VERDICTS, SETTLEMENTS and SIGNIFICANT PENDING LITIGATION
VERDICTS, JUDGEMENT and SETTLEMENTS
SIGNIFICANT PENDING LITIGATION
$405,000,000
US GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS WERE THE VICTIMS OF A TERRORIST ATTACK ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 IN BASRA, IRAQ. AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WAS USED TO ATTACH THEIR CONVOY. THE EXPLOSION KILLED TWO MEN WITH FAMILIES, AND SEVERELY INJURED TO OTHER MEN. SILVA & SILVA, P.A BROUGHT A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN FOR SPONSORING THE TERRORIST ATTACK. THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES REPRESENTED BY SILVA & SILVA, P.A. SECURED A JUDGMENT AGAINST IRAN FOR $405 MILLION.
$70,000,000
DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF STROKE, RESULTING IN LOCKED-IN SYNDROME; FLORIDA.
$51,000,000
INTERNATIONAL AIR DISASTER, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF SEVERAL PASSENGERS (THE AMOUNT REFLECTED IS THE TOTAL INDEMNITY PAID BY THE AIR CARRIER’S INSURER TO ALL OF THE PASSENGERS FAMILIES); FLORIDA.
$40,000,000
CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST A COMPANY AND ITS OFFICERS THAT CONCOCTED A PONZI SCHEME TO DEFRAUD INVESTORS; FLORIDA.
$30,000,000
TOXIC TORT LAWSUIT INVOLVING SICK BUILDING SYNDROME, RESULTING IN BRAIN INJURY; FLORIDA.
$18,000,000
NEAR-DROWNING INCIDENT INVOLVING AN UNGUARDED ROADWAY ADJACENT TO A CANAL, WHICH RESULTED IN PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE OF A YOUNG MOTHER; FLORIDA.
$14,000,000
NEGLIGENT CARE OF SEPTIC PATIENT; RESULTING IN NECROSIS OF ALL FOUR OF HIS EXTREMITIES; FLORIDA.
$13,000,000
NEGLIGENT MONITORING AND CARE OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT, RESULTING IN ANOXIC HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA AND MINIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS; FLORIDA.
$12,000,000
AUTOMOBILE COLLISION DUE TO THE NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A COMMERCIAL TRAILER, RESULTING IN THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF A YOUNG GIRL; FLORIDA.
$9,350,000
NEGLIGENT CARE OF OBSTETRICAL PATIENT, RESULTING IN SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE; FLORIDA.
$8,300,000
NEGLIGENT CARE OF A STROKE PATIENT, RESULTING IN THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF A HUSBAND AND FATHER; FLORIDA
$7,300,000
PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASE INVOLVING AN AUTOMOBILE ROLLOVER AND SEATBELT FAILURE, WHICH RESULTED IN A PARAPLEGIC VICTIM; FLORIDA.
$7,000,000
PRODUCTS LIABILITY AGAINST WINDOW COVERINGS MANUFACTURER AND COMPONENT PARTS MANUFACTURER FOR PRODUCING AND SELLING A RECALLED PRODUCT WITHOUT REQUIRED CHILD SAFETY WARNINGS; FLORIDA.
$7,000,000
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE AND PROPERLY MANAGE ANGIOEDEMA, RESULTING IN HYPOXEMIA AND PROFOUND NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS; FLORIDA
$6,250,000
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE ABNORMALITES IN FETAL ULTRASOUND, RESULTING IN WRONGFUL BIRTH; FLORIDA.
$6,000,000
FAILURE TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN POWER LINES, RESULTING IN SEVERE AND PERMANENT INJURY; FLORIDA
$6,000,000
MISDIAGNOSIS OF MENINGITIS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF LIMB; FLORIDA.
$6,000,000
WRONGFUL DEATH OF A SINGLE MOTHER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT; FLORIDA
$5,900,000
NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A TAXI, RESULTING IN THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF A YOUNG MOTHER OPERATING ANOTHER VEHICLE; FLORIDA.
$5,700,000
NEGLIGENT CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING PROCEDURE, RESULTING IN A MASSIVE STROKE AND SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE; FLORIDA.
$5,500,000
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE CERVICAL OSTEOMYELITIS (BONE INFECTION), RESULTING IN PARAPARESIS TO A FIFTY-YEAR-OLD WOMAN; FLORIDA.
$5,500,000
NEGLIGENT CARE OF A CARDIAC PATIENT, RESULTING IN PROFOUNDLY DEBILITATING INJURIES; FLORIDA.
$5,000,000
INTERNATIONAL AIR DISASTER, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A YOUNG WIFE AND MOTHER; NEW YORK CITY (THE NAME OF AIRLINE WAS INTENTIONALLY OMITTED TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT’S CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER).
CONFIDENTIAL
NEGLIGENCE CASE, INCLUDING BAD FAITH CLAIMS, AGAINST THE OWNER, OPERATOR AND INSURER OF A CAR WHOSE DRIVER DRIFTED ACROSS THE CENTER LANE, CAUSING A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER THAT LEFT ONE OCCUPANT PERMANENTLY BRAIN INJURED AND ANOTHER DEAD.
$4,500,000
FAILURE TO MONITOR CARDIAC CONDITION, RESULTING IN BRAIN INJURY; FLORIDA.
$4,000,000
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE ADRENAL GLAND TUMOR, RESULTING IN BLINDNESS TO A MINOR; NORTH CAROLINA.
$4,000,000
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE AND PROPERLY MANAGE ENCEPHALITIS, RESULTING IN PERMANENT BRAIN INJURY; FLORIDA.
$3,500,000
NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL TRACTOR TRAILER CAUSING A COLLISION, WHICH RESULTED IN THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER OPERATING ANOTHER VEHICLE; FLORIDA.
$3,500,000
RAILROAD NEGLIGENCE ACTION WHERE SAFETY CROSSBAR MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING COLLISION OF TRAIN AND AUTOMOBILE, WHICH RESULTED IN WRONGFUL DEATH OF A CHILD; FLORIDA.
$3,000,000
INTERNATIONAL AIR DISASTER, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A FOREIGN TAXI DRIVER AND FATHER OF THREE; SOUTH AMERICA.
$3,000,000
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE RETINOPOTHY OF PREMATURITY, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF VISION TO AN INFANT; FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.
$3,000,000
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, RESULTING IN DEATH; FLORIDA.
$3,000,000
VALUJET AIRLINES FLIGHT 592 AIR DISASTER CASE ON BEHALF OF A FOREIGNER; FLORIDA (1 REPRESENTATIVE CASE; OTHERS NOT LISTED).
$3,000,000
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE MENINGITIS, RESULTING IN WRONGFUL DEATH OF A MINOR; FLORIDA.
$2,500,000
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE AN INTRACEREBRAL BLEED, RESULTING IN DEATH; PUERTO RICO.
$2,500,000
ACTION AGAINST RENTAL CAR AGENCY FOR WRONGFUL DEATH; FLORIDA.
$2,000,000
PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASE AGAINST A MINI-BLIND MANUFACTURER FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF A TODDLER; NEW YORK AND TEXAS.
$1,800,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 965 AIR DISASTER CASE; CALI, COLOMBIA (1 REPRESENTATIVE CASE; OTHERS NOT LISTED).
$1,750,000
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT INVOLVING SEVERAL VICTIMS, AGAINST ELECTRICAL POWER COMPANY, RESULTING IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURIES; FLORIDA.
$1,500,000
INTERNATIONAL AIR DISASTER, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF AN OLDER GENTLEMAN WITH ONE SURVIVING DAUGHTER; SOUTH AMERICA. (THE NAME OF THE AIRLINE WAS INTENTIONALLY OMITTED TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT’S CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER).
$1,500,000
GAS LEAK CAUSING EXPLOSION IN BUILDING, WHICH RESULTED IN WRONGFUL DEATH; PUERTO RICO.
$1,500,000
AEROPERU FLIGHT 603 AIR DISASTER CASE; LIMA, PERU (1 REPRESENTATIVE CASE; OTHERS NOT LISTED).
$1,200,000
DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF GASTRIC CANCER, RESULTING IN WRONGFUL DEATH; FLORIDA.
$1,200,000
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN HIV CONTAMINATION TO DRIVER OF VEHICLE; FLORIDA.
$1,000,000
OBSTETRICAL MALPRACTICE CASE RESULTING IN BIRTH-RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY; NORTH CAROLINA.
$1,000,000
PRODUCTS LIABILITY ROLLOVER CASE AGAINST AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURER, RESULTING IN DEATH; FLORIDA.
$1,000,000
NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF TRACTOR TRAILER, RESULTING IN BRAIN INJURY; FLORIDA.
$900,000
AIR DISASTER CASE AGAINST A DEFUNCT AIR CARRIER, WHICH WAS DISSOLVED UPON THE FILING OF THE CLAIMS. EVEN THOUGH THE MONTREAL CONVENTION OF 1999 APPLIED AS A LIMITATION TO THE RECOVERABLE AMOUNT, COMPENSATION WAS OBTAINED WELL IN EXCESS OF SAID LIMITATION;
$875,000
NEGLIGENT SURGERY FOR OBESITY, RESULTING IN WRONGFUL DEATH; MICHIGAN.
$825,000
NEGLIGENT GALLBLADDER SURGERY, RESULTING IN GASTROINTESTINAL INJURY; VIRGINIA.
$800,000
NEGLIGENT CATARACT SURGERY, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VISION IN ONE EYE; FLORIDA.
$800,000
MOTORCYCLE COLLISION AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL FAILURE, CAUSING A COLLISION BETWEEN VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE, RESULTING IN THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF THE OPERATOR OF THE MOTORCYCLE; FLORIDA.
$775,000
DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF HEART CONDITION, RESULTING IN WRONGFUL DEATH OF ELDERLY WOMAN; FLORIDA.
$750,000
MISDIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM, RESULTING IN WRONGFUL DEATH OF ELDERLY GENTLEMAN; NEW YORK.
$700,000
NEGLIGENT REPAIR OF AUTOMOBILE, RESULTING IN 3RD-DEGREE BURNS TO DRIVER; FLORIDA.
$500,000
NEGLIGENT MAINTENANCE OF BRIDGE AND ROADWAYS BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, RESULTING IN WRONGFUL DEATH (CLAIMS BILL); FLORIDA.
$500,000
NEGLIGENTLY LEAVING SURGICAL INSTRUMENT INSIDE OF PATIENT’S ABDOMEN, RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL SURGERY; FLORIDA.
$450,000
DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF STROKE, RESULTING IN PARTIAL PARALYSIS; FLORIDA
$400,000
DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER, RESULTING IN WRONGFUL DEATH; FLORIDA.
$250,000
NEGLIGENT PERFORMANCE OF CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, RESULTING IN WRONGFUL DEATH OF ELDERLY MAN; FLORIDA.
$250,000
BOATING ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN BODILY INJURIES; FLORIDA.
$250,000
OBSTETRICAL MALPRACTICE, RESULTING IN STILLBIRTH; FLORIDA.
$200,000
ACTION AGAINST BUILDING OWNERS AND ELEVATOR-MAINTENANCE COMPANY FOR NEGLIGENT REPAIR OF ELEVATOR, RESULTING IN BODILY INJURIES; FLORIDA.
CONFIDENTIAL
MARITIME COLLISION BETWEEN A BOAT RENTAL COMPANY’S UNSEAWORTHY VESSEL AND A NEGLIGENTLY OPERATED POWERBOAT, RESULTING IN THE DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES (INCLUDING AMPUTATIONS) OF NINE PASSENGERS; CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT IN EXCESS OF SEVEN FIGURES; FLORIDA
CONFIDENTIAL
DROWNING OF A CHILD DUE TO AN INTERNATIONAL HOTEL’S NEGLIGENT DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE OF ONE OF ITS RESORT SWIMMING POOLS; FLORIDA
CONFIDENTIAL
COLLAPSE OF A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, RESULTING IN THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF SIX PEOPLE AND INJURING NUMEROUS OTHERS. THE FIRM REPRESENTS TWO FAMILIES VICTIMIZED BY THIS CATASTROPHE; FLORIDA.
CONFIDENTIAL
NEGLIGENT CARE OF OBSTETRICAL PATIENT, RESULTING IN HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AND PROFOUND NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS; FLORIDA.
CONFIDENTIAL
WRONGFUL DEATH OF FOUR CHILDREN IN HOUSE FIRE; FLORIDA.
CONFIDENTIAL
AIR-DISASTER CASES AGAINST A FOREIGN AIR CARRIER. THE FIRM REPRESENTS FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LOST LOVE ONES ON A FLIGHT; ILLINOIS.
$20,000,000
PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASE AGAINST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY FOR DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWN HARMFUL PRESCRIPTION DRUG, RESULTING IN WRONGFUL DEATH; FLORIDA.
CONFIDENTIAL
AUTOMOBILE COLLISION DUE TO THE NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A VEHICLE, RESULTING IN THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF FOUR YOUNG WOMEN; FLORIDA KEYS
$15,000,000
NEGLIGENTLY AND CARELESSLY PERFORMING A HEMI-CRANIECTOMY AND REIMPLANTING A BONE FLAP PREMATURELY; FLORIDA.
$10,000,000
PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASE AGAINST A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY FOR DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWN HARMFUL PRESCRIPTION DRUG RESULTING IN STROKES AND HEART ATTACKS; FLORIDA.
$9,000,000
DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF INFLUENZA, RESULTING IN HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AND SIGNIFICANT COGNITIVE DEFECTS; FLORIDA.
$8,500,000
FAILURE TO TIMELY DIAGNOSE ACQUIRED BACTERIAL MENINGITIS, RESULTING IN COGNITIVE DEFICITS AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES; FLORIDA.
$6,000,000
PREMISES LIABILITY AND NEGLIGENCE CASE AGAINST A MAJOR SHOPPING MALL, ITS MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND A VENDOR OPERATING A KIDDIE AMUSEMENT RIDE; DEATH OF A 14 MONTH OLD BOY WHO SUFFERED FATAL HEAD WOUNDS WHILE A PASSENGER ON A KIDDIE RIDE; FLORIDA.
CONFIDENTIAL
NEGLIGENCE ACTION, INCLUDING INSURANCE BAD FAITH CLAIMS, AGAINST THE OWNER, OPERATOR, AND INSURER OF A VEHICLE WHOSE DRIVER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A CRASH THAT LEFT A 12 YEAR OLD BOY SUFFERING FROM TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; FLORIDA.
$3,000,000
VICTIM/TENANT SHOT IN ABDOMEN BY COMMERCIAL LANDLORD OVER LEASE AGREEMENT DISPUTE; FLORIDA.
$1,000,000
NEGLIGENT SECURITY CASE AGAINST AN ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT; DESPITE THE CLUB UNDERTAKING TO SCREEN PATRONS FOR WEAPONS PRIOR TO ADMISSION, A PATRON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN AT CLOSE RANGE BY ANOTHER PATRON AT THE CLUB, WHO WAS PERMITTED TO ENTER THE PREMISES WITH A FIREARM.