Pensacola Personal Injury Settlements & Verdicts
Case Results
Our past record of recovering large jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of our clients. Whether it’s in the courtroom or out, proven past experience counts. Keep in mind that this is a partial list of settlements and verdicts obtained for our clients while we have been in practice.
The list of verdicts and settlements is provided as a partial list of some of our successes in achieving compensation for our clients. You should not use this list as a guide or to gauge what may or may not happen in your particular case. All cases are different and the results will vary, as well.
Settlements
$200,000 – A 69 year-old brick mason was building a fire place when he went to step on decking boards that, unbeknownst to him, had been moved. He fell through the ceiling and landed on the first floor. The homeowner and the insurance company contended the only people in the attic were the brick mason and his helper. After filing suit, the claim was successfully resolved for the amount shown.
$2,450,000 – Settlement for 70 year-old woman who sustained severe injuries in motor vehicle accident in Okaloosa County.
$3,750,000 – Settlement for two young children whose mother, a New Orleans police officer, was killed in an interstate accident while returning home from a family vacation to Disney World.
$700,000.00 – Settlement for a 60-year-old woman attacked by a dangerous dog, causing severe extremity injuries.
$1,500,000.00 – Policy limit settlement for a client rear-ended in a severe accident by a roofing truck and trailer.
$525,000.00 – Car accident in Destin where a speeding, at-fault driver illegally passed in the right turn/bicycle lane and collided with the client.
$575,000.00 – At-fault driver speeding through a parking lot in the wrong direction.
$250,000.00 – Client slipped on a wet floor in a hotel.
$270,000.00 – Client suffered a broken knee after falling in a car dealership parking lot.
$225,000.00 – Client was rear-ended by a UPS truck.
$362,500.00 – Client fell down a poorly marked step at a resort.
$300,000.00 – Slip and fall in the women’s bathroom of an “all you can eat” restaurant.
$325,000.00 – Client walking in a parking lot when a car backed up and knocked him down.
$175,000.00 – Car accident where the at-fault minor driver ran a red light, hitting the client’s car and causing a torn meniscus.
$225,000.00 – Car accident where the at-fault driver, in a road construction company truck, struck the client’s vehicle on the passenger side.
$175,000.00 – Client hit by an uninsured motorist, sustaining a torn rotator cuff.
$125,000.00 – Car accident on Highway 98 when the at-fault driver turned in front of the client.
$110,000.00 – Policy limits for a rollover case on I-10.
$150,000.00 – Young girl injured in a private gymnastics class (despite signed exculpatory clauses).
Verdicts
$56,001 – Verdict. Resmondo v. Mason and Erickson, Santa Rosa Co. Circuit Court Case No. 83-C-364
$650,000 – Ball, et al. v. First Floridian Auto and Home insurance Co., Car Accident, Personal Injury, 2017
$500,000 – Verdict in a product liability case where the defense never made a pre-trial settlement offer. The decedent, who was killed when he fell from a ladder, was the only one present when the ladder was being used and thus, there were no witnesses to his fall. After the trial court was upheld by the 1st DCA, the defendants paid the full judgment plus costs and interest. Lang v. White Metal Rolling & Stamping Co. and Sears Roebuck, Okaloosa Co. Case No. 87-2126
$120,000 – Verdict. Johnson v. Bahama Cruise Line, U. S. District Court, Northern District, Pensacola, FL Case No. 85-4256-RV
$2,300,000 – Jury award for a mechanic who was severely injured while repairing a truck. Culbertson v. Coastal Insulation, Escambia Co. Circuit Court
$2,747,000 – Jury verdict for a young woman who sustained a severe hand injury when a garbage truck backed into the path of her vehicle. Stolfi v. ECUA, Escambia Co. Circuit Court Case No. 99-1920-CA
$28,000,000 – Jury verdict for the death of a 12 year-old child killed by a habitually drunk driver. Slaughter v. Parrish, Santa Rosa Co. Circuit Court Case No. 83-C-969
$8,322,546 – Jury verdict for the parents of 2 teenaged children killed by a high performance boater while riding a jet ski. Richmond v. Smith, Santa Rosa Co. Circuit Court Case No. 2000-631-CA-01
$250,000 – Verdict. Cecil Lee v. Southern Bell, Escambia Co. Circuit Court Case No. 1986-CA-004493
$2,000,000.00 – Parking lot trip and fall case where the curb stops and parking lanes did not line up.
$500,000.00 – Fall at a roller skating rink with a poorly designed step down.
$300,000.00 – Client beaten up by a bar bouncer.
$500,000.00 – Client was a police officer shot in the line of duty at a car rally (claim against the rally organizer and property owner).
$450,000.00 – Client tripped over poorly laid astroturf at a gravesite.