$1.5 Million Settlement in Florida Retention Pond Drowning The Haggard Law Firm’s Douglas McCarron secured a $1.5 Million settlement in a fatal drowning case involving an autistic child in a retention pond located directly behind her home in St. Johns County, Florida.
The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel secured a $5 Million settlement for the family of Kallie Bligen, a 5-year-old autistic girl who suffered a fatal drowning in a retention pond located just steps from her family’s apartment in Oakland Park, Florida. Bligen was non-verbal and autistic, and her parents, Kashawn Bligen and Jasmine Kessler, took extraordinary...
The Haggard Law Firm’s Adam Finkel and Michael Haggard have secured a $4 Million settlement in a fatal drowning case involving a minor. The tragedy serves as another cautionary tale reminding us all to remain vigilant of what safety measures are and are not in place at the complexes that our kids live in and...
Settlement Highlights Importance of Property Owners Eliminating Dangerous Water Hazards That Can Attract Children The Haggard Law Firm’s Adam Finkel and Michael Haggard secured a $2 Million pre-suit, policy limit settlement in a fatal drowning case. The settlement resolves a claim against Village Green at Baymeadows Property Owners Association, Inc. following the April 2025 drowning of Arnez Dowdell, who recently...
$2 Million Settlement in Fatal Child Drowning Case at Florida Resort-Style Short-Term Rental Property Lawsuit Raises Major Safety Questions for Vacation Rentals with Waterpark Amenities The Haggard Law Firm’s Adam Finkel and Michael Haggard have settled a fatal drowning lawsuit involving the death of a child at a large “resort-style” short-term rental property in...
The Haggard Law Firm’s Pedro Echarte and Michael Haggard, along with co-counsel Christopher O’Toole, have secured a $6 Million settlement in a fatal drowning case involving a 2-year-old child. Child drownings remain one of the leading causes of accidental death for young children in Florida. When these incidents occur at apartment complexes or other residential...
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’s Pedro Echarte and Michael Haggard have settled a wrongful death dive case involving multiple defendants. The case settled globally for $4.25 Million.
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...
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