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Cris Casal, managing partner in the Fort Myers office obtained a defense verdict on behalf of First Protective Insurance Company in a three-day jury trial in Lee County, Florida.  The Court previously granted Frontline’s partial summary judgment finding Plaintiffs breached the policy of insurance by their failure to promptly report the claim.  

John Viggiani, Managing Partner, and Lissa Dayton, an Associate in the firm’s Jacksonville office obtained a defense verdict for our trucking company client and its driver in a 3 day jury trial in Jacksonville, Florida.  The defense admitted responsibility for causing the accident which involved the defendant driver backing up and hitting the front of the Plaintiff’s vehicle while she was stopped in traffic.  The Plaintiff claimed to have crushed her left foot in the accident and to have subsequently developed Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.  Both of the Plaintiff’s treating physicians indicated the injury to her foot and subsequent problems were caused by the accident and developed over the 5 and ½ years following the accident. Neither of Plaintiff’s doctors were provided or aware of the Plaintiff going to the Emergency Room 3 days after the accident and their being no indication of any injury or problem with her left foot. 

Cristobal Casal and Yasmine Kirollos, both partners in the Fort Myers office, obtained a defense verdict in a premises liability personal injury lawsuit involving a slip and fall at a Naples hotel.  The hotel was sued under allegations that it allowed a dangerous condition to exist on an exterior staircase on which the Plaintiff alleged that he slipped and fell.  Plaintiff was an out-of-town guest who claimed that the hotel’s air conditioning units were leaking water out onto the exterior walkway which then made its way onto the staircase resulting in algae and mold developing on the steps over time.  Defendant denied that any such condition existed on the steps or the walkway.  

Rod Lundy and Tiffany Miles of our Orlando office secured a favorable verdict for our defendant company and its driver in Lake County following a 5 day trial.  The defense admitted liability for the rear-end collision, which was captured on the company’s onboard video system.  

Cristobal Casal, managing partner, and Elliott Tubbs, an associate, in the firm’s Fort Myers office, obtained a defense verdict in a first party property case tried over 3 days in Lee County, Florida.  Plaintiff was an insured homeowner who claimed that his home's tile roof was damaged as a result of Hurricane Irma, resulting in interior damage, and that the insurance carrier breached the subject policy of insurance by denying the claim.  The jury found that the Plaintiff had not met his burden of proving that the home was damaged within the policy period.