Decker v. Hooligan's

Jun 23, 1993

OUTCOME: $700,000.00 settlement

The plaintiff/ patron was involved in a motorcycle accident after leaving the defendant's bar while intoxicated. The Plaintiff, a master electrician, survived the accident but lost use of his left arm ... . The Plaintiff claimed that the defendant bar knew or should have known that he was a habitual alcoholic because during his thirty day vacation in the Miami area he had gotten drunk in that bar on 28 days. The plaintiff was able to satisfy Florida's Statutory requirement that a bar can only be held responsible for the acts of an inebriated customer if the plaintiff can prove that the bar knew or should of known that the customer was habitually addicted to alcohol and it nevertheless served him alcohol to the extent that the customer became drunk and injured himself or others.

Jones v. Franklin Incorporated

Jul 17, 1989

OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement

The Plaintiff's 13 year old daughter was injured when a "lawn dart" thrown by a friend hit/landed in her head, cracked her cranium and entered her brain. The minor child made an excellent recovery fol ... lowing immediate surgery to take the pressure of the brain and subsequent surgery to repair the cranium itself. The Plaintiff claimed in this product liability case that the "lawn darts" were defective because they were more dangerous than a typical consumer would expect. The parties reached a confidential settlement at mediation.

Gaughn v. Diocese of Palm Beach Florida

Jan 01, 1988

OUTCOME: Case Settled

The plaintiff parishioner was injured when she slipped from steps while descending from the church's alter at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Okeechobee, Florida. The plaintiff broke her hip and underw ... ent surgery for its repair. The plaintiff claimed that the Defendant created a dangerous and defective condition when it removed its alter rail and failed to post proper notices to its parishioners. The defendant defended in part on the basis that the second ecumenical counsel allowed catholic churches to relocate and remove alter rails from its alters. The case settled before trial.

City of Okeechobee v. LaGrow Irrigation, Inc.

Jul 06, 1983

OUTCOME: Case settled after Plf won appeal.

Mr. Lefebvre represented the City of Okeechobee in this lawsuit against an engineering firm and a contractor for negligent construction practices when building the city's water tank. The plaintiff pres ... ented expert engineering testimony that the walls to the water tank cracked because the cement poured into the forms was dropped from an excessive height causing the stones or aggregate in the mix to settle at the bottom of the walls thereby causing weaknesses in the top of the walls which lead to cracking of the walls.

Soto v. Dolgen Corp. Inc.

N/A

OUTCOME: Won at Trial we won the Appeal

Cotton v. Bio-Lab

N/A

OUTCOME: Case settled.

Plaintiff filed suit against a dairy and against the manufacturer of cleaning products. The plaintiff was injured when he inhaled noxious fumes while attempting to pump milk from vats into his tanker ... truck. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant dairy negligently mixed chlorine and red acid together which resulted in the release of "mustard gas" in the room where the plaintiff went to collect the milk. The plaintiff also claimed that the manufacturer failed to properly warn users of its chemicals that if the red acid and chlorine were mixed together the noxious and potentially deadly gases would be released into the environment. Case settled against dairy farmer during trial. Defense verdict for manufacturer at trial.