Key West Injury Lawyer Blog
A 15-year-old passenger was killed in a single-car rollover crash in Tavernier, an unincorporated town in the Upper Keys near Key Largo, according to local media.
The crash happened Monday night as the driver made a sharp left-hand turn into a local shopping center at mile marker 91. The boy, who was riding in the passenger-side seat, was ejected from the car.
Officials with Florida Highway Patrol told The Miami Herald that one of the vehicle’s tires hit the median when the car was turning left from a U.S. 1 northbound lane and began to tip over onto its right side. While on its passenger side, the car slid across the southbound lanes and stopped at the shopping center’s entrance.
The boy was not wearing a seatbelt. Also in the car were the 18-year-old driver and another passenger, 19. Both suffered minor injuries and were wearing seatbelts, reporters said in the article.
Leesfield & Partners
Car crashes resulting in injury are among the most common claim type handled by Leesfield & Partners attorneys. Our skilled trial lawyers have handled numerous tragic cases of this type over nearly five decades throughout Florida. With offices in Miami, Key West and Orlando, our attorneys have secured multiple record verdicts and settlements for injured clients and grieving families.
One such case involves a family whose lives were forever changed when a speeding, drunk driver caused a head-on collision. The driver had been overserved at a Miami bar and was going down the wrong side of I-95. The family was on their way to drop their daughter off at her medical school’s orientation. Tragically, the daughter did not survive the crash. She was just 23.
The family’s son, 21, was left with life-altering injuries that left him requiring a wheelchair and round-the-clock care.
At trial, a Miami-Dade County jury awarded over $95 million to the family with $57 million going to their son and $38 million to the parents. This case marks the largest verdict in a motor vehicle crash in the 11th Judicial Circuit and is among the fourth-largest car accident verdict in the state.
Our attorney’s tenacity in securing the best possible outcome for every client, combined with unwavering dedication, is evident in these record-setting results.
Leesfield & Partners attorneys secured over $36 million for a family in a fatal motor vehicle accident case.
In a previous road-injury case, the firm’s Founder and Managing Partner, Ira Leesfield, represented a motorcyclist who was seriously injured when his bike’s kickstand deployed while in motion. In that case, the bike’s kickstand – a problem known to manufacturers at the time – deployed, resulting in the motorcycle spinning out of control. As a result, he was left paralyzed.
The company refused to settle, and a jury returned a $19.8 million verdict for our 27-year-old client. This product liability lawsuit resulted in Mr. Leesfield traveling the country to litigate issues with motorcycle kickstands.
The firm secured a $15.4 million award in a Florida Supreme Court case involving an injured Fort Lauderdale handyman. In that case, our 22-year-old client was a backseat passenger in a car that was stopped at a drawbridge when a speeding and drunk driver hit the car from behind. The result was a devastating crash that left the handyman with skull fractures, damage to the frontal lobe of his brain and facial fractures. He needed corrective surgery to repair the damage and later developed a seizure disorder that made him unable to resume his previous work.
A truck crash that impacted the lives of three girls resulted in an over $8.6 million settlement and a wrongful death arbitration award of over $7.9 million. In that case, the three girls were on their way to the library when a commercial truck driver made an illegal U-turn on the turnpike, turning directly into their path. Two of the three girls were seriously injured. Tragically, the third girl did not survive.
Leesfield & Partners represented a family whose vacation to South Florida from Toronto, Canada, turned into a nightmare due to the negligence of a pickup truck driver. The family was staying in Fort Myers when a wife and mother was crushed by the driver while crossing the street with her family. The driver claimed not to have seen the woman in the roadway.
The case was settled with an $8.5 million settlement following a $27 million arbitration award.
Recently, Bernardo Pimentel II, a Trial Attorney at the firm, secured a $1 million settlement for a family in a fatal accident.
