Verdicts & Settlements
The South Florida law firm of Bernstein & Maryanoff, LLC handles all types of catastrophic injury cases,
from car & motorcycle accidents to industrial and slip and fall
accidents. Contact our South Florida law firm for more information
about representation if you or a family member has been seriously
injured due to negligence. We have numerous offices across the state of Florida and we make house calls.
Below you will find a sampling of the kinds of results we have
obtained for our clients. If you would like more information on any of
these representative cases and results, we encourage you to contact us.
Auto Accident - Brain Damage $1.748 million
A teenager suffered brain damage while a passenger in a car
driven by an 18 year old. The driver failed to pay attention and
maintain a proper lookout while driving through an intersection at a
high rate of speed. The vehicle struck a curb and then slammed into a
tree. We were able to obtain the car owner's policy limits of $1
million. In addition, an argument for negligent infliction of emotional
distress was successfully made by arguing that the teen's father
suffered a heart attack when he received a telephone call from the
accident scene and he could hear the trauma helicopter in the
background while on the phone.
Auto Accident - Ankle Injury: $650,000.00
Client suffered an ankle fracture when an employee of a carwash failed
to bring a customer's vehicle to a complete stop and drifted onto the
street causing a Tbone collision with our client. The client required
an ORIF surgical procedure to correct the fracture and will require a
future ankle replacement surgery or an ankle fusion surgery
Auto Accident - Back Injury: $250,000.00
In Orlando, Florida, a cellular salesman struck at an
intersection by a truck while both vehicles attempted a right turn. It
was alleged that the truck veered too much into the salesman's lane
causing the collision. When conservative physical therapy did not
provide sufficient relief, he opted for a lumbar fusion. In the year
prior to the accident, he had been treating with a chiropractor and had
radicular pain that went from his back down his leg. It was claimed
that the accident involving the truck made his condition worse and
exacerbated his preexisting conditions.
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Car Defect - Tire Explosion: Settled for an Undisclosed Amount
Company repairman injured, including loss of leg, when a tire
exploded while he was repairing it. The tire contained a fix a flat
product that was marketed as nonexplosive. When the repairman reamed
the tire to plug it, the steel belted radials sparked and ignited the
gas inside the tire from the fix a flat product. The tire exploded
contrary to the product's label.
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Industrial Accident - Cement Truck Accident - Blindness: $2,760,000.00
Our client had hired a cement company to pour a cement walkway on his
property. Once the truck was in position, it was the client's intention
to rake the cement as it poured while the driver slowly moved the truck
forward. Instead, the truck went into reverse and crushed our client
against his garage wall. The defense argued that the injury occurred
while the driver was still in reverse and blamed the client for
standing in the rear of the truck. The client suffered injury to his
arm and optic nerve damage.
Industrial Accident - Forklift - Loss of Limb: $1,000,000.00
Our client was a truck driver. While making a delivery, he was struck
by a moving forklift. The defense argued that our client was not paying
attention and walked right into the side of the moving forklift. As a
result of the impact, a leg was amputated.
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Slip & Fall Accident - Neck, Back, Shoulder Injury: $365,000.00
Person was the first customer to walk into a store after it opened in
the morning. As she walked in, she slipped on a piece of wax. The floor
had been waxed the night before. As a result, she twisted her body. She
required lumbar and cervical diskectomies.
Slip & Fall Accident - Neck Injury: $175,000.00
Our client was shopping in a grocery store when she slipped as a result
of chewing tobacco spit that was on the floor. The Defense argued that
it should not be blamed for the egregious and gross acts of another
customer. We successfully argued that the accident could have been
prevented if the store's employees performed walk through inspections
more frequently and walked up and down aisles as opposed to quick
visual inspections from the end of aisles.
Slip & Fall Accident - Back Injury: $140,000.00
Our client slipped and fell as a result of a liquid on the floor in a
shopping mall by an elevator. It was alleged that there were two
janitorial employees standing in very close proximity to the liquid
just talking. These employees were not doing their job. It is precisely
their job to work, and not stand and talk, to prevent the very type of
accident that occurred in front of them. The client underwent a
microdiscectomy.
Slip & Fall Accident/Cruise Ship - Knee Injury: $100,000.00
After getting out of an exterior hot tub on a cruise ship, the client
slipped and fell while descending the stairs that led from the hot to
the deck. As he walked down the steps, another passenger began to walk
up the same steps. There was only a handrail on one side, and he moved
to the side to allow the other passenger space to hold the handrail.
While doing so, he slipped. It was argued that there should have been
handrails on both sides of the steps.
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Nursing Home Abuse: $962,000
On 2 prior occasions, 86 year old fell out of her bed due to
side effects from prescription medication. Despite this knowledge, the
elderly home failed to take appropriate action to prevent or reduce the
likelihood that she would fall out of bed again. As a result, the
client fell again resulting in a hairline pelvis fracture, shoulder
fracture, and broken nose. It was alleged that the elderly home failed
to properly administer medications, failed to observe unusual reactions
to medications and report the reactions to physicians, failed to
provide adequate safety devices on bed, and failed to adequately
supervise daily safety needs.
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Admiralty/Maritime: $1.5 million
During the loading of cargo containers onto a ship, a longshoreman
suffered brain damage when he jumped to avoid what he thought was a
container that appeared to be dangling from a crane. It was argued that
there was actual negligence on the part of the shipowner that led to
the injuries.
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law firm of Bernstein & Maryanoff. With a principal office in
Miami, numerous other offices across Florida, and the willingness to
make house calls, our attorneys will be there when you need them. We
handle all cases on a contingency fee basis.
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