September 19, 2019 Workers Compensation
Traci Teer (Atlanta, GA) (Workers’ Compensation) The claimant, Wesley Arnold, sustained a compensable injury on June 23, 2018 when he was working as a food runner at Taki Japanese Steakhouse. A co-worker slammed a freezer door and it struck the claiman… Read More
September 19, 2019 Property
Carl Bober and Evan Zuckerman (Hollywood, FL) (Property) obtained a defense verdict following a jury trial in Fort Lauderdale in the case of Lidda Perera & Francisco Perez v. Security First Insurance Company. The case concerned a first party property i… Read More
September 11, 2019 Appeal, D&O
Evelyn Greenstone Kammet (Miami, FL) (D&O/Appeal) successfully defended a shareholder derivative action brought by a Sunny Isles Beach hotel owner who purchased a unit in a neighboring condominium simply to obtain standing to sue the condominium associ… Read More
June 28, 2019 Automobile Liability
Bill Smith (Birmingham, AL) (Auto Liability) tried the office’s 8th jury trial of 2019 during the week of June 24th. Bill was assisted by Chelsey Edgerly. After a 3 day trial, the jury returned a defense verdict against both plaintiffs, a driver and pa… Read More
June 24, 2019 PIP
Michelle Hendrix and Rebecca Parker (Pensacola, FL) (PIP) obtained a favorable verdict on behalf of Allstate insureds, Joseph Lennon and Jennifer Lennon, litigated against Michles and Booth, a local firm that is “For the Victims.” The verdict was obtai… Read More
June 13, 2019 Workers Compensation
Jerry Hayden (Miami, FL) (Workers’ Compensation) Primary Issues: Authorization of Medical Care, Major Contributing Cause, Estoppel Summary: Contending they had only accepted a cervical sprain injury as compensable, the E/C denied continued medical tre… Read More
May 24, 2019 Workers Compensation
Jerry Hayden and Tony Caula (Miami, FL) (Workers’ Compensation) obtained a Dismissal in the case of Keston O. Smith v. US Food Services, Inc. and Sedgwick CMS. On 8/10/18, the JCC entered a Final Compensation Order denying the Claimant’s request for a… Read More
May 24, 2019 Trucking
Matthew S. Garnett (Miami, FL) (Trucking) obtained a Defense Verdict in a two-week jury trial in Miami-Dade County before Judge Thomas Rebull. The Plaintiffs, Stephanie Hilzinger and Dr. Fernando Munoz, were seriously injured when a 200 pound wheel det… Read More
May 24, 2019 Workers Compensation
Jerry Hayden and Tony Caula (Miami, FL) (Workers’ Compensation) Guillermo Medrano v. Sky Chefs, Inc. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The issues addressed at Final Hearing included a claim for authorization of a follow-up appointment with the auth… Read More
May 24, 2019 Workers Compensation
Jerry Hayden and Tony Caula (Miami, FL) (Workers’ Compensation) Joseph Cristin v. Everglades Correctional Institution and Division of Risk Management. The issues addressed at Final Hearing included compensability of an unexplained syncopal fall that o… Read More