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$1 Million Dram Shop Wrongful Death Policy Limit Settlement

The Haggard Law Firm’s Douglas McCarron and co-counsel Eric Romano of the Romano Law Firm have secured a $1 Million pre-suit, policy limit settlement in a dram shop (liquor liability) wrongful death case.

On July 31st, 2021, Thomas Lewis attempted to break up a fight that began in the Foster’s Too Lounge.  During that effort, Thomas was hit over the head with multiple beer bottles by overserved patrons.  The attack killed him. 

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$1 MILLION DRAM SHOP CASE PRE-SUIT, POLICY LIMIT SETTLEMENT

The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Kimberly Wald obtained a $1 Million pre-suit policy limit settlement in a dram shop case in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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VERDICT: $7.5 MILLION AWARDED BY JURY IN WRONGFUL DEATH CASE

The Haggard Law Firm’s Douglas McCarron and Kimberly Wald have obtained a $7,509,000 verdict following a three-day trial in Alachua County, FL.

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$4 Million Negligent Security Wrongful Death Settlement

The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel secured a $4 Million Settlement in a negligent security wrongful death case involving a father of three.

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$8.6 Million Settlement in Catastrophic Injury Negligent Security Case

The Haggard Law Firm’s Pedro Echarte and Michael Haggard have obtained a settlement for $8,612,500 in a catastrophic injury negligent security case.

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$3.5 Million Settlement in Drowning Case Involving Minor

The Haggard Law Firm’s Adam Finkel and Michael Haggard obtained a $3.5 Million settlement in a drowning case involving a 3-year-old.

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$19.5 Million Settlement Involving Negligent Security Cases Against Same Defendant

The Haggard Law Firm’s Pedro Echarte and Michael Haggard have obtained a $19.5 Million global settlement involving two separate negligent security cases against common defendants. While the incidents were entirely unrelated, the same common defendants owned and operated the two multi-family residential properties in South Florida. Both incidents happened only months apart from each other. The names of the parties are confidential. Because both incidents were covered by the same insurance policies, Echarte and Haggard negotiated the settlement of both cases for the available policy limits of $19,000,000 in addition to an extra $500,000 directly from the defendant property management company. Both cases settled shortly after the respective lawsuits were filed.

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$12.5 Million Settlement in Catastrophic Injury Boating Negligence Case

The Haggard Law Firm’s Kimberly Wald and Michael Haggard have secured a $12.5 Million settlement in a boating negligence case involving a 29-year-old rendered a quadriplegic during an excursion to a sandbar off of Fort Lauderdale.

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$13 Million Verdict in Product Liability Wrongful Death Case

The Haggard Law Firm’s Pedro Echarte and Todd Michaels, along with co-counsel Ernesto Santos of HALPERN | SANTOS | PINKERT, have obtained a $13 Million verdict in a Miami – Dade County Court in a wrongful death product liability case involving the carbon monoxide poisoning death of a father of two. 

On July 12, 2019, Matthew Burns died after succumbing to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from his use and operation of a piece of machinery known as a “Shot Blaster, ” which he rented from Defendant SUNBELT RENTALS.

The Burns Family
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$1.25 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death Case Involving County Bus and Motorcycle

The Haggard Law Firm’s Douglas McCarron has obtained a $1.25 Million settlement in an automobile crash wrongful death involving a Miami-Dade County bus. Because the case was against a count(a sovereign immunity case), it was necessary to file a Claims Bill in the Florida Legislature to finalize the settlement.

Most Plaintiff law firms shy away from sovereign immunity cases due to the statutory caps of $200,000 or $300,000.  The Haggard Law Firm takes these cases and routinely lobbies the Florida legislature successfully to pass claims bills such as the Sanchez case

On May 13th, 2019, Jason Sanchez was riding his motorcycle to work at approximately 7:49 a.m. He was traveling north on SW 107th Avenue in Miami-Dade County, Florida.  As Mr. Sanchez approached the intersection of SW 107th Avenue and SW 176th Street, a Miami-Dade County Bus ran a clearly marked stop sign and entered the intersection.  The bus driver drove the bus directly into the path of Mr. Sanchez, violating Mr. Sanchez’s right-of-way.  Sanchez couldn’t avoid the bus. He crashed his motorcycle and died. The police investigation of the tragic accident showed that the bus driver was completely at fault.

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