At McElyea, Santos & Barnard, P.A., our Florida personal injury lawyers are proud to share their past results with prospective clients. Although these personal injury verdicts and settlements cannot be construed as a prediction of the outcome of your case, our attorneys will work diligently to ensure the same results. At our firm, we represent clients in cases involving everything from medical malpractice to wrongful death and car accidents. We are extremely proud to have been able to help so many victims and families recover the compensation they need to start rebuilding their lives. If you would like to speak with an attorney about your case, don't delay – contact McElyea, Santos & Barnard, P.A.
$2,450,000 (Osceola County) – Our personal injury attorneys in Florida achieved this settlement for a young boy who suffered severe brain injury when the car he was riding in was rear-ended by a semi-tractor truck. This case is notable because the victim’s brain trauma was not caused by direct injury to the head. The law team at McElyea, Santos & Barnard is highly experienced in working with closed head and traumatic brain injury victims.
$2,000,000 (Volusia County) – This case involved the wrongful death of a husband and father who was fatally hit by a tractor trailer in the median of Interstate 75. When the crash occurred, the victim was outside of his vehicle attempting to help a young woman who had been involved in an earlier accident herself. Tractor-trailer truck accidents can be particularly difficult to work with due to the involvement of so many parties, from the truck driver and the trucking company, to the manufacturers of the oversized truck itself. With a practiced and knowledgeable personal injury lawyer from our firm, victims and their families can rest assured that all details will be handled with sensitivity and precision.
$1,700,000 (Orange County) – The victim in this case was a middle-aged woman whose father had abused her sexually and otherwise throughout her childhood. Judgment was entered after trial and we expect the current collections efforts to be successful.
$1,690,000 (Orange County) – In this complex product liability case, our client filed suit against his former employer for significant burn injuries he’d sustained in an accident on the job. This case was especially tough due to spoliation issues. With this suit, our client hoped to obtain a structured settlement that could provide a consistent income to cover the needs of his family. We were successful in achieving a settlement that made this hope a reality.
$1,545,000 (Orange County) – The Florida medical malpractice attorneys at our firm tried this case involving the death of an expectant mother. The victim had come down with an infection; left undiagnosed and untreated by the hospital and her doctor, the woman went into septic shock. This serious infection and the shock on her body were ultimately fatal.
$1,200,000 (Charlotte County) – This case was brought by the wife of a wrongful death victim. Her husband was killed when his car collided with a tractor-trailer that had blocked the roadway after making an illegal U-turn. The morning of the accident was very dark and foggy, and our client’s husband did not see the massive barricade until it was too late. As a result of this settlement, our client is able to provide for her family in the wake of their tragic loss.
$1,030,000 (Osceola County) – We were able to achieve this settlement on behalf of a client who had suffered serious injuries in a roll-over car accident. The compensation was a result of contributions from the major auto manufacturer who built the vehicle, as well as our client’s underinsured/uninsured motorist carrier.
$1,000,000 (Orange County) – After a three-week trial, our Florida lawyers obtained this substantial settlement for a medical malpractice victim. Our client was injured due to his medical team’s failure to diagnose a mistake made during an operation. Before the trial, our client was offered just $5,000 in compensation for his pain and suffering. The jury had only been in deliberations for seven hours when the defense agreed to settle.
$630,000 (Orange County): In this case, our client suffered herniated discs in her neck requiring cervical fusion as a result of a rear-end auto accident. The defendant’s insurance company tried to blame a prior accident for the injury which necessitated the fusion surgery. The insurance company offered $5,000 to settle the case before trial. We convinced the jury otherwise and obtained this large verdict for our client.
$432,500 (Polk County): Our client’s husband (who was deceased at the time of the trial) suffered terrible bed sores in a local hospital as a result of medical negligence. The hospital defended this case by claiming that these types of bed sores occur even without negligence, and that there was no negligence in this case. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff and we were able to obtain a large verdict for the deceased’s wife and his estate.
$350,000 (Osceola County) – Our client in this case was a young college student who had sustained head injuries in a car accident. With divorced parents living in two different states, our client spent half the year in Arizona with her mother and the rest of the year with her father in Florida. After the accident, her insurance carrier refused coverage by claiming that she was not a resident relative of the named insured (our client’s mother) when the collision took place. In the days before trial, the case was erroneously dismissed by a trial judge. Our car accident attorneys appealed, arguing that the coverage issue should be resolved by a jury. Once the case was reinstated, the insurance company decided to settle for more than 16 times the insurance policy limits rather than face the bad faith charges in court.
$300,000 (Orange County) – Following an accident at a popular theme park in central Florida, our client filed a premises liability suit to recover damages and compensation for the resultant medical bills. The theme park did not want to take responsibility for our client’s cervical surgery necessitated by the accident, and vehemently disputed the cause of the injury. After taking the treating physician’s deposition, our attorneys were able to reach a settlement just before going to trial.
$287,500 (Orange County) – In this pedestrian injury case, a reckless, speeding truck forced our client to jump out of harm’s way to save his life. Evading the fast approaching vehicle – whose driver could not be identified – resulted in knee and back injuries for our client. Ultimately, the corporate defendant chose to settle out of court when our experienced lawyers filed a motion for sanctions due to abuses of the discovery process.
$235,000 (Osceola County) – Generally, a rear end collision is presumed to be the result of negligence on the part of the driver who causes the accident and strikes the other vehicle. In this case, our client rear ended a sod truck near a construction zone outside of Kissimmee. However, our legal team presented clear evidence that the sod truck hit by our client had not been properly maintained, and the rear brake lights in particular were caked with dust, mud, and dirt. Given this proof of negligence on the part of the trucking company and driver, our attorneys obtained a sizeable settlement for the painful leg fracture suffered by our client.
$195,000 (Lake County) – When Allstate Insurance Company refused to offer more than $5,000 to our client, who sustained a neck injury in an auto accident, we took the case to court. A jury awarded this verdict in light of Allstate’s indignant refusal to act in good faith on behalf of the insured and the injury suffered by our client.
We are proud of our past successes and are excited about our next case. Contact McElyea, Santos & Barnard, P.A., and schedule a case consultation if you have been injured as a result of another party’s negligence or misconduct. Serving Orlando and the rest of Florida, our personal injury lawyers have the experience and the knowledge necessary to obtain just compensation for your claim.
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