Top 20 Premises Liability Verdicts in Florida in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 premises liability verdicts obtained in Florida in the year 2019. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of Florida.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $41,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zane Berg, Cristina Sabbagh of Schlesinger Law Offices, PA; Thomas P. Angelo, James W. Carpenter of Angelo & Banta, P.A.; Crane A. Johnstone of Johnstone Law P.A. |
| Case: | Schnurr v. J.L. Property Owners Association Inc. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury, Quadriplegia |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth J. Ronan, Anthony D. Brown of Lavalle, Brown & Ronan |
| Case: | Archibald v. GFM Operations |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Security, Negligent Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alejandro M. Garcia, Todd L. Baker of Steinger, Greene & Feiner |
| Case: | Dorvilier v. Boker LLC |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Security, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Tort |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $4,783,748.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher L. Marlowe, James C. Blecke, Michael A. Haggard of Haggard Law Firm, P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Oliver v. Pride of St. Lucie Lodge 1189 Inc. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Security, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $2,548,283.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher M. Caproni, William J. McAfee of Kanner & Pintaluga P.A. |
| Case: | Kivitt v. Lennar Homes L.L.C. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Fischer, Ian G. Ward, II of Fischer Redavid PLLC |
| Case: | Paris v. Schumacker Recreation Co. LLC |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $2,076,759.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald David Rodman of Friedman Rodman Frank & Estrada, P.A.; Stephen S. Nuell of Nuell & Polsky |
| Case: | Neloms v. Miami Property Group Ltd., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $1,930,704.34 |
| Attorneys: | James G. Biggart II of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Jenkins v. Siraji Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $1,804,696.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nelson E. Baez of Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath |
| Case: | Hernandez v. G.S. Obler inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Failure to Supervise, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $1,487,979.78 |
| Attorneys: | Keith R. Mitnik, Matt T. Morgan, Nicholas 'Nick' F. Russo of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Fields v. Primera Owners Assoc., Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $1,440,768.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel W. Courtney of Daniel W. Courtney, P.A. |
| Case: | Casimir v. Unity Investments & Rentals Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Landlord-Tenant, Burn Injury, Intentional Tort, Negligent Maintenance, Fraudulent Transfer, Negligent Tort, Smoke Inhalation, Bad Faith |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $1,424,231.00 |
| Attorneys: | Neal L. Sandberg of Simon, Schindler & Sandberg LLP |
| Case: | Berggen, et al. v. North Miami Bagels, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Restaurant Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $1,150,767.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stuart N. Kaplan, Todd Cash Alofs, Elizabeth Parker of Kaplan & Parker LLP |
| Case: | Suchoff v. BRE/Baton Operating Lessee LLC |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tyler B. Everett of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Kemp v. Tallahassee Med. Ctr. inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $992,722.00 |
| Attorneys: | Curt D. Obront of Obront Corey, PLLC; Anthony C. Hevia, Kai P. Thompson of Vargas Gonzalez Hevia Baldwin, LLC |
| Case: | Robinson v. Lincoln Fields LLP, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Security, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $790,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam J. Bair, Robert A. Robbins, Neil Rose of Robbins & Reynolds P.A. |
| Case: | Chea v. Garcia, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $787,509.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dan Cytryn, Edgar Velazquez of Law Offices Cytryn and Velazquez, P.A. |
| Case: | Volin v. Gulfstream Park Racing Assoc. inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $770,189.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shaun T. Plymale, Louis N. Larsen of Treasure Coast Legal |
| Case: | Camacho v. Kohlhas |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $517,128.21 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan Christopher Rodems, Harold S. Velez of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Cruz v. Trader Joe’s |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $512,908.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward H. Zebersky, Lee G. Cohen of Zebersky Payne Shaw Lewenz, LLP; Scott D. Alexander of Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & Hochman P.A. |
| Case: | Steinberg v. Broward County |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |