Florida Slip/Trip Fall Settlements/Verdicts (Premises Liability)

Listed below are some of Miami Injury Lawyer Justin Ziegler's slip and fall (& premises liability) injury settlements. Other personal injury settlements involving dog bites, assault and batter, falls on premises, wrongful death, car accidents, etc.) are found on other pages and listed on the links at the bottom of this page.

Justin was involved in a lawsuit brought by a gentlemen who was beaten outside of a nightclub, when the bouncers brought both parties involved in the fight outside.  The man had a severe traumatic brain injury. Justin handled this lawsuit while working for an insurance defense firm in 2004.

$774,000 Settlement where a man was shot and killed on the premises of an apartment complex. The case was favorably settled. Justin handled this case while working for an insurance defense firm in 2004.

Few hundred thousand dollars when a disco ball fell on a guest head resulting in an alleged disc herniation. Justin worked on a personal injury lawsuit in 2004 while working for an insurance defense law firm which resolved for a

Two Hundred & Ten Thousand Dollar ($210,000.00) settlement about a month before trial arising from a personal injury lawsuit which Miami Injury lawyer Justin Ziegler filed for our client, a customer (invitee) who injured his scaphoid (wrist bone) while leaving a booth at Denny's restaurant in North Miami Beach, Florida. The restaurant was insured by Travelers Insurance, and the  initial offer was Seven Hundred and Fifty ($750.00). We served a proposal for settlement for Two Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($225,000.00.) The customer had a percutaneous procedure performed on his wrist. Click here to read more about this case. Click here to see the complaint (lawsuit) that we filed against the restaurant. Click here to see our request for production to the Restaurant. Click here to see our Interrogatories to "Denny's" Restaurant. Click here to see Defendant (d/b/a Denny's Restaurants) response to Plaintiff's Request to Produce. Click here to see Restaurant's (d/b/a/ Denny's) answers to Interrogatories. Click here to see the Customer's response to the request for production by the restaurant (d/b/a Denny's). Justin has filed a response to DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND OBJECTION TO PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL ACTING AS VIDEOGRAPHER AT DEPOSITIONS.

One hundred ninety five thousand dollar ($195,000) Settlement  for our client, a gentleman who tripped and fell while walking up stairs at an apartment/condominium complex near Doral, (Miami) Florida. As a result of the trip and fall, he injured his foot which resulted in a below the knee amputation. The amputation took place at South Miami Hospital. We have filed a lawsuit in Miami Dade County, Florida against the defendant who owns the apartment complex. We are co-counseling this personal injury lawsuit with another Miami, Florida Accident Lawyer and have filed an application for Division of Attorney's Fees. Click here to see Plaintiff's Answers to Interrogatories. Click here to see Plaintiff's Answers to Defendant's Collateral Source Interrogatories. Click here to see Plaintiff's Responses to Defendant's Request for Production. We took the deposition of the president of the homeowner's association for West Gardens Village which is the name of the condominium complex where our client fell. The defense attorney took our client's deposition, deposed Plaintiff's engineer expert, and the case settled about a month following mediation.

Confidential Settlement against grocery store at mediation on behalf of a 51 year old Vietnamese woman for a slip and fall on liquid while shopping for groceries in West Kendall, Florida. The adjuster was unwilling to allow Injury Attorney Ziegler to speak with the store's employees who observed our client after she fell.  Our client was married and has several kids. Mr. Ziegler took the deposition of a witness (off duty employee) who attended to the scene following the fall.  Fire rescue responded to the scene and transported her to Baptist Hospital in Miami, Florida. The emergency department physician's note stated that the patient had some loss of consciousness. The admitting diagnosis was a concussion and Ismael Montaine, M.D. diagnosed our client with a patella fracture. The procedure performed was open reduction internal fixation on her patella.  In his surgical report, Dr. Montaine noticed that there was a complete fracture of the patella.  It was displaced.  There was also a tear of the retinaculim (bandlike structure that holds the patella in place). Two K-wires were placed.  Staples were placed in her skin.  She was placed in a knee immobilizer and spent about two (2) days in the hospital.  The discharge summary from the hospital stated that she was noted to have a comminuted, distracted fracture of the patella. One of the discharge diagnoses was a possible brain concussion.  The adjuster from the store suggested pre-suit mediation, but would not make an offer until our client was done treated. Mr. Ziegler filed a lawsuit.  Our client may need another surgery to remove the K-wire from her knee.

Confidential settlement for our client, a woman who suffered injury when she was shopping in supermarket in Miami, Florida, personal injury lawsuit. She went to grab a bottle of Carlos Rossi wine, which was on a cardboard box which was improperly (negligently) stacked on other cardboard boxes. The support structure for the bottles of wine was not proper and it is our position that the supermarket had a duty to properly place their items on a display which was stable. When she reached for the bottle of wine, another bottle (which was on the same piece of cardboard) fell and landed on her toe. Paramedics came to the accident scene and took her to Baptist Hospital. She was diagnosed with a broken toe at the hospital. She treated with a podiatrist (foot doctor) for several weeks/months. Her toe did not heal properly and she had surgery which was performed at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. Click here to read more about our lawsuit against a supermarket. Shortly after Miami Injury Lawyer Justin Ziegler filed a lawsuit against this supermarket, the insurance adjuster called our law firm and made an offered. The defense attorney filed an answer and listed an affirmative defense comparative fault.  We served a proposal for settlement.  We are also making a loss of consortium claim for her husband.

$17,000 Settlement for a young (25 year old) male college student who was shopping in Publix when an employee accidentally pushed a pallet cart over our client's pinky toe. Our client's foot bled and he went to the hospital immediately after leaving Publix. The cut required stitches and x-rays were taken, which determined that he had a fracture of his 5th metatarsal (pinkly toe) which resulted in a total of around $4,000 in medical bills.

$12,500 Settlement on behalf of a young woman who was struck below her eye by a plate which was thrown inside Taverna Opa Restaurant in Miami Beach. The paramedics came to the scene and she was then rushed to the hospital and received several stitches.

$10,000 Settlement. Slip & fall accident lawyer co-counsel this personal injury claim where a man was exiting a premises and slipped and fell sustaining soft tissue injuries.  A claim was filed with the insurance company that insured the owner of the premises.

$5,651 Settlement on behalf of a woman from Indiana who slipped and fell while exiting the shower of her hotel room at the Registry in Naples, Florida. She was visiting Florida.

We are currently seeking several thousands of dollars for a 10 year old who broke his finger while he fell off a bench he was sitting at while at Teen Upward Bound camp in Miami, Florida. Some of his other fingers were also sliced up. The young boy was taken to the hospital after the accident. He has been treating with a pediatric orthopedic surgeon who has referred him to a pediatric orthopedic surgeon due to problems with his finger healing. The insurance company which provides general liability insurance for Teen Upward Bound is Burlington Insurance. Fortunately the father of the young boy went to the accident site after the accident and observed that three of the four screws which hold the seat of the bench in place were missing. We sent the camp a letter so that they preserve the evidence of the disrepair of the bench, but often times unfortunately the premises owner will make changes following the accident.

Favorable Settlement on behalf of a woman who was injured after tripping and falling on a rug inside Publix. We argued that the rug was left out in the middle of an aisle, and was improperly placed.

Favorable Settlement where an individual who was injured after slipping on the premises of a property, which was adjacent to a construction site. Miami Injury Lawyer Justin Ziegler handled this claim while working for an insurance defense firm.

We represented a woman who suffered personal injury to her foot when she stepped on a brick paver which collapsed while she was leaving a friend's house. Her friend was renting the house, in Doral, Florida at the time of the accident. Our client suffered a cuboid fracture of her foot. She treated with a podiatrist, and her foot was placed in a CAM walker. She has two children and it is very difficult for her to tend to their needs while having restricted movement of her foot. We are alleging that either the homeowner or the person who installed the brick paver was negligent. We sent letters of representation to both parties. Unfortunately, her foot may be having some difficulty healing.

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