Janice Beasley & Stephen Beasley v. Schindler Elevator Corporation and Highwoods Properties, Inc.
Aug 31, 2012
OUTCOME: Jury Verdict - $13,188,000.00
Attorney Brad Edwards obtained a 13 million dollar jury verdict for a woman who sustained permanent injuries, including PTSD and RSD/CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome) as a result of an elevator acc...ident.
Personal injury
Doe V. Boomers!
Nov 15, 2011
OUTCOME: Plaintiff - Jury Awards $4.27 Million
Jury Awards $4.27 Million to Teen Shot Outside Boomers!
Fort Lauderdale, FL – Attorneys Bradley Edwards and Matthew Weissing of Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, just obtained a mu...lti-million dollar verdict for a teenager, with a promising football career, who was shot as he left Boomers!.
John Doe was nineteen years old when he was shot in his upper leg on NW 1st Street in Dania Beach, Florida while leaving Boomers!, a family entertainment center. Doe alleged that he was shot as a result of Boomers! failure to provide adequate security on their premises. Doe’s attorneys Brad Edwards and Matt Weissing proved that this shooting was reasonably foreseeable to Boomers! because of the dozens of other violent crimes, including a shooting, that had occurred on Boomers! property in the three years before Mr. Doe's shooting.
"Property owners have a duty to protect against foreseeable criminal attacks on their property,” said attorney Brad Edwards. “Given the history of crime at Boomers, this attack was clearly foreseeable and should have been prevented. Justice was done in this case."
Before the Boomers! shooting, Mr. Doe was a scholarship football player. As a result of the shooting, the bullet severed his femoral artery and vein and while the life-saving surgery was an overall success, he sustained a permanent and painful nerve injury. Mr. Doe was unable to run or resume his collegiate football career.
Attorney Matt Weissing added, “Any time property owners lack the proper safety and security measures, they put their staff and customers on their property at great risk. Had Boomers! taken the necessary actions, Mr. Bellamy could have finished his collegiate football career and future football endeavors.”
A Broward County jury returned a verdict of $ 4.27 million against Boomers! (10% comparative negligence on plaintiff and 90% defendant) following a 2 week trial.
Violent crime
Bellamy V. Boomers
N/A
OUTCOME: Jury Verdict - $4.27 million
Attorney Brad Edwards and his colleague obtained a multi-million dollar verdict for a teenager, with a promising football career, who was shot as he left Boomers! amusement park. As a result of the sho...oting, the bullet severed our client's femoral artery and vein and while the life-saving surgery was an overall success, he sustained a permanent and painful nerve injury that ended his collegiate football career. Brad and his colleague proved that the attack was foreseeable and preventable and that Boomers! failed to adequately protect its patrons from criminal attacks.
Violent crime
Conner V. All Stars Sports Bar & Grill
N/A
OUTCOME: Jury Verdict - $2 million
Attorney Brad Edwards obtained a $2 million dollar jury verdict for a patron who was attacked by another patron at the All Stars Sports Bar & Grill. Our client sustained serious facial trauma including... four missing teeth and a broken jaw, which will require multiple surgeries and bone grafting to repair.
Violent crime
Doe V. Convenience Store
N/A
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
Attorney Brad Edwards obtained a confidential settlement for a convenience store patron who was shot in face without provocation at point blank range. Our firm proved that the convenience store knew of... its crowd control and crime problems, yet failed to take adequate precautions to protect its patrons.
Personal injury
Doe V. Company Doe
N/A
OUTCOME: Settlement Prior to Trial - $1.25 Million
Our 52-year-old client was working as a roofer on a job site when a tar kettle suddenly and unexpectedly malfunctioned and sprayed his neck and arms with 500 degree tar. His case had been turned down b...y several attorneys who told him that his lawsuit was barred by Worker’s Compensation immunity. He came to our firm with one request, “figure out how the accident happened and hold the appropriate people accountable.†Our investigation proved that the tar kettle repair company that cleaned the kettle days before the accident had failed to attach an important safety spring, and that oversight caused our client’s life changing injuries. Just days before the trial was to begin, the repair company paid $1.25M to compensate our client for his injuries.
Violent crime
Doe. V. Apartment Complex
N/A
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
Attorney Brad Edwards obtained a confidential settlement for a convenience store patron who was shot in face without provocation at point blank range. Our firm proved that the convenience store knew of... its crowd control and crime problems, yet failed to take adequate precautions to protect its patrons.