The plaintiff, a 78-year-old woman, was seriously injured when a driver negligently struck the car she was riding in. The driver of the other car which caused the accident was distracted because he was conducting business on his cellular phone while driving. The plaintiff’s attorneys proved the driver was using his cell phone after subpoenaing his cellphone records. This influenced the jury’s decision and as a result the plaintiff was awarded the largest single personal injury verdict in Miami-Dade County history at the time.

Plaintiff Alfredo Cuquejo was traveling on his motorcycle to see his girlfriend when an approaching car made an illegal left hand turn. Mr. Cuquejo tried to avoid the collision, but there wasn’t room. He hit and flew over a truck and landed across the intersection. He was left physically incapacitated due to a severe brain injury.

Motorcyclist suffered a severe brain injury when a delivery van violated the motorcyclist’s right of way. Delivery company and the company owning the van and employing the driver were sued for negligent operation of the van for active negligence and as to the delivery company, on a vicarious liability/agency theory. The case settled before trial.

The plaintiff, an employee of Brinks Co., was standing behind his opened armored truck preparing a delivery when a tourist driving a rental car suddenly struck him, pinning him to the back of the truck and causing his left leg to be amputated above-the-knee. The plaintiff was able to obtain a settlement far exceeding the $600,000 cap created by the Florida Legislature protecting auto rental companies because of bad faith allegations and because Ecuacar Rent Corp.’s insurer was covering both the car rental company and the driver.

John Doe was walking across the street and hit by an oncoming car. The driver was unable to see the plaintiff because all the street lights in the area were out. Mr. Doe was able to prove that the street lights had been inoperable for several months before the incident and that the electric company had been warned of the danger by residents in the area on numerous occasions. Mr. Doe suffered from traumatic brain injury and requires attendant care for the rest of his life.

A suit was filed by the family of a man who was killed in an auto accident caused by an employee of the electric company. The employee, who was driving his own car but conducting company business at the time of the accident, ran a red light causing the fatal accident. Witnesses at the scene claim that the employee of the electric company was too distracted and made no attempt to break when he saw the light turn red. The victim spent most of his life caring for his daughter with special needs as his wife worked to support the family. The daughter was in the passenger seat when the accident occurred.

A bus driver stopped in the middle of a Miami Beach street in violation of Florida Statues. While the bus was stopped, Jane Doe began to cross the street in front of the bus. While she was crossing, the bus driver negligently started his bus, hitting Ms. Doe, running her over and killing her. Ms. Doewas survived by three adult children, all over the age of 40.