According to the statistics of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, from 2013 to 2014, the crime rate in the State of Florida has decreased 3.6%. This is the most recent official statistic. However, crime still exists and anyone can be a victim of it. In Florida, cases where one…
Jonathan Friedland and his team have done it again! After extensive litigation, and right before the parties were set for trial and about to select a jury, The Friedland | Carmona accomplished a major settlement that will allow the victim and her family to live comfortably for the remainder…
After nearly a year and a half of litigation, parties to the case of Estate of Nelson v. Graystar Management have settled outside of court for an award of 1.5 million dollar award to the family of a deceased Marine. The victim, David Nelson, had survived two tours of combat in both…
A woman in Pennsylvania is seeking large compensatory damages for deep lacerations and lost time after she cut her hands on a shattered bowl in a Target store. The woman is seeking damages from both Target and the bowl’s manufacturer, claiming that both companies were negligent in allowing a defective…
A Texas father is suing his apartment complex management company after his son fell onto an exposed jagged metal pipe, citing premises negligence. The father claims that the apartment company was at fault in leaving the jagged pipe exposed in an area that was frequented by many of the residents…
A jury awarded a Port St. Lucie man nearly $1.3 million last Wednesday in an unusual slip-and-fall case against Wal-Mart. On May 15, 2011, 41-year-old Tom Papakalodoukas was shopping at the Wal-Mart located at 1850 S.W. Gatlin Boulevard in Port St. Lucie. As he walked down an aisle, he stepped…
Seven people were injured after a crane collapsed at a construction side near the East River in New York City last Wednesday. Of the seven injured, three victims needed to be extracted from beneath the fallen machinery. They suffered a range of injuries, including several broken bones, but none suffered…
Last October, a parking structure collapsed on the Miami Dade College’s Doral campus, killing four workers. One worker, Samuel Perez, was trapped underneath the rubble in the garage for almost seventeen hours before rescuers were able to get to him. A rescue team was forced to amputate his leg in…
During his wife’s battle with ovarian cancer, David Jimenez spent many hours praying inside the Hudson Valley church. When his wife finally beat the disease, he offered to clean the large crucifix outside the church as a way to show his appreciation. While he was cleaning the statue, the 600-pound…
A Doral parking garage collapsed yesterday afternoon, killing at least three men and leaving many others trapped in the rubble. Samuel Perez was found in the rubble around 1:00 a.m. after the collapse. Rescuers had to amputate his legs in order to remove him from the rubble, but he died…