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$8.6 Million Negligent Security Wrongful Death Settlement

The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel secured an $8.6 Million settlement in a negligent security wrongful death case in the Orlando area. 

On November 2022, 33 year-old Phillip McCrimmon Martin was staying with a friend  at the Vista Haven Apartments in Sanford, Florida. Watching over the apartment while the resident was out on a short trip, Phillip and his friend largely kept to themselves. On November 22nd, Phillip was shot in the parking lot of the complex. As he struggled up the stairs towards the apartment, the shooter continued firing at him. Phillip died in the apartment. 

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$4.25 Million Settlement in Minnesota Drowning Case Involving 5-Year-Old

The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel, along with local co-counsel Alicia Sieben of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben and Abinasir Abdulahi of AMA Law Group, secured a $4.25 Million settlement in a drowning case.

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Haggard to Lead Seminar During Aquatic Law Symposium

Our Michael Haggard will be one of the featured presenters during the upcoming 2018 National Drowning Prevention Alliance Educational Conference’s Aquatic Law Symposium.  The objective of the symposium is to provide plaintiff and defense attorneys with information about principles and practices of aquatic law. The event will be held April 2nd to the 7th at the Marriott Waterside in Tampa. Haggard’s seminar “Developing Theories of Negligence Citing Important Litigation Cases by Firm” is scheduled for the morning session which begins at 8:50am on Saturday, April 7th.

The legal symposiums are certified by the Florida Bar and in every state via reciprocity agreement for CLE credits (8 Credits Available)

Michael Haggard’s Aquatic Law Experience

Michael Haggard and The Haggard Law Firm has a long history of successfully litigating cases involving drownings and near-drownings…

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Miami Herald Write Up on Michael Haggard’s Recent Honors

The Miami Herald featured The Haggard Law Firm’s Managing Partner Michael Haggard in a recently published article. The write-up reported on Haggard recently receiving the 2017 Florida Justice Association’s Perry Nichols Lifetime Achievement Award and recognition as ‘Lawyer of the Year’ by Best Lawyers of America. The article detailed how the prestigious recognitions received by Haggard came within a year of his life-saving kidney transplant.

Haggard told the paper “The Perry Nichols Award and the Best Lawyer Award are the greatest professional awards I have been honored to receive. Each is specifically gratifying proving someone with PKD is never limited in achieving their dreams and I hope that inspires others.”

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