Philip Edwin DeBerard IV's Legal Cases (5)

Personal injury

$1 Million Child Pedestrian Accident

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OUTCOME:

A 3-year-old child was riding his bicycle in his apartment building’s parking lot while his parents watched from nearby. Suddenly, the driver of a 1-ton business truck “gunned” his engine, pulled strai ... ght out of a parking space and unknowingly ran over the child, killing him. He saw the child riding his bike when he arrived at the apartment complex at 6:30 a.m., and no obstructions blocked his view. The driver’s business insurance company settled the case for the entire policy limits of $1 million.

Car accident

$1.75 Million Distracted Driving Accident

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OUTCOME:

A Port St. Lucie resident and mother of three was seriously and permanently injured in an auto accident because another driver was talking on a cell phone instead of paying attention to the road and cr ... ashed into her vehicle. Before the accident, our client was an active mother of three and former black-belt champion who taught karate and participated in outdoor activities with her children. Now, doctors say she will never be gainfully employed again. Employers may be held liable for an accident by someone if they supply the phone or if they encourage the driver to use it, whether or not the call is related to business.

Medical malpractice

$2.6 Million Medical Malpractice

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OUTCOME:

Family members took an Indiantown baby with a high fever to a local clinic’s emergency room. The baby was kept waiting for several hours. The ER staff and the physicians never performed a spinal tap. F ... inally, after several hours, the baby was sent by ambulance to the hospital, where he died of spinal meningitis. An expert stated that if the child had immediately been placed on antibiotics, he would have survived.

Trucking accident

$2 Million Truck Accident

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OUTCOME:

An Okeechobee man was a back-seat passenger in an automobile that collided with a semi-trailer that ran a stop sign. The man suffered massive injuries, including a closed-head trauma. This settlement w ... as obtained from the semi-trailer’s insurance company.

Wrongful death

$2.4 Million Drug Injury

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OUTCOME:

This settlement was awarded to our client for the wrongful death of a spouse in a case against a drug manufacturer. The details are confidential under the settlement.

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