Attorney Gregg Hollander and co-counsel Philip M. Burlington of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., won an appeal in the Fifth District Court of Appeal on case of medical negligence and wrongful death regar...ding a pharmacy’s duty to its customers. Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal in Volusia County reversed and remanded the case on February 6, 2015. The Honorable Richard B. Orfinger concluded that the trial court erred in dismissing the negligence claims against Pharmacy. “We are pleased with the Fifth DCA’s Ruling,” said family attorney, Gregg Hollander. “Pharmacies owe their customers a duty of reasonable care which extends beyond accurately and properly filling any lawful prescriptions presented.”
Car accident
Hollander Law Firm Settles Auto Accident Case for $2.435 Million Dollars
Apr 09, 2013
OUTCOME: Settlement For Policy Limits - $2.435 Million Dollars
On June 22, 2012 at approximately 12:30 a.m., our client was a rear seat passenger in a taxi cab east in the left turn lane of Yamato Road at the intersection of NW 2nd Avenue. Another motorist was op...erating a 2009 Nissan Altima traveling westbound in the center through lane of Yamato Road through the intersection of NW 2nd Avenue. As the taxi cab made a left turn and traveled through the intersection directly in front of the Nissan Altima, both cars collided in the middle of the intersection. The front of the Nissan struck the right rear corner of the taxi cab.
Both drivers gave conflicting accounts of how the accident occurred. The driver of the taxi cab indicated she traveled through the intersection on a solid green turn arrow while the driver of the Nissan indicated he had a solid green light when he traveled through the intersection.
At the scene of the crash, our client was treated by EMS and transported via ambulance to the emergency room. At the hospital, she was examined and administered multiple diagnostic tests in the form of x-rays and CT scans. Most notably, the CT of the lumbar spine revealed “comminuted fracture-dislocation at T12-L1 with anterior and right lateral dislocation of T12 in relationship to L1 with distracted fragments extending into the canal. Additional fractures through the articular mass at L1 with perched left facet at the T12-L1 level.” It became apparent at the Hospital that our client was not responding to sensory testing to the lower extremities and was unable to move her legs. Due to the extent of our client's injuries, she was transferred to a trauma center via ambulance. When she arrived, she had retrograde amnesia from the traumatic event and was clearly paralyzed from the waist down. She had no sensation in her legs and CT and MRI showed the translocation injury at T12-L1 with spinal canal obliteration. She did not feel anything in her legs and did not even feel her Foley catheter. It was categorized by the hospital as a devastating neurologic injury. The initial assessment was a traumatic T12-L1 complete spinal cord injury with complete paraplegia at T12 level. Our client had no sensation or rectal tone. Due to the complete obliteration of the spinal canal, it was necessary for her to undergo multi-level fusion instrumentation from T9 down to L4 with fusion and instrumentation. The purpose of this surgery was for stabilization only with no hope of any recovery or restoration of movement in her lower extremities.
