C.R.R. vs. Bresnniel Jansen
Nov 14, 2017OUTCOME: $49,300,000 verdict for plaintiff
High school student was groomed, sexually assaulted and raped by teacher inside school.
John Elliott Leighton's Legal Cases (20)
Coral Gables, FL
Medical malpractice Lawyer at Coral Gables, FL
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury ... +3 more
Erb v. Peninsula Logistics and Loran Smith
Sep 20, 2013OUTCOME: $7,350,000 verdict
Trucking negligence case where a trucker crashed into a passenger vehicle, resulting in leg amputation.
Estate of Alfred Gordon v. Terry, et al.
Mar 25, 2011OUTCOME: $24,315,980 verdict
Wrongful death action on behalf of the family of Al Gordon an off duty police officer who was robbed and murdered after withdrawing money from an ATM at a Bank of America in Orlando, Florida.
Jane Doe, an incompetent vs. Anonymous Hospital
Aug 01, 2010OUTCOME: $9,000,000 confidential settlement
Wife and mother of 3 children suffered anoxic brain injury during a routine surgical procedure due to an anesthesia resuscitation error. Client required 24 hour care due to injuries.
M.H. v. Major Hospital and resident physician
May 03, 2010OUTCOME: $3,750,000 settlement
M.H. was born traumatically due to multiple mistakes by nurses and residents treating our client. As a result he suffered injuries including neurologic brachial plexus damage.
Estate of Frock v. Citrus Memorial, et al.
May 12, 2009OUTCOME: Settled prior to trial for $3 million
Deceased, 35 year old mother of 3 children, came to hospital with severe pneumonia. Pneumonia diagnosed as well as rare pulmonary artery aneurysm. During hospitalization, the aneurysm ruptured and dec ... edent bled to death. Claims against hospital and physicians for failing to appropriately and timely treat condition.
R.S., a minor v. Major Hospital and physician (confidential settlement)
Aug 29, 2008OUTCOME: $11,250,000 settlement + $24.1 million verdict
R.S., now 7 years old, suffered extreme oxygen deprivation at birth due to medical negligence. The treating obstetrician decided to deliver the baby vaginally instead of a caesarian section, when by al ... l accounts the baby was in fetal distress. The nurses refused to take action once they recognized that the physician was acting against th ebest interest of the patient. The doctor ordered catastrophically dangerous fundal pressure, which resulted in a ruptured uterus, causing huge blood loss for the mother and almost killing her. The baby was born unresponsive. She eventually recovered most if not all cognitive function but cannot control her body movements, speak, walk or care for herself. She communicates by using her eyes and a computer assisted device. Her financial needs have been secured for life through the proceeds of this case.
Estate of Jane Doe v. Major Regional Hospital (confidential settlement)
Sep 08, 2005OUTCOME: $1,550,000 settlement
Jane Doe went to a Major Regional Hospital for a caesarean section delivery of her baby. After the uneventful delivery of a healthy baby boy, she developed an infection while still in the hospital. Un ... beknownst to her, the obstetrician had not removed all of her placenta after delivery. The remaining placenta caused an infection. Over a four day period the infection continued but was not treated. Orders from the physician for antibiotics were not followed. On the fourth day after delivery Jane died from the infection.
Estate of K.S. v. United Rentals
Oct 28, 2004OUTCOME: Award for Plaintiff: $8,000,000
19 year old student was passenger in vehicle. Commercial truck made illegal u-turn on divided highway and plaintiff vehicle struck at high speed. Occupants not wearing seat belts. 19 year old was kille ... d, survived by parents. She was an only child and excellent student about to graduate from high school.
Godur v. Costco
Oct 15, 2001OUTCOME: $1,007,000 verdict
Plaintiff, 62, was a customer in a wholesale warehouse store. She went to look for toilet paper. As she walked down an aisle she saw an entire wall of toilet paper beginning at eye level and reaching t ... o the ceiling. One of the pallets had its shrink wrap opened, and she went toward the merchandise to take a package. As she went to grab the package, the entire pallet's worth of toilet paper (approximately 18 giant packages of 36 rolls each) fell over on her and threw her to the ground. Evidence revealed that Costco knew that shoppers often tore open shrink wrap from pallets that were 5'8" off the ground and on orange shelves. Evidence at trial showed that a floor walk that is performed hourly to check the entire store had been done in 12 minutes the hour prior to the incident. Costco employees testified that it takes 30 minutes to perform properly. Defendant claimed that shopping was only proper from merchandise stacked on the floor and that the fact that merchandise on pallets was shrink wrapped made it obvious that customers should not select merchandise from the shelves. Defendant alleged that Plaintiff was negligent in failing to use common sense, especially because she was 4'9" tall and the pallet began at 5'8". Defendant claimed that they had never had anyone injured by falling merchandise at this store and none in the country for the prior year. Plaintiff sustained a comminuted fracture to her tibial plateau and fibula fracture requiring two surgeries, including 4 months in an Ilizarov fixator. She is left with a small limp and may need a future total knee arthroplasty.
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