Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in Florida in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 Personal Injury jury verdicts (plaintiff and cross-claimant) obtained in Florida in the year 2017. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $154,369,200.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua J. Wagner, Steven T. Vasilaros of Vasilaros Wagner |
| Case: | Klix v. American Taxi Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $51,813,592.72 |
| Attorneys: | John H. Piccin, Katherine Piccin Glynn of Piccin & Glynn; Patrick Montoya, Ervin A. Gonzalez of Colson Hicks Eidson |
| Case: | Aldana, et al. v. Pyles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $33,153,912.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard B. Sharp of Mallard & Sharp, P.A. |
| Case: | E.R., Pro Ami v. The USA |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Failure to Treat |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Sparks, Christopher D. Codling of Givens Givens Sparks, PLLC |
| Case: | Ming v. Gerelco Traffic Controls, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $23,065,991.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jose A. Fuentes of Fuentes & Berrio LLP; Michael A. Hersh of Kelley Uustal PLC |
| Case: | Alamo-Cruz v. Affordable Treemen, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $21,585,148.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachary A. Friedman, John S. Seligman, Gary A. Friedman of Friedman & Friedman, PA |
| Case: | Lazard v. Signet Diagnostic Imaging Services, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $18,702,609.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven T. Wittmer of Wittmer & Linehan PLLC |
| Case: | Martin v. Consul |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $15,922,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Crane A. Johnstone, Scott P. Schlesinger, Jonathan R. Gdanski of Schlesinger Law Offices; Paul M. Silva, Peter J. Somera, Jr. of Somera & Silva, LLP |
| Case: | Hollingsworth v. Holy Cross Hospital, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Failure to Treat |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $13,903,245.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Friedman of Friedman & Friedman, PA; Lauri W. Ross of Ross & Girten |
| Case: | Diaz v. Leon Medical Centers, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $12,240,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sagi Shaked, Joel L. Roth of Shaked Law Firm P.A. |
| Case: | Tyler v. Gibbs & Register Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey S. Hirsh of Goldberg & Hirsh P.A. |
| Case: | Britt v. Progressive Waste Solutions of FL, Inc. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $9,997,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen B. Kelly, Jr., Wade M. Rolle of Wade M. Rolle & Associates; Stefano Di Portigliatti of Coker, Schickel, Sorenson, Posgay, Camerlengo & Iracki |
| Case: | Folson v. Capps, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Personal Injury, Gunshot |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $9,367,742.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Cecere of Cecere Santana P.A.; Henry A. Seiden of Seiden Law |
| Case: | Machado v. Rodriguez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $8,018,536.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith R. Mitnik, Matt T. Morgan of Morgan & Morgan, PA. |
| Case: | Roundtree v. Schultz |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $7,919,263.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen F. Cain, Gary D. Fox, Michael E. Levine of Stewart Tilghman Bianchi & Cain, P.A. |
| Case: | Gomez-Mccallum v. Marquez, M.D., et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Philip M. Gerson, Nicholas I. Gerson, David L. Markel, Edward S. Schwartz of Gerson & Schwartz, P.A. |
| Case: | Johnson v. Norwegian Cruise Lines |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip and Fall |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $6,132,642.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wilfried H. Florin, Thomas D. Roebig, Jr. of Florin Roebig; Frank Miller of Caglianone & Miller |
| Case: | Underwood v. Strong |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $5,810,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack J. Fine, Julie Aleve Fine of Fine, Farkash & Parlapiano, P.A. |
| Case: | Boyette v. Parrish, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $5,078,084.00 |
| Attorneys: | James A. Hannon of Hannon Legal Group, P.A.; Andrew M. Moss of Kutner, Rubinoff & Moss, LLP |
| Case: | Rohm v. Castle Builders of Miami, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $4,729,631.00 |
| Attorneys: | John V. Colvin of Mooney Colvin P.L. |
| Case: | Kerrey v. VIP Tour Package, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $4,707,799.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel A. Coffey, Kenneth W. Ferguson of Coffey Trial Law; Brady J. Cobb of Tripp Scott, P.A. |
| Case: | Ore v. Home Depot USA Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $4,671,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jocelyn Santana, Brett M. Rosen, Mustafa H. Dandashly of Goldberg & Rosen |
| Case: | Fader v. Herrera, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $3,743,744.00 |
| Attorneys: | Curtis S. Pajcic, Robert J. Link, Benjamin E. Richard of Pajcic & Pajcic PA |
| Case: | Burkett, et al. v. Maddox |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $3,730,685.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph R. Fields, Gregory Sconzo of Kaplan & Parker LLP |
| Case: | Esnard v. Seminole Lakes Homeowner’s Association, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,600.94 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth J. McKenna of Dellecker, Wilson, King, McKenna, Ruffier, & Sos |
| Case: | Cook v. The Joseph L. Riley Anesthesia Associates, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $3,458,635.00 |
| Attorneys: | Felipe Fulgencio of Fulgencio Law, PLLC |
| Case: | Bravo v. Bravo Supermarket |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip and Fall |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $3,040,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Virginia M. Buchanan, W. Cameron Stephenson, M. Justin Lusko of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A. |
| Case: | Guillot v. U.S.A. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $3,001,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeanmarie Whalen, Fred A. Cunningham of Domnick Cunningham & Whalen |
| Case: | Rene, et al. v. Pat Salmon & Sons of Florida, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $2,705,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel A. Iracki, N. Joel Harris of Coker, Schickel, Sorenson, Posgay, Camerlengo & Iracki; Barry E. Newman of Spohrer Dodd |
| Case: | Beale v. Lal, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $2,635,933.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason R. Margulies, Jacqueline Garcell of Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkleman, P.A. |
| Case: | Beam v. Carnival Corp. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip and Fall |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam T. Dougherty of Dougherty Law Firm, PA; Gregory C. Ward of The Ward Law Group P.L. |
| Case: | Perez v. Wolfson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $2,459,979.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles E. McKeon of Law Offices of Charles E. McKeon P.A.; Tom B. Stathopoulos, Heather R. Stathopoulos of Stathopoulos Law Group P.A. |
| Case: | Hanson v. Unjian, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin R. Parafinczuk, Austin Carr of Koch Parafinczuk & Wolf P.A.; Jose Menendez of Menendez Law Firm |
| Case: | Martin v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Tobacco |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $2,280,679.07 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy S. Moran, Ashley B. Winstead of Morgan & Morgan, PA. |
| Case: | Harris v. PBH Mayport, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip and Fall |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $2,215,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry B. Ansbacher of Ansbacher & Associates; Fraz Ahmed, Howard C. Coker, Daniel A. Iracki, E. Aaron Sprague of Coker, Schickel, Sorenson, Posgay, Camerlengo & Iracki |
| Case: | Benton vs. Cox |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin J. Steinberg of Avera & Smith, LLP |
| Case: | Gentry v. Lubas |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $2,089,480.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles H. Baumberger, Jarrett L. DeLuca, Manuel A. Reboso of Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso & Spier, P.A. |
| Case: | Belcher v. CSX Transportation, Inc. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, FELA |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.81 |
| Attorneys: | Juan C. Montes of Montes & Associates Law Firm, P.L. |
| Case: | Padron v. Casablanca Fish Market, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $1,778,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregg A. Silverstein, Darryn L. Silverstein of Silverstein, Silverstein & Silverstein, P.A. ; Brett C. Powell of The Powell Law Firm, P.A. |
| Case: | Perez v. Geico General Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $1,578,758.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan P. Rudd of Payas, Payas, & Payas LLP |
| Case: | Paul v. Pate |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $1,566,469.83 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas J. McCarron, Pedro P. Echarte, III of The Haggard Law Firm PA |
| Case: | Souza v. C.H. Global Construction LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $1,554,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew K. Schwencke, Karen E. Terry, Edward V. Ricci of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley |
| Case: | Haley v. Bethesda Memorial Hospital, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Surgical Error |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $1,543,509.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. Alpizar of Alpizar Law LLC |
| Case: | Marquez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Fayard, Adam Brum of Morgan & Morgan, PA. |
| Case: | Craig v. C-Scape Construction Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul A. McKenna, Curt D. Obront of McKenna & Obront |
| Case: | Machado v. R.G. Rancho Grande Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Excessive Force, Personal Injury |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $1,475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alejandro M. Garcia, Todd L. Baker of Steinger, Iscoe & Greene P.A. |
| Case: | Naranjo v. Cuesta |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Felipe Fulgencio of Fulgencio Law, PLLC; George Hunter of George Hunter, P.A. |
| Case: | Thompson v. Harn, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $1,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jay Cohen, Rudwin Ayala of The Law Office of Jay Cohen P.A. |
| Case: | Banks v. South Broward Hospital District, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Failure to Treat |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David H. Pollock of Law Office of David H. Pollock, LLC |
| Case: | Kadylak v. Royal Caribbean International, Entertainment & Travel Alternatives, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,278,059.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Andrew Rariden of The Trial Proffessionals, P.A. |
| Case: | Gomez v. Mosley, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert E. Gluck of Robert E. Gluck P.A. |
| Case: | Madrigal v. Mendoza, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |