JuRY TRiALS
For the month of June 2017
Judge: Hon. Cheryl K. Thomas
Parties: Pamela Thompson v.
Anthony Harn, Barr Co., Inc.
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
Felipe Fulgencio, George Hunter
Nature of case: Motor vehicle
accident
Verdict: $1,400,000.
For the month of June 2017
Judge: Hon. Laurel Lee
Parties: Angela Abbadessa v.
State Farm
Attorneys: For plaintiff: J.D.
Dowell; For defendant: Mark
Ramey, Amber Inman
Nature of case: Rear-end
automobile accident resulting in
back surgery
Verdict: $20,000 for plaintiff.
Plaintiff asked the jury for over
$300,000 in medical bills.
Defendant’s motion for attorneys’
fees and costs is pending.
For the month of June 2017
Judge: Hon. Martha Cook
Parties: David C. Briggs, as
Personal Representative of the
Estate of Richard Davies Briggs v.
Rebekah Robinson
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
Douglas Beam, Jerry McGreal;
For defendant: Mark Ramey,
Amber Inman
Nature of case: Wrongful
death resulting from motorcycle
versus car collision. Defendant’s
motion for attorneys’ fees and cost
is pending.
Verdict: For Defendant -
$0.00 award
For the month of July
Judge: U.S. District Court
Judge Kenneth Marra, Palm Beach
Parties: Julian Bivins, as
Personal Representative of Estate
of Oliver Wilson Bivins v. Brian
O’Connell, Ashley Crispin, and
Ciklin Lubitz O’Connell Law
Firm
Attorneys: For plaintiff: J.
Ronald Denman, Charles D.
Bavol, Grant Kindrick, Christina
Hebert; For defendant: Rachel
Studley and Brandon Hechtman
Nature of case: Professional
negligence and breach of
fiduciary duty against attorneys
representing guardians
Verdict: In favor of Plaintiff
for $16.4 million
For the month of July 2017
Judge: Hon. Claudia R. Isom
Parties: Leda Bravo v. Mi
Supermercado 2, LLC
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
Web Brennan, Felipe Fulgencio
Nature of case: Premises
Liability - Commercial
Verdict: $3,458,635
For the month of September
2017
Judge: Hon. Elizabeth Rice
Parties: Barbara Johnson v.
Hillsborough Area Regional
Transit Authority
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
Jonathan Zaifert; For defendant:
Michael H. Rosen
Nature of case: Negligence
of paratransit driver
Verdict: For defendant.
Defendant’s motion for attorney’s
fees and cost pending.
For the month of October
Judge: Hon. Mary Scriven,
Middle District of Florida
Parties: Barbara J. Harvey v.
Florida Health Sciences Center,
Inc. d/b/a Tampa General
Hospital
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
Joseph Williams, as substitute
for Nathaniel W. Tindall, II;
For defendant: Ed Carbone &
Jacqueline Root
Nature of case: Jury was
presented with plaintiff ’s claims
for unjust enrichment and
Medicare private cause of action.
Plaintiff sought an award of
$1.8 million.
Verdict: Judgment as a
matter of law in favor of Tampa
General Hospital at the close of
all evidence
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