Verdicts & Settlements

Friedman Rodman Frank & Estrada, P.A. has helped countless individuals and families who have lost a loved one or sustained a serious injury in a wrongful death or accident involving serious personal injury, ranging from vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, workplace injures, defective products, to longshoreman injury and nursing home negligence.

We have successfully obtained justice for our clients at jury trials, arbitrations and mediation settlements. Our success for our clients in recovering damages for personal injury and wrongful death has enabled us to receive numerous recommendations and case referrals. We don't just have satisfied clients but also have established enduring friendships with past clients.

At Friedman Rodman Frank & Estrada, P.A., we also work with other lawyers and law firms as co-counsel under various arrangements that satisfy the requirements of the rules governing attorneys in the State of Florida or other applicable jurisdictions.

Please see our Major Verdicts and Settlements in the following Categories:

When choosing a personal injury firm to handle your claim, it is important that you select a law firm whose record helping victims speaks for itself. With nearly a combined 100 years of experience in the field of personal injury law, you can be confident that we will put your best interests first and work hard to get you the outcome you deserve. Our personal injury verdicts/settlements reflect our competency and capabilities. For many years we have fought diligently to secure compensation for victims due to another's actions and/or inactions.

Personal Injury / Recreational Injury
5.1 Million dollar verdict
Negligent supervision at a city pool permitted roughhousing. A minor, was struck in the eye by the hand of another swimmer causing her to sustain complete loss of vision in one eye.

Personal Injury/Car Accident
$$$ Confidential Settlement $$$
Elderly woman suffered multiple bodily injuries due to the negligent operation of a transportation van in which she was a passenger.

Personal Injury/Worksite Accident/Insurance Coverage
$1,050,000 Verdict
A subcontractor was injured on a jobsite in Miami Beach resulting in a fractured hip and a knee injury. Claim was brought against independent contractor for negligent installation/securing of a metal gate which fell on worker, a subcontractor on the jobsite. A jury verdict of $1,050,000 was entered against independent contractor.

Personal Injury/Premises Liability/Trip & Fall
$$$ Confidential Settlement $$$
Lady tripped and fell over debris at trailer park where she resided and suffered injuries to her arm.

Personal Injury/Premises Liability
$$$ Confidential Settlement $$$
83 year old gentleman was undergoing rehabilitation at a facility due to a right knee surgery he recently underwent. While he was being transported via wheelchair, the facility allowed him to place his recently operated leg over his non-operated leg and not use the leg rests of the wheelchair. He had fifteen (15) years previous to the accident undergone a total right knee replacement. This incident ultimately resulted in his death.

Personal Injury/Electrical Injury
$950,000 Settlement
A painter working as an independent contractor while painting an exterior balcony from a suspended scaffold came into contact with an energized power line sustaining an injury to his dominant arm.

Personal Injury/Premises Liability
$1,000,000 Verdict
Worker slipped and fell over water on the premises of her job. Property owner never responded to Complaint with which it was served. Insurance carrier for owner initially denied coverage based on property owner's failure to report claim and cooperate. After the verdict was entered the insurance carrier for the property owner paid its policy limits.

Castillo (minor) v. City of Hialeah
Highest verdict in State of Florida for a single eye injury.
5.1 Million dollars
Negligent supervision at a city pool permitted roughhousing. Castillo, a minor, was struck in the eye by the hand of another swimmer causing him to sustain complete loss of vision in one eye.

Quinones v. Star Ranch Corporation, et al.
$500,000 Settlement
Young man bumped by other customers at a Homestead, Florida paintball recreational facility causing a loaded paintball gun to discharge into eye, resulting in complete loss of eye.

Hernandez (minor) v. Spears
$250,000 Settlement to minor
Hernandez, a minor living in Naples, Florida, loses vision in one eye when struck by sharp fragment of a lighter thrown against a rock by property owner's negligently supervised son. Hernandez received a multi-year payout of the settlement proceeds.

Premises Liability/Negligent Supervision
$250,000 Settlement to minor
Friedman Rodman Frank & Estrada, P.A. handled a case in which a fifteen-year-old minor was struck by a sharp fragment of a lighter that exploded. The explosion occurred when a lighter was thrown against a rock by the property owner's son. The property owner failed to keep the premises free from dangerous conditions or objects. Our attorneys negotiated a $250,000 settlement to be distributed in multiple payments to our fifteen-year-old client.

Premises Liability/Lack of Security
$1.1 Million Dollar Confidential Settlement
Mother, daughter and son brutally attacked by mob at Local University, ending in shooting of son. Son survived bullet which entered millimeters of his heart.

Negligent Security / Premises Liability
5.8 Million dollar verdict
Estranged husband shoots and kills mother of two minor children at a gated and guarded apartment complex. Security guards failed to stop visitors who entered complex on foot despite posted orders and having received a warning regarding the assailant involved.

Premises Liability/Building Code Violations
1.2 Million Dollar Settlement.
Three year old child falls through a second story walkway railing. Property owners sued, railings failed to comply with the South Florida Building Code.

Premises Liability
$785,000 Settlement to minor.
Minor child was struck to floor by ceiling mirror that broke due to negligent adhesion suffering penetrating lacerations on non-dominant arm.

Premises Liability/Personal Injury
$$$ Confidential Settlement $$$
A rollup shutter leaning against a wall in the store hit a pharmacist working at the store. A settlement for the Insurance Policy limits was obtained.

Premises Liability/Personal Injury/Slip & Fall
$$$ Confidential Settlement $$$
Tenant falls on dirty stairwell, sustaining knee and back injuries.

Medical Malpractice/Medical Negligence
Jane Doe v. University X Hospital and Dr. Y
$$$ Confidential Settlement $$$
42 yr old woman receives $125,000 a year for the rest of her lifetime. Settlement valued at 10 million dollars.

Medical Malpractice/Medical Negligence/Fetal Abnormalities
John Doe (minor, through parents) v. University X Hospital & Y Clinic
$$$ Confidential Settlement $$$
Hospital failed to diagnose congenital abnormalities in a timely manner resulting in loss of opportunity to terminate the pregnancy.

Workplace Accident/Roofing Accident
16.5 Million Dollar Jury Verdict
Roofer falls through decomposed roof becoming paralyzed from the chest down. Jury determined in September, 2010 that employer was explicitly warned of the roof's dangerous condition but deliberately concealed danger from employee.

Workplace Accident
2 Million Dollar Verdict
Worker sustains severe torso injuries as a result of negligent maintenance of premises, equipment and machinery.

Construction Site Accident/ OSHA Violations/Crane Accident
2.5 Million Dollar Settlement
Laborer at high rise project was struck by a large form being moved by a crane under extremely windy conditions. Laborer falls 8 stories sustaining significant injuries. Suit filed against construction company for whom laborer and crane owner worked.

Workplace Accident/Electrical Injury
$$$ Confidential Settlement $$$
Broward utility worker sustains electrical injuries while looking for underground cable.

Workplace Accident/Roofing Accident
1.24 Million Dollar Jury Verdict
Roofer falls through covered skylight while re-roofing warehouse. Owner failed to warn of hidden danger.

Workplace Accident/Products Liability
1 Million dollar settlement
Factory worker falls onto roller.

Workplace Accident/Products Liability
$977,000 Settlement
Custodial employee fractures leg when machine cycles while in trash compactor.

Workplace Accident/Products Liability
$$$ Settlement Confidential $$$
Textile worker cuts hand in fabric spreader.

Workplace Accident/Products Liability
1 Million Dollar Settlement
Machine operator in tissue paper production plant has hand and arm caught in machine manufactured by an Italian corporation.

John Doe v. Joe Smith, Confidential
2.5 Million Dollar Settlement
A laborer working at a job site was struck by a large form connected to a crane in windy conditions, which resulted in paraplegia. On behalf of the worker and his family, claims were brought against the employer on basis that its actions and/or inactions were substantially certain to result in serious injury or death.

1,343,700 Settlement
Thirty-one year old Spanish speaking worker fell approximately 20 feet from a scaffold and sustained multiple injuries. Successful in obtaining Court award of Permanent Total Disability Benefits (lifetime benefit) for this young, injured worker.

Fifty-six year old Spanish speaking laborer fell and injured his back and head. Based on the opinions of treating physical doctor as to prescribed medications, secured Court award of Permanent Total Disability Benefits for the injured worker at the maximum Florida compensation rate. Case settle for present value of future benefits.