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.

Plaintiff Sami Barrak was a patron at Tootsie’s Cabaret. He and a friend were leaving the establishment when the friend returned to retrieve an item left inside. As Barrak sat waiting in his car for his friend to return he was approached by an unknown person who shot Mr. Barrak in the neck rendering him a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic. The
$102 million verdict is the largest jury verdict awarded in history for a negligent security case.

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 cell phone 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.

IN THE early morning hours John Doe headed to the airport to pick up his family. Upon entering his home, Mr. Doe realized something was amiss. While his family stayed downstairs, Mr. Doe went upstairs to have a look around and was shot by robbers ultimately rendering him a quadriplegic. Despite spiraling violence on their property, management had done absolutely nothing to prevent such violence and chaos.