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$10 Million Negligent Security Settlement

The Haggard Law Firm’s Douglas McCarron has secured a $10 Million settlement in a negligent security catastrophic injury case.

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$2 Million Policy Limit Settlement in Wrongful Death Case Involving Vacation Rental Home Guest

The Haggard Law Firm’s Pedro Echarte along with co-counsel Joey Rafaeli, Esq of Rafaeli Law and Erik Feingold, Esq of Myers Widders Gibson Jones & Feingold, have obtained a $2 Million policy limit settlement in an Orlando-area negligent security wrongful death case. The case involved the shooting death of a vacation home rental guest.

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$1 Million Settlement in Miami-Dade Negligent Security Case Where Guards Were On Property

The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel obtained a $1 Million settlement in a wrongful death negligent security case.

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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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$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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$1 Million Policy Limit Settlement in Hotel Killing

The Haggard Law Firm’s Adam Finkel and Michael Haggard have secured a $1 Million policy limit settlement in a wrongful death negligent security case involving a murder at a hotel.

On October 16, 2021, 24-year-old Jamal Drummond was visiting the Holiday Inn Express along Metrocentre Boulevard attending a party, when he was shot and killed. Drummond was a father of two.

Drummond with one of his minor children

That evening, a trespasser arrived at the hotel and walked around the property looking for a woman.

He had a photo of the woman on his phone, asking guests if they saw her. This man remained on the property without any lawful purpose. He was never approached by staff. The trespasser spent time within the hotel making loud noises near the front desk. The hotel staff still ignored him.

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Two $5 Million Settlements, Two Cases, Two Properties, One City, Same Defendant

The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel secured two settlements totaling $10 Million in two negligent security wrongful death cases against the same defendants. The cases addressed the murders of two young men in Pensacola, Florida. While killed in different apartment complexes, both were owned and operated by The Marquis Group.

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$11 Million Pre-Suit Catastrophic Injury Settlement

The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel secured an $11 Million pre-suit, policy limit settlement in a premises liability case involving the catastrophic injury of a 9-year-old boy.

On the morning of January 8, 2022, Mathew Jousett was playing inside the bedroom of his father’s apartment in the Greenwich Condominiums (1470 NE 123 Street, North Miami, Florida). At some point, one of his father’s girlfriend’s kids saw a window screen fall and immediately told his mother’s boyfriend, Thomas. It was then that Thomas, Mathew’s father, looked outside and saw the unthinkable: his son’s lifeless body on the concrete sidewalk. 

The child fell 7 stories. He was rushed to the hospital.

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