Workplace Accident

Juan Oro was a handsome, vibrant, 27-year-old man who was living the American Dream. Juan came to this country from Cuba with the love of his life and had been working since the third day he came to this country. Juan worked hard and was striving to save enough money to buy a house for [...]

Case: Diana Perez as Personal Representative of the Estate of Juan Oro v. Trucking Produce Company.* Description: Workplace trucking negligence Mediation date: January 30, 2012 Settlement amount: Approximately $8 million Plaintiff attorneys: David Sampedro and Brett Panter, Panter Panter & Sampedro, P.A. Details: Juan Oro went to work the morning of April 14, 2011 at [...]

Court and Case No.: N/A (confidential settlement) Trial Judge: Judge Barbara Areces Plaintiff’s Attorney: Brett Alan Panter Defendants’ Attorneys: Defense attorney’s name withheld as part of confidentiality agreement. Description of Liability Aspect of Case: A defendant in this case, was the forklift operator working for Forklift Company on March 14, 2007. Mr. Forklift Driver was [...]

Case: Gustavo A. Garcia and Jorge Mejia v. George’s Crane Service Inc., Gregorio Gonzalez, RC Construction & Investments Inc., and Florida Erectors. Case nos: 06-27692 and 06-27690 Description: Workplace negligence Filing date: Dec. 21, 2006 Trial date: May 18-29, 2009 Verdict amount: $3.6 million Settlement amounts: $2.4 million Judges: Miami-Dade Circuit Judges Mark King Leban, [...]

Mario Jose Leon* set out to build a better life for his family. His travels took him far and wide while he learned to apply his skills in various trades. Eventually, Mario settled in Florida’s Treasure Coast and found work in construction. There, he would meet his future wife and ultimately build a family of [...]

On September 23, 2002 Mr. R, a hard working married man and father of two young children was part of a crew building large estate homes in a private and secluded community. Unfortunately for Mr. R, the developer and builder failed to supervise the safety, means and methods of how their contractors built the homes. [...]

In 1992 Marta Espinosa came to the United States from Nicaragua with one goal in mind – she wanted a better life for her family and three children. With that in mind, she set out to do the best she could and work as hard as she could. Shortly thereafter, she was fortunate enough to [...]

The plaintiff in this products liability action, age 27 at the time of the injury, claimed that the defendant lessor of a "scissor" lift was responsible for knee injuries sustained after he fell 15 feet from the scissor lift through the lift's access way. The plaintiff claimed that the access chains were insufficient to prevent [...]

Daniel Ortiz came to Miami on a work visa to provide for his family abroad. He found work with a custom painting company that specialized in large painting jobs. About one month after starting this new job, Mr. Ortiz’s employer was brought on to paint the interior of a large home on Biscayne Bay that [...]

Family Obtains a $1 Million Settlement On August 1, 2005 Tragelus Labranche went to work to support his family as he had done so for his entire life. Tragelus was married to his wife for 18 years and fathered 4 children. On the day of the tragedy he reported to work as he had done [...]

In December 2017, Ms. Smith[i] went to a home supply store to purchase landscaping materials. While in the garden department, she was injured due to the negligence of a store employee operating a forklift. The injury changed her life forever. Ms. Smith sustained a serious laceration to her foot when the forklift collided with a [...]