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Confidential Settlement Reached Against Estate of Arturo Gatti

Date: May 10, 2012

A confidential settlement has been reached in the civil action against the estate of former world champion boxer Arturo Gatti.

Justice Obtained for Leopold Law Client

Date: April 26, 2011

For 19 years, Brian McQuillen survived against the odds, born with severely spastic cerebral palsy

Confidential Settlement reached in Rogers vs. Louis Dreyfus Citrus

Source: TC Palm

Date: March 8, 2011

After a week long trial, a confidential settlement was reached during jury deliberation in the case of Rogers vs. Louis Dreyfus Citrus.

Hotel Reaches Settlement for Paralyzed Guest

Date: January 27, 2011

For many northerners, a holiday to Miami Beach is a dream come true, but for New Jersey resident Frank Gumina, his trip turned into a living nightmare that left him permanently paralyzed and brain damaged. On the evening of April 24, 2009, the employees of a hotel in Miami Beach recognized that something was wrong with Frank, who was a guest of their hotel, but assumed he was intoxicated and accused him of using drugs.

Wife wins survivor benefits on appeal after VA denied connection to deceased husband's leukemia 30- plus years after exposure to Agent Orange during service in Vietnam

Date: June 17, 2010

Following three appeals and a two-year fight, Carolyn Milligan can now claim survivor benefits six years after her husband's death from a rare form of leukemia believed to be linked to his exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange when he served in the Navy in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972.

Florida-based IAP Worldwide Services, Inc. pays $495,000 settlement to Colorado man injured by negligent driver of IAP- contracted truck involved in Kuwaiti accident

Date: May 18, 2009

IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., a logistics company based in Brevard County, Florida, has paid $495,000 to Rick Lee of Colorado Springs, Colorado, for injuries sustained in a Kuwaiti accident in which their contracted truck was involved. The Palm Beach Gardens-based consumer justice law firm of Leopold Law, P.A., represents Mr. Lee and helped obtain the settlement

Geico Insurance Fails To Protect Insured Area Family - Jury Says To Geico "Justice Must Be Served"

Date: March 13, 2007

MARCH 13, 2007 UPDATE: The Judge has denied GEICO's motion for new trial and granted Plaintiffs motion to amend its complaint for Insurance Bad Faith.
On a peaceful spring morning in March of 2003, Tom Higgins was on his way to work. Mr. Higgins was traveling on State Road 5 at NE 22nd Avenue in Boynton Beach when suddenly and without warning his vehicle was violently struck in the rear by a minivan traveling at nearly 60 mph it was estimated in the accident investigation. The van was driven by Krystal Shields.

Case Involving Death of Mother While her two young children helplessly look on settles just days before beginning trial

Date: June 8, 2006

On March 9, 2005, Sebastian and Ian, ages 11 and 9, watched in horror as their mother, Dodi Kelley, drowned before their eyes outside the Waste Management facility in Okeechobee, Florida. Dodi Kelley's accident and death was as a direct result of Waste Management ignoring a public hazard it created and had known about for years.

Ford/TRW settled a seatbelt case involving a Ford F250 pickup truck. Dodi Kelley was killed when her vehicle hydroplaned after hitting a puddle of water and rolled over into a drainage ditch. Water from the ditch began to fill the truck's passenger compartment. Mrs. Kelley, with her two young sons in the vehicle looking on, could not release her seatbelt. Mrs. Kelley drowned as her sons watched helplessly. The case settled for a confidential amount.

Jury Awards Port St. Lucie family $7.2 million for loss of infant son caused by drunk driver and delay of Safeco in paying claim

Date: September 5, 2005

On September 29, 2004, Humberto A. Orduna, after having a few beers, drove his vehicle off the road in a Port St. Lucie mobile home park within Martin County, Florida, and killed 21 month old Francisco Rivera, Jr. in front of his parents, Francisco Rivera Sr. and Elvia Rivera.

Father prevails in appeal against Global Travel Marketing for death of his son while on safari in Africia - Decision is a win for children's rights

Date: July 2, 2003

Eleven-year-old Garrit Shea was on a Global Travel Marketing d/b/a The Africa Adventure Company's safari with his mother. Before the trip his mother signed a contract releasing Africa Adventure from liability. Young Garrit was killed on the safari. Asleep in a tent in Botswana, he was dragged by hyenas and decapitated.