Liposuction procedure resulting in necrotizing fasciitis
Jan 01, 2013
OUTCOME: Settlement $750,000.00
Liposuction and fat transfer procedure results in life threatening development of necrotizing fascitis and disfigurement of abdoment and buttocks in 40 + year old single mother.
Wrongful death
1.25 Million paid to parents of minor who drowned in Hotel Pool
Jan 01, 2007
OUTCOME: Settlement 1.25 Million
Howard Johnson's International Corporation and their franchisee, Triple E Motel Corp paid 1.25 million to the parents of a 17 year old New York youth who drowned in the hotel's pool while a guest of th...e Howard Johnson's hotel on Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood Florida the evening of April 17, 2003. The lawsuit alleged among other things that the pool was defectively dangerous and was, at the time, in violation of the State of Florida's Safety Code governing Public Pools. The law suit further alleged the negligence of hotel personnel who gave the boy permission to swim in the pool at night when the pool lacked adequate lighting under Florida law to allow for nighttime swimming.
Wrongful death
Million Dollar recovery for 81 year old grandmother killed in auto accident
Jan 01, 2007
OUTCOME: Million Dollar settlement
Million dollar recovery was paid to the Family of an 81 year old beloved grandmother Killed in Auto Accident. A healthy and active 81 year old grandmother, wife and mother, who was a passenger, along ...with her husband, in another couple's vehicle was killed along with her friend, the wife of the driver, at the intersection of State Road 809 (Military Trail) and Via Delray, in West Palm Beach, Florida on January 6, 2007. Both women were in the back seat. The two husbands survived with minimal injuries while their wives perished in this intersectional collision as the vehicle in which the grandmother was passenger made a left hand turn and was violently struck and severed upon impact with a vehicle driven by the employee of a West Palm Beach Locksmith Company in the course of his employment. The Law Offices of Diana Santa Maria, P.A. filed a lawsuit in West Palm Beach Circuit Court on behalf of the husband and family of the deceased grandmother against the drivers of both vehicles. The case was resolved in favor of the decedent's family for an amount approaching 1 Million Dollars.
Personal injury
Loss of Toe Young Athlete
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OUTCOME: 8.2 Million Jury Verdict
Aspiring teen age athlete warehouse accident causes loss of toe. Suit brought against warehouse and employer.
Medical malpractice
Perforated colon during appendectomy
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OUTCOME: Settlement Confidential
Routine appendectomy results in perforation of colon requiring surgical repair, need for colostomy and reversal months later.