claimed that a car crash caused his a herniated disc in his neck (C5-C6).
All settlements in this article are before deduction for attorney’s fees and expenses. Most cases result in a lower recovery. It should not be assumed that your case will have as beneficial a result. [Read more…]
This is not my case but there was a $12 Million dollar verdict for the parents of a boy who was killed when his mother claimed that he was hit by a minivan. Rather than just provide the facts of the case and verdict, I explain why I think the verdict was so high and my opinions on the verdict. [Read more…]
In this article I discuss the pain and suffering award in a verdict. This is not my verdict, though I have settled many Florida car accident cases with herniated disc injuries.
$536,700 was awarded for the pain and suffering component of the claim. A woman who claimed 2 herniated discs were caused by a Duval County car accident. [Read more…]
Actual Case (not my case): $100,000 for pain and suffering for each adult child (I assume that they are all 25 or older) for the death of their mother who was a resident of St. Joseph’s ALC (Vista LLC) in Palm Beach County, Florida. The children alleged inadequate care in this nursing home wrongful death lawsuit. [Read more…]
Do you have a case if you trip on tile that is raised or even and you fall and injured yourself in Florida? [Read more…]