Archive by Month: May 2023 - Page 2

Defense Verdict Secured in Negligent Security Case

Posted in Verdicts and Settlements on May 9, 2023

Miles A. McGrane, IV, and Tom McCausland, both partners in our Hollywood office obtained a Defense Verdict in a negligent security case in Broward County, Florida.  Plaintiff alleged that our client, a restaurant located on the Hollywood Beach, was negligent in allowing a man wielding a machete to attack Plaintiff who was dining at our restaurant at the time.  Plaintiff, a US Army Veteran, sustained a laceration to his forearm and alleged that he now suffers from debilitating PTSD as a result.  

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Tallahassee Attorneys Prevail on Motion for Summary Judgment in Wrongful Death Case

Posted in Verdicts and Settlements on May 8, 2023

Joshua C. Canton, a partner in the firm's Tallahassee, Florida office, along with Justin B. Hales, an associate in the firm’s Tallahassee, Florida office, recently prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in a wrongful death action where the Plaintiff claimed Defendant committed an intentional tort during the course and scope of Plaintiff’s employment which caused the decedent to contract COVID-19 and perish in Leon County, Florida. Mr. Canton and Mr. Hales successfully argued Plaintiff was not a survivor under the wrongful death act and had no claim.

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