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$15.5 Million Settlement in Drowning of 3-Year-Old at Seminole County Apartment Complex

The Haggard Law Firm’s Adam Finkel and Michael Haggard secured a $15.5 Million settlement in a child fatal-drowning retention pond case.    During the early evening hours of January 12, 2024, tragedy struck at the Huntington Reserve Apartments in Seminole County, Florida. Three-and-a-half-year-old Kai Goodlander left his family’s apartment on a dark, rainy night—perhaps headed toward the nearby...

The Haggard Law Firm’s Douglas McCarron, along with co-counsel Mark Brumer, has helped secure long-awaited justice for the family of Peniel Janvier, who drowned while visiting the Scott Rakow Youth Center pool in Miami Beach. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a claims bill passed by the Florida Legislature, authorizing payment of the balance of a $2 Million wrongful...

The Haggard Law Firm, led by Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel, successfully secured a $10.5 million settlement in a heartbreaking case involving the fatal drowning of a 5-year-old girl, Thamar Esperance, at a residential pool under construction in Apopka, Florida.   A Tragic, Preventable Loss On September 15, 2021, 5-year-old Thamar Esperance wandered away from her home in the Carriage...

The Haggard Law Firm, led by Michal Haggard and Kimberly Wald, along with co-counsel, Gregory Kraemer of Morgan & Morgan secured a $26 million policy limits settlement in a near-fatal drowning case involving a 2-year-old boy. Jasper Richard, suffered a catastrophic brain injury after gaining access to an apartment complex pool in Las Vegas, Nevada. The incident, which took place in May 2023...

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