Asbestos/Lung Cancer Verdicts
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. An electrician who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos at a papermill and while using joint compound when making renovations to his home. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Former drywaller who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos containing joint compound. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)
$1,450,000.00 Settlement. Former powerhouse mechanic who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working on turbines, boilers, generators, valves, pumps, and steam lines. (Anita Pryor and Alan Pickert)
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Former navy boilertender who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos on boilers, turbines, and steamlines while aboard various naval vessels. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)
$1,750,000.00 Settlement. Career pipefitter who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos after working on numerous ships. (Evan Yegelwel, Alan Pickert, and Anita Pryor)
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Shipyard worker who died from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos containing products and insulation found on steam lines and boilers. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)
$2,000,000.00 Settlement. Mesothelioma victim exposed to asbestos from her father bringing asbestos home on his clothes. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Shipyard worker who died from asbestos related cancer. (Alan Pickert)
$1,600,000.00 Verdict ($1.1 million compensatory and $500,000.00 punitive damages). Personal injury involving lung and cardiac fibrosis from toxic spray. (Anita Pryor and Carroll Cayer)
$14,000,000.00 Verdict ($4.1 million compensatory and $10 million punitive damages). Two cases involving development of terminal cancer. (Evan Yegelwel and Carroll Cayer)
$500,000.00 Settlement. Individual whose only exposure to asbestos was as a child in her home for several months while her father was using asbestos containing joint compound in adding on three rooms to the house (Anita Pryor and Alan Pickert)
$985,000.00 Settlement. An engineer who was briefly exposed to asbestos but developed mesothelioma. (Anita Pryor, Alan Pickert and Evan Yegelwel)
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Recovery against various negligent defendants for causing the wrongful death of a 76-yearold gentleman. (Alan Pickert, Anita Pryor)
$1,750,000.00 Settlement. Career pipefitter developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working on numerous ships. (Evan Yegelwel, Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)
$1,300,000.00 Settlement. A garage mechanic who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos containing brake shoes, discs, clutches, and gaskets (Evan Yegelwel, Anita Pryor, and Alan Pickert)
$1,200,000.00 Settlement. A former insulator at a refinery who developed mesothelioma after being installing asbestos containing gaskets, packing, pipecovering, and cement. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)
$375,000.00 Settlement. Recovery against a manufacturer of asbestos-containing joint compound for client who developed an asbestos-related illness. (Alan Pickert,Anita Pryor)
Auto Accidents Verdicts
$60,000 Settlement. Rear-end auto accident resulting in injections and a permanent injury to a staff nurse (Mark Calvin).
$35,000 Policy Limits Settlement. Intersectional collision resulting in a sternoclavicular dislocation and impingement to a young student (Mark Calvin).
$150,000 Settlement with a nationally known trucking company. Automobile rear-ended by a tractor-trailer causing non-surgical neurological injuries to a staff nurse (Mark Calvin).
100,000.00 Settlement with a hotel chain. Trip and fall at a hotel causing orthopedic injuries the clients but which evolved into complex regional pain syndrome (Mark Calvin).
$87,500 Settlement. Young pedestrian struck and pinned against a vehicle by a passing car. He sustained multiple lower leg fractures, external fixation, and post surgical infection. A portion of the settlement was structured to augment future dollars to the minor (Mark Calvin).
$60,000 settlement. Hitchhiking passenger in a semi-semi-tractor that ran a red light causing an accident. Passengers to saint sustained soft tissue injuries with injection therapy (Mark Calvin).
$495,000 Combined Settlement with nationally known trucking company. Husband and wife rearended by a commercial vehicle. Husband, who worked as a truck driver, underwent back surgery. Wife sustained soft tissue injuries (Mark Calvin).
$235,000 Settlement. Wrongful Death claim for intoxicated passenger in his own vehicle. His intoxicated driver rear-ended a commercial vehicle which was partially blocking the roadway (Mark Calvin).
$600,000 Settlement. Client injured on the job by a crane operator who dropped building material resulting in a hand crush injury. Client underwent multiple orthopedic and neurological surgeries (Mark Calvin).
$215,000 Settlement. Arthroscopic knee surgery and eventual total knee replacement due to dry wall falling on the client at a construction site. (Mark Calvin and Christopher Burns)
$600,000 Statutory Limits Settlement. Client T-boned by illegal aliens in a rental car causing multiple orthopedic injuries and a mild traumatic brain injury (Mark Calvin).
$42,000 Settlement. 60-year-old retired school teacher was rear-ended aggravating his pre-existing back problem necessitating pain management and injection therapy (Mark Calvin).
$55,000 Settlement. Automobile accident involving a young mother of two causing cubital tunnel syndrome with a recommendation for surgery (Mark Calvin).
$310,000 Settlement with a nationally known trucking company. Mechanic was pinned against his service vehicle when a running semi, occupied by the defendant truck driver, lurched forward causing significant lower leg fractures and surgeries (Mark Calvin).
Policy limits recovery for plaintiff for injuries resulting from rear end auto accident (Alan Pickert)
$100,000 Settlement for injuries resulting from at fault driver T-boning plaintiff’s car (Alan Pickert)
Policy limits recovery for plaintiff who was driving a motorcycle when at fault driver turned in front of motorcycle rider causing a significant accident and injuries (Alan Pickert)
Street-Sweeping Corporation And Road Maintenance Contractor Pay $500,000 For The Death Of A Trucker (Wayne Hogan and Bruce Anderson)
Seven-Figure Settlement. Auto accident. (Tom Duffy)
$120,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in neck surgery and aggravation of preexisting injuries. (Michael Sharrit)
$1,900,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in significant brain injury. (Ted Pina)
$200,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in neck surgery in client with preexisting injuries. (Ted Pina)
$375,000.00 Settlement. Negligence of tavern for traffic accident caused by their intoxicated waitress while driving home from work. (Tom Duffy)
$140,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in orthopedic injury and surgery. (Mark Calvin)
$500,000.00 Pre-Suit Settlement with a local governmental agency. Automobile accident with significant facial fractures and surgery. (Mark Calvin)
$481,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident causing Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. (Mark Calvin)
Terrell Hogan successfully negotiated a settlement for a man whose van was struck by a loaded county dump truck. The van was thrown airborne and rolled, causing injuries requiring multiple orthopedic and reconstructive procedures. The firm convinced the county and their excess carrier to pay the full amount of coverage available, $500,000.00.
$125,000.00 Settlement, policy limits. Automobile accident resulting in orthopedic injuries. (Jim Terrell and Patty Dodson)
$120,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in neck surgery and aggravation of preexisting injuries. (Michael Sharrit)
$1,900,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in significant brain injury. (Ted Pina)
$200,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in neck surgery in client with preexisting injuries. (Ted Pina)
$50,000.00 Settlement, policy limits. Automobile accident where injured party suffered a broken femur. (Alan Pickert)
$250,000.00 Settlement. Resulting from an automobile accident (Alan Pickert)
Seven figure Settlement, policy limits. Auto accident case resulting in closed head brain injury and orthopedic injuries. (Mark Calvin, Patty Dodson, Jim Terrell)
Auto accident case resulting in paralysis and amputations. Claims are still pending against roadway construction contractor. (Jim Terrell and Patty Dodson)
$582,000.00 Verdict. Pedestrian injured by automobile - fractured pelvis and surgeries. (Michael Sharrit)
$225,000.00 Verdict. Pedestrian injured by automobile. (Michael Sharrit)
$750,000.00 Settlement after trial. Automobile accident resulting in low back injury and fusion surgery. (Michael Sharrit)
$160,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in head injury. (Michael Sharrit)
$175,000.00 Settlement. Motor vehicle accident resulting in multiple injuries. (Michael Sharrit)
$185,000.00 Settlement. Recovery against rental car company and UM carriers for client struck from behind by driver in rental vehicle resulting in neck fusion surgery. (Michael Sharrit)
$50,000.00 Settlement, full BI policy limits. Motor vehicle accident. (Leslie Goller)
$75,000.00 Settlement. Damages recovered for client who sustained severe injuries when rear-ended while stopped in traffic. (Chris Burns)
$500,000.00 Settlement. Settlement recovery received for individual struck by auto while walking through a parking lot. (Chris Burns)
$275,000.00 Settlement. Auto accident causing injuries requiring surgery. (Tom Duffy)
$35,000.00 Settlement. Recovery of the policy limits for a pedestrian who was hit by a car. (Leslie A. Goller)
$150,000 Settlement: Auto Accident: two settlements of full policy limits for client who incurred neurological, orthopedic and loss of consortium damages. (Leslie A. Goller)
$725,000 Settlement Auto Accident: Motor vehicle crash where victim required hip surgery; against the roadway construction contractor. (Jim Terrell and Patty Dodson)
Confidential Insurance Settlement: Pedestrian was hit and killed by a motor vehicle. The driver's and victim's insurance companies paid their policy limits. (Chris Burns)
$200,000 Recovery Personal Injury: Mans auto accident case settled at mediation for $200,000. No surgery necessary. He did, however, miss a substantial amount of work as the manager of a food court restaurant. (Chris Burns)
$315,000 Recovery Personal Injury: Man was pushed out of the back of a delivery truck while assisting the driver in unloading a roll of carpet, suffering multiple injuries requiring surgery for his wrist and neck. (Ted Pina)
$125,000 Settlement: Broken down vehicle is hit on the shoulder of the road.(Christopher Burns)
$260,000 Settlement: Motorcycle crash claim against offending driver. (Christopher Burns and Timothy Ellis)
$900,000 Settlement: Pedestrian hit by automobile causing orthopedic injuries. (Christopher Burns and Timothy Ellis)
Six-Figure Settlement: Auto Accident: Motorist intentionally strikes pedestrian after he tells motorist to quit speeding through his residential neighborhood where children play. (Tom Duffy)
$100,000 Settlement: Auto Accident: passenger fell off truck sustaining head injury. (Leslie A. Goller)
$100,000 Settlement Auto Accident: policy limits from at-fault driver's insurer in auto accident case. (Leslie Goller)
$250,000 Settlement Auto Accident: an auto accident with client losing control after hitting water on the road. Suit was brought against the state DOT and highway construction contractor. (Ted S. Pina co-counsel with another firm)
Confidential Settlement Cyclist Accident: cyclist hit by side view mirror on passing auto. (Chris Burns)
$110,000 Settlement Auto Accident: policy limits recovered from at-fault drivers and clients UM insurers in auto accident case. (Leslie Goller)
$275,000 Recovery Auto Accident: claim for uninsured motorist benefits the victim was a passenger in the auto, which crashed after colliding with a loose sheet of plywood, resulting in a leg fracture. (Chris Burns)
$135,000 Settlement Auto Accident: an auto accident with the plaintiff suffering a rotator cuff tear. (Ted S. Pina)
$200,000 Recovery Personal Injury: woman hit by auto in health club parking lot with back injury. (Chris Burns)
$130,000 Settlement Auto Accident: A teenager was ejected from the back of a pickup truck at low speed, causing shoulder dislocation and surgery.(Chris Burns)
High Seven-Figure Settlement a child was ejected from a vehicle when a tire blew out, resulting in brain injuries and tetraplegia. The manufacturer produced defective tires, and the tire service company should have recognized the impending tire failure. (Chris Burns and Mark Calvin)
$560,000 Settlement Auto Accident: Case resulting in paralysis and amputations. Claims are still pending.
$725,000 Settlement Auto Accident: Motor vehicle crash where victim required hip surgery; against the roadway construction contractor. (Jim Terrell and Patty Dodson)
Confidential Insurance Settlement: Pedestrian was hit and killed by a motor vehicle. The driver's and victim's insurance companies paid their policy limits. (Chris Burns)
$315,000 Recovery Personal Injury: Man was pushed out of the back of a delivery truck while assisting the driver in unloading a roll of carpet, suffering multiple injuries requiring surgery for his wrist and neck. (Ted Pina)
$900,000 Settlement: Pedestrian hit by automobile causing orthopedic injuries. (Christopher Burns and Timothy Ellis)
Bicycling Accidents Verdicts
$1,150,000.00 Settlement. Cyclist hit by car with multiple injuries. (Chris Burns)
High Six-Figure Settlement. Against lessor of a street sweeper that rear-ended six cyclists. The accident caused personal injuries to six cyclists. Street sweeper company was uninsured. (Chris Burns)
$600,000.00 Settlement, policy limits. Cyclist killed by car. (Chris Burns)
$200,000.00 Settlement. Bicyclist side swiped by school bus with closed head injury. (Chris Burns)
$200,000.00 Settlement. Bicycle rider was struck by a negligent car driver resulting in a fractured left ankle and other injures. (Chris Burns)
Confidential Settlement Cyclist Accident: cyclist knocked off bicycle by a dog. (Chris Burns)
$100,000.00 Settlement. Bicyclist hit by car with broken elbow. (Chris Burns)
$90,000.00 Settlement. Recovery made for couple injured as a result of a truck running them off the road while they were lawfully cycling. (Chris Burns)
$80,000.00 Settlement. Bicyclist hit by truck with torn ligament in ankle. (Chris Burns)
$75,000.00 Settlement. Cyclist hit by truck with groin injury. (Chris Burns)
$70,000.00 Settlement. Cyclist hit by truck with knee injury. (Chris Burns)
$65,000.00 Settlement. Bicyclist hit by a car, Shoulder Injury. (Chris Burns)
$65,000.00 Settlement. Bicyclist injured by cable hanging over sidewalk. (Chris Burns)
$65,000.00 Settlement. Bicyclist hit by truck with back injury. (Chris Burns)
$60,000.00 Settlement. Cyclist hit by truck with vertigo. (Chris Burns)
$50,000.00 Settlement. Cyclist hit by car with fractured thumb. (Chris Burns)
$45,000.00 Settlement. Cyclist hit by car with knee injury. (Chris Burns)
$25,000.00 Settlement. Cyclist hit by car with fractured collarbone. (Chris Burns)
$20,000.00 Settlement. Cyclist hit by backing car with fractured collarbone. (Chris Burns)
$85,000 Settlement: Bicycle accident causing pelvic fracture. (Christopher Burns)
Construction Accidents Verdicts
High Seven-Figure Settlement Industrial Accident: recovery against an industrial plant for causing severe burn injuries to the victim. (Chris Burns)
Dog Attacks
$125,000 Settlement resulting from a bull dog biting a child’s face (Alan Pickert)
$55,000 Settlement resulting from a dog biting a man’s lip (Mark Calvin and Alan Pickert)
$50,000.00 Settlement
$50,000.00Settlement
$90,000 Settlement
Medical Malpractice Verdicts
$80,000 Settlement: Medical Malpractice: client's claim regarding nursing error. (Leslie A. Goller)
High Six-Figure Confidential Settlement. Medical malpractice in failure to diagnose a small bowel obstruction which led to subsequent death. (Chris Burns and Tim Ellis)
$675,000.00 Settlement. Wrongful death/medical malpractice: death of infant after delivery induced by unapproved drug Cytotech. (Ted Pina)
$299,900.00 Settlement. Medical malpractice case against the company that provides medical treatment to inmates in the Jacksonville prison system. (Tim Ellis and Chris Burns)
High Six-Figure Confidential Settlement. Medical malpractice by radiologist performing vertebroplasty which caused paraplegia. (Tom Duffy)
$4,000,000.00 Settlement. Medical malpractice case resulting in brain damage. (Chris Burns, Michael Sharrit and Jim Terrell)
$4,000,000.00 Settlement. Medical malpractice case resulting in brain damage. (Chris Burns, Michael Sharrit and Jim Terrell)
$800,000.00 Pre-Suit Settlement. Death due to negligent placement of feeding tube. (Chris Burns and Mark Calvin)
$300,000.00 Settlement. Medical malpractice - burn injury to patient during surgery. (Michael Sharrit)
$350,000.00 Settlement. Patient burned during surgery resulting in nerve damage. (Michael Sharrit)
$900,000.00 Mediation. Failure to provide appropriate post-operative care. (Angelo Patacca)
$850,000.00 Mediation. Failure to timely diagnose and treat cancer. (Angelo Patacca)
$1,300,000.00 Settlement. Medical malpractice and adverse medication reaction. (Angelo Patacca, Evan Yegelwel and Tom Brown)
Confidential Settlement Medical Malpractice: victim underwent surgery where gauze was left inside, necessitating additional surgery. (Chris Burns)
Confidential Six-Figure Settlement: Victim suffered cardiac arrest, nearly expired, and required sternum bone removal after his postoperative recovery from heart surgery was mismanaged. (Chris Burns and Tim Ellis)
Nursing Home Abuse Verdicts
Jurors in a state court in Houston decided yesterday that Johnson & Johnson, the consumer health care company, must pay $772,500 to the family of a Texas woman who died after a patch intended to release pain-killing drugs leaked.
$201,470.00 Verdict. Falling machinery at K-Mart causing fractured vertebrae. (Carroll Cayer)
$375,000.00 Settlement. Recovery against a manufacturer of asbestos-containing joint compound for client who developed an asbestos-related illness. (Alan Pickert,Anita Pryor)
$1,146,000.00 Settlement. Twelve victims injured by defective hip and knee prosthetics manufactured by Sulzer. (Anita Pryor)
$900,000.00 Settlement. Wrongful death case resulting from exposure to dangerous product. (Evan Yegelwel and Carroll Cayer)
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Wrongful death resulting from defective product. (Evan Yegelwel, Alan Pickert, and Anita Pryor)
Wayne Hogan was among the trial lawyers representing the State of Florida in its historic lawsuit against the cigarette industry on behalf of Florida's taxpayers and children.
$300,000.00 Settlement. Head injury on defective stairway. (Michael Sharrit
$92,500.00 Mediation. Failed medical prosthetic device requiring surgery. (Tom Brown)
$650,000 Settlement Defective Product: defective engine fan, which broke apart, causing a fan blade to strike the victim in the neck. (Chris Burns)
High Seven-Figure Settlement a child was ejected from a vehicle when a tire blew out, resulting in brain injuries and tetraplegia. The manufacturer produced defective tires, and the tire service company should have recognized the impending tire failure. (Chris Burns and Mark Calvin)
$85,000 Settlement: Products Liability: action regarding a defective saw causing hand injury. (Leslie A. Goller)
$1,100,000.00 Settlement. Personal injury of shipyard employee. (Alan Pickert)
Seven-Figure Settlement. Leading to workplace fatality. Recovery against crane manufacturer (Michael Sharrit)
$3,500,000.00 Settlement. After Jury Selection. For victims injured by defective machinery. (Alan Pickert, Anita Pryor, Evan Yegelwel)
Product Liability Verdicts
Jurors in a state court in Houston decided yesterday that Johnson & Johnson, the consumer health care company, must pay $772,500 to the family of a Texas woman who died after a patch intended to release pain-killing drugs leaked.
$201,470.00 Verdict. Falling machinery at K-Mart causing fractured vertebrae. (Carroll Cayer)
$375,000.00 Settlement. Recovery against a manufacturer of asbestos-containing joint compound for client who developed an asbestos-related illness. (Alan Pickert,Anita Pryor)
$1,146,000.00 Settlement. Twelve victims injured by defective hip and knee prosthetics manufactured by Sulzer. (Anita Pryor)
$900,000.00 Settlement. Wrongful death case resulting from exposure to dangerous product. (Evan Yegelwel and Carroll Cayer)
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Wrongful death resulting from defective product. (Evan Yegelwel, Alan Pickert, and Anita Pryor)
Wayne Hogan was among the trial lawyers representing the State of Florida in its historic lawsuit against the cigarette industry on behalf of Florida's taxpayers and children.
$300,000.00 Settlement. Head injury on defective stairway. (Michael Sharrit
$92,500.00 Mediation. Failed medical prosthetic device requiring surgery. (Tom Brown)
$650,000 Settlement Defective Product: defective engine fan, which broke apart, causing a fan blade to strike the victim in the neck. (Chris Burns)
High Seven-Figure Settlement a child was ejected from a vehicle when a tire blew out, resulting in brain injuries and tetraplegia. The manufacturer produced defective tires, and the tire service company should have recognized the impending tire failure. (Chris Burns and Mark Calvin)
$85,000 Settlement: Products Liability: action regarding a defective saw causing hand injury. (Leslie A. Goller)
$1,100,000.00 Settlement. Personal injury of shipyard employee. (Alan Pickert)
Seven-Figure Settlement. Leading to workplace fatality. Recovery against crane manufacturer (Michael Sharrit)
$3,500,000.00 Settlement. After Jury Selection. For victims injured by defective machinery. (Alan Pickert, Anita Pryor, Evan Yegelwel)
Slip & Fall/Trip & Fall Verdicts
$1,000,000.00 Settlement for Slip & Fall -
Michael Sharrit
Trucking Accidents Verdicts
After a two-week trial in Jacksonville, Florida, jury awards $12.9 million in Damages After Ford Failed to Warn About Danger of Riding with Seat Reclined
$750,000.00 Settlement. Multiple leg fractures in highway accident caused by negligent 18-wheel truck driver. (Michael Sharrit)
$1,500,000.00 Settlement. Semi-truck collides with bus causing traumatic brain injuries and orthopedic injuries. (Chris Burns and Mark Calvin)
$500,000.00 Settlement. Accident caused by 18-wheel truck resulting in foot fractures and surgery. (Michael Sharrit)
$750,000.00 Verdict. Back surgery caused by accident involving commercial vehicle. (Michael Sharrit)
$90,000.00 Settlement. Recovery made for couple injured as a result of a truck running them off the road while they were lawfully cycling. (Chris Burns).
Mid-Six-Figure Settlement: Claim against major local trucking company where negligent operation of semi truck caused death of another vehicles driver. (Christopher Burns)
Wrongful Death Verdicts
Confidential Settlement With Professional Motorsports Racing Organizations for Family of a Track Worker (Bruce Anderson)
Confidential Insurance Settlement: Pedestrian was hit and killed by a motor vehicle. The driver's and victim's insurance companies paid their policy limits. (Chris Burns)
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Wrongful death resulting from defective product. (Evan Yegelwel, Alan Pickert, and Anita Pryor)
$1,300,000.00 Settlement. Wrongful death resulting from defective product. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)
Seven Figure Settlement. Wrongful death of civilian employee working on US Navy ship. (Tim Ellis and Chris Burns)
$1,270,000.00 Settlement. Wrongful death motor vehicle accident resulting from inadequate speed limit reduction for road construction project on Interstate 95 in Yulee, Florida. (Tom Duffy)
$100,000.00 Settlement, policy limits. Wrongful death of motorcyclist by hit and run driver. (Ted Pina)
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Recovery against negligent manufacturer. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)
$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Recovery against various negligent defendants for causing the wrongful death of a 76-yearold gentleman. (Alan Pickert, Anita Pryor)
Six-Figure Settlement. Golf cart accident. (Tom Duffy)