Our Case Results

A 10 year old Apopka boy stepped on a nail and received a lengthy treatment of antibiotic coverage. His doctors failed to monitor the blood levels of a very powerful antibiotic they chose to treat the suspected infection. Despite calls from the boy’s mother reporting new and dangerous symptoms, the doctors failed to see the child. Tragically, the antibiotic treatment, left unmonitored, caused the boy’s kidneys to shut down. He died a grievous and needless death on Mother’s Day. His family continues to visit with us and remains determined to get the word out to parents to remain vigilant about.

A senior producer at Disney World underwent eye surgery. Despite multiple calls to his doctor’s office over several days, he was reassured that his complaints were “normal and nothing to worry about.” The following day he experienced a sudden loss of vision-his retina had become detached. Emergency efforts were undertaken to correct the damage, however, those efforts were too late. Our client has courageously continued working and has continued to keep [Read more]

In a tragedy so great, our firm agreed to lead the fight and two Missouri law firms against a drunk driver and the owner of the vehicle he was driving in St. Louis, Missouri. Three young people needlessly lost their lives. Working with the other families that lost children, our clients pursued not only a civil action in Missouri, but also maintained close contact with the St. Louis prosecutor handling the criminal proceedings. In the most passionate display of love for their children, following the successful civil action, all parents appeared before the [ Read more ]

A hard-working young woman was driving on I-95 in South Florida when traffic quickly slowed and stopped. When she had come to a stop, she was rear-ended. The cause of the rear-end collision began several cars behind her. Through investigation, the first offending driver was discovered, and it was learned that he was an on-duty FBI agent, simply not paying attention to the road ahead. In accordance with Federal Law, claims were brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, and the case was tried in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. [ Read more ]

An Osceola County Deputy Sheriff was rear-ended. He felt immediate low back pain and received an initial medical evaluation. Being told “nothing looked broken” he insisted on returning to duty after just a few days off. Despite his best efforts the pain became intolerable and eventually he was forced to limit his work duty. The insurance company refused to acknowledge that the rear end collision caused any serious back injury. The insurance company pointed out that our client had seriously hurt his back BEFORE the car accident. In fact, our client did have 2 serious back injuries and 2 back surgeries BEFORE the rear end collision.

While shopping in a home improvement store, our client fell as a result of a broken concrete floor. Our investigation revealed that store employees were well aware of the broken area, recognized it as a major danger to customers, and admitted it should have been repaired. Months before trial, the store agreed to settle all claims. Our client, who had no health insurance, used a portion of the settlement proceeds to pay for needed medical and surgical intervention.

An older gentleman was innocently walking along when he tripped on an uneven and broken surface. Sadly, this gentleman suffered a broken hip and required surgery. Those responsible initially denied any wrongdoing. However, the photographs taken by our office before the condition was repaired along with powerful witness statements convinced the company to accept responsibility.

The weather was beautiful and our client was on his way home from work. He had been out of town for the week. While he was slowing for a red light, another vehicle crashed into the rear of his car. Despite wearing his shoulder harness and seat belt, the impact jostled him about. He felt immediate neck pain, but assumed it would go away with rest. Days later his pain brought him to a physician and over the following weeks, he had an MRI which revealed disc herniation in his cervical spine (neck). He treated for several months, underwent epidural spine injections and received a surgical consultation.

Our client had the green light as she approached the intersection. Another driver suddenly turned left in front of her and caused the collision. She was treated by emergency medical personnel and transported to a local hospital complaining of low back pain. The X’rays were normal and she was discharged. She followed up with a specialist for her continuing pain and discomfort. An MRI of her lumbar spine (low back) revealed disc herniation. Due to radiating pain down her leg she underwent an EMG/NCS. [ Read more ]