I asked myself the other day if my life’s work has made a difference for my clients? I think that it has. Every day our team takes on cases against corporate giants listed on the Fortune 500 for our clients. We looked at last year’s Fortune 500 List, and we were amazed at how many of … Continue reading “Taking on Corporate Giants”

Sam Coffey recently published an article in the Orlando Sentinel!  Here is a snippet below! Each day in the United States, more than nine people are killed and more than 1,150 people are injured in crashes involving a distracted driver, according to a study published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This is an … Continue reading “Tighten Texting Law Now!”

A fifteen year old picked up Samantha on his ATV to ride around an orchard in Palm Beach County. While crossing a highway, the ATV was struck by a pickup truck, severely injuring the three minors aboard. They were flown to St. Mary’s and underwent emergency surgeries. Samantha ended up having six open surgical procedures … Continue reading “​​Samantha D. v. Parent and Minor: ATV Crash, Final Judgment $1.06 Million.”

A teacher in her 40’s had a recent struggle with neck pain and headaches. It turns out that she had early onset of arthritis and general degeneration in that area of her neck. Then she was involved in a collision in a parking lot. It was not a major impact collision, but it was enough … Continue reading “Electrical Studies Prove Exacerbation of a Teacher’s Pre-existing Conditions”

Following a rear-end collision, our client could not shake the pain, weakness, and tingling from his neck down his arm. He even noted that his arm would typically go to sleep every evening when he got home, and that he would have to get up from the couch and shake his arm out to get … Continue reading “Electrician’s Arm Goes to Sleep After Rear-end Collision”

Our client was struck by a negligent motorist while riding his bicycle on his way home from the store to get some milk for him and his wife. Every year, they would spend about five months in their little home in the Keys, to get away from the cold Canadian winters. He was transported to … Continue reading “Octogenarian Client Hit on Bicycle in Key Marathon, Dies in Canada Two Months Later.”

In late November, a verdict was reached for a Engle Progeny Lung Cancer suit, awarding over $4 million to Deborah Perrotto. Coffey McPharlin acted as the referring attorney for the case in which Perrotto went up against four tobacco manufacturers. The case was in regard to Nick Perrotto, husband of Deborah Perrotto, who contracted lung cancer and … Continue reading “$4 Million Verdict for Engle Progeny Suit”

A roofing contractor hired Dennis Phillips after having been rear-ended at a stoplight in broad daylight. His neck was in pain, but it was the constant headaches and multiple near-falls off of a ladder that made him pursue the claim. Plain X-rays at the hospital were negative for fracture, and the client was sent home … Continue reading “Roofer Injured in Rear-end Collision”

Once, while picking up her husband from the airport, a woman snapped her foot sideways because the sidewalk was uneven. This caused bone fractures and torn ligaments and tendons which needed to be surgically repaired with pins. She hired Dennis Phillips to represent her against Miami-Dade County, the authority over the airport. After hiring a … Continue reading “Woman Breaks Foot on Defective Sidewalk at Miami Airport”

When Mr. R’s Nissan Forerunner was stuck in the muck after some heavy rains, he called a local tow truck company to help get the vehicle out. Unfortunately, the driver told Mr. R to get into the Forerunner and steer while he pulled him out with a winch. The jerking motion caused similar forces to … Continue reading “Mark R. v. Tow Truck Company”