Our Successes

Motor Vehicle Collision / Wrongful Death
$2,250,000.00
Gadsden County Case #05-631-CAB 

Brown and Brown successfully recovered $2,250,000.00 for damages for our client, an expectant mother who was hit by a Mack dump truck while lawfully operating her vehicle. The driver that struck our client was in the scope of his employment with a construction company. Our client’s vehicle was completely smashed and her child was born prematurely a month later and died the same day, as a result of the trauma sustained by the mother. Our client continues to suffer from physical as well as emotional injury due to the collision.
 

Medical Malpractice / Nursing Home Liability
$1,500,000.00 Settlement 

Our Firm and Co-Counsel successfully recovered a $1,500,000 settlement for our Gadsden County client. Our client, a father of two in his early forties at the time suffered from Stage 3 bedsores and malnutrition due to neglect from his medical care providers and the nursing home facility at which he resided. This case was settled prior to any trial.  
 

Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death
$1,350,000.00 Settlement
Leon County, Florida  

Our Firm and Co-Counsel obtained a $1,350,000 settlement for the widow and two surviving children of a father and husband in his mid-thirties that died in Tallahassee, Florida.  Our client was treated and released by his medical care providers and sought emergent care at least two (2) times from a medical care facility wherein he received treatment. Medical care providers who failed to diagnose a serious and fatal medical condition, Spinal Meningitis.
 

Railroad Negligence
$1,300,000.00
Jackson County Case #01-710CA 

Our Firm and Co-Counsel recovered over $1,300,000 for a client who was fifty-eight (58) years old at the time of the incident. Our client was mowing along the railroad track from Campbellton to Cottondale, Florida prior to his injury. After cutting around the railroad depot in Cottondale, he was run over when the tractor “jumped in gear” while standing next to it. Our firm was able to prove that the emergency/parking brake was inoperable, that the tractor was in disrepair, and that the railroad failed to properly train him to operate the tractor as required by Federal Railroad regulations under FRA §214. The plaintiff’s abdominal chest was torn open, split apart and crushed by the tractor. Over seven (7) years after the incident, the plaintiff is still under the care of a urologist and orthopedist as a result of his permanent and serious injuries. A week prior to trial commencing in Jackson County, the Defendant offered $1,300,000 to settle the claim.

Premise Liability / Negligent Security / Wrongful Death
$1,000,000.00 Settlement
Duval County Case #01-05576 CA 

Our Firm and Co-Counsel were successful in obtaining a $1,000,000 settlement for the parents of a twenty (20) year old student who was fatally attacked by his former roommate. The settlement was secured from the large apartment complex in Jacksonville where he lived. The insurance carrier for the apartment complex settled after four days of trial in Duval county, just prior to counsel rest the Plaintiff’s case. The plaintiff’s apartment was directly across the street from the manager’s office. Defendant’s management failed to change the door locks to the plaintiff’s apartment as requested because his former roommate no longer resided at the apartment and had threatened to do bodily harm to the plaintiff. Due to Defendant’s negligent failure to provide security, the plaintiff was fatally attacked with a baseball bat by his former roommate. The fatal attack on the plaintiff was foreseeable.
 

Medical Negligence / Wrongful Death
$550,000.00 Settlement
Gadsden County, Florida  

Brown and Brown obtained $550,000 for a nineteen (19) year old Gadsden County resident, for damages suffered when she was treated for stomach pain, abdominal cramps, nausea, chest discomfort and other symptoms but never diagnosed as pregnant. As a result, she received no prenatal care or any pregnancy diagnosis, despite presenting to the same series of medical care providers over an eight (8) month period with continued symptoms of vomiting, stomach pain, lower back pain, urinary urgency and inconsistent menstrual cycles. Our client subsequently presented to the emergency room wherein she was finally diagnosed as pregnant but due to an almost three (3) hour delay in performing a cesarean, despite obvious signs of fetal distress and the lack of prenatal care, our client’s daughter was delivered and then died less than twenty-four hours later due to severe anoxia.
 

Premise Liability / Negligent Security / Wrongful Death
$440,000.00
Escambia County, Florida  

Brown and Brown obtained a $440,000.00 settlement for the parents and surviving minor children (2) of our client, a twenty-four (24) year old man, a resident of Okaloosa County, Florida who was fatally stabbed outside of a business establishment. The business establishment was on notice, as a result of past violent occurrences, that they needed security to insure their customers’ safety. The business establishment failed to maintain adequate security and as a result, our client was fatally stabbed. Our client was not involved in the altercation, was in fact witnessed to have attempted to break up the fight. The settlement was tendered prior to trial.

Premise Liability / Fall From Roof
$302,000
Bay County Case 

Our Firm recovered $302,000 for a client who was struck by falling truss and knocked from a roof while working in Panama City, Florida.  The client suffered a fractured disk at L1, a rib fracture, and other contusions and abrasions.  His doctor performed an emergency surgical procedure called a laminectomy from T12 to L2 because of the fractured disk and contused, hemorrhagic and swollen nerve roots.  The recovery was made from the homeowners’ insurance since they acted as the contractor for the remodeling job.  Our firm is still seeking other sources for recovery on behalf of our client as the homeowners’ insurance policy limits.
 

Premise Liability / Negligent Supervision / Personal Injury
$300,000.00, structured settlement
Jefferson County, Monticello, Florida  

Brown and Brown obtained a structured settlement of $300,000 for a three year old girl who was injured at a public youth center. Our client was underage for the program, per the facilities rules and regulations but was allowed to join anyway, as she had an older sister (13) in the program. The 13 year old was allowed to prepare soup, unsupervised, for her three year old sister. She heated the soup to an extreme temperature and the three year old suffered 1^st and 2^nd degree burns to her chest when the soup spilled on her. Our client suffered scarring, disfigurement and possible permanent loss of pigmentation to the burned portion of her chest.
 

Personal Injury / Sexual Assault
$300,000.00
Harris County Texas Case #2003-18351 

Our Firm along with Co-Counsel obtained a $300,000 settlement for a fifteen year old, minor female who was battered and sexually assaulted by a cab driver in Houston, Texas. The taxi cab driver picked up our minor client, against company policies, and when she was unable to tender payment, battered and sexually assaulted our client. The taxi cab driver was tried and convicted in a Texas court and subsequently sentenced to prison. Our client recovered $300,000 in settlement from the cab company, notwithstanding that the cab company and the driver claim he was an independent contract which could have removed any liability from the cab company, if proven. 
 

Motor Vehicle Collision
$285,000.00
Leon County - Tallahassee, Florida  

Brown and Brown obtained a $285,000 settlement for a forty-six year old man, whom was hit in the rear while in the course and scope of his employment. Our client (a propane delivery driver), was struck by the driver, of a commercial flatbed truck which smashed into the plaintiff from the rear. The plaintiff had pre-existing neck and back injuries (including disk bulges) which were exacerbated by the crash causing a disc herniation and forcing the plaintiff to undergo a surgical anterior discectomy including cervical fusion. Additionally the plaintiff also suffered disc bulges and bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as a result of the rear end accident.
 

Premise Liability / Assault
$230,000.00
Gadsden County Case #98-0142 CAB 

Our Firm obtained a $230,000 settlement for our Gadsden County client whom was assaulted by a clerk in a convenience store in Quincy, Florida. Our client, a 32 year old man at the time of the incident, was hit with a baseball bat by the store clerk and suffered a broken arm that necessitated a metal plate implantation to repair the fracture. Although the Plaintiff’s (our client) doctors said he suffered no permanent injury and could return to work with no restriction, we were still able to recover $230,000 in damages.