Three week jury trial. Plaintiff alleged an aggravation of a pre-existing back injury as a result of an automobile accident, which ultimately require him to obtain back surgery. Jury found the plaintif...f 44% negligent and the defendant 56% negligent for the accident. Jury returned a verdict of approximately $16,000 after reduction for plaintiff's comparative negligence and collateral source setoffs. Plaintiff requested more than $500,000 in closing arguments.
Personal injury
Pupo v. Geico
Apr 10, 2012
OUTCOME: Judgment for defendant
Two week jury trial trial. Plaintiff alleged multiple herniated discs to her cervical and lumbar as a result of two automobile accidents involving uninsured motorist. I represented the defendant.
Personal injury
Butler v. Geico
Apr 06, 2012
OUTCOME: Defendant won
Plaintiff sued claiming a labral tear to hip from rearend collision and claimed she could not work as a result of injuries from the accident. Jury returned a verdict of approximately $26,000.00 after s...etoffs. Plaintiff requested an award of more than $250,000 in closing arguments.
Litigation
Excalibur Towing Serv. Corp. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 971 So. 2d 900 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007).
Dec 05, 2007
OUTCOME: Judgment for the Defendant
Car accident
Lee v. Sec. Nat'l Ins. Co., 943 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).
Nov 26, 2006
OUTCOME: Judgment was overturned in favor of the defendants
The insured rear-ended a bus, and several passengers claimed injuries as a result. The insurer paid two claimants $10,000 each, which, it argued, exhausted policy limits and all of its duties; the poli...cy provided bodily injury liability coverage, policy limits of $20,000 per accident, $10,000 per person. When the claimant filed a new claim, the insurer at first denied it, but later tendered $10,000, which was rejected, prompting the insurer to seek declaratory relief. Before suit, the claimant filed a notice with the Department of Insurance, alleging that the insurer exhibited bad faith by quickly settling with two claimants without first assessing all claims and making a good faith allocation to settle as many claims as possible. The insurer tendered $10,000 to the claimant in exchange for a release of all claims. The order and summary judgment contained no declaration as to the parties' rights and duties under the policy. Nor was there any declaration as to the effect of the tender on any inchoate bad faith claim. To the extent that the judgment was meant to bar a third-party, common law, bad faith claim, or a first-party bad faith claim, so declaring would have been error.
