$2.5 Million Awarded To Paralyzed Roofer

A verdict was awarded to a roofer who was severely injured when the roof he was about to repair collapsed without warning. He was successfully represented in his suit against a Fort Lauderdale exotic auto dealership.

$1.5 Million Awarded In Traffic Fatality Case

A verdict was returned for the parents of a 25 year-old woman who was killed in an automobile accident. The victim lingered for two days after the vehicle, in which she was a passenger, was hit by an auto rented from Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc. The verdict was based solely on the mental pain and suffering of the surviving parents.

$3 Million Awarded In U.S. District Court

In a precedent setting case of products liability, a 22 year-old man was awarded a 3,000,000.00 judgment after he lost his left leg in a 1985 motorcycle/car collision. James C. Satcher was eighteen years-old when he was injured on his Honda 659 motorcycle, which collided with a car in Clarke County, Mississippi. Attorney Wilton L. Strickland advanced the theory, which proved successful, that Honda was negligent in the design and manufacture of the motorcycle in question since it was not equipped with leg protection devices which would have prevented the injury sustained by the plaintiff.

A wrongful death suit over a 1985 propane gas explosion that destroyed a Midas Muffler shop was settled for $2.2 million.  The settlement was made on behalf of the widow whose late husband, the shop manager, died along with three other employees.

• Metzger vs. Midas

$6.4 Million Awarded In Motorcycle Crash

A Broward County jury awarded $6.4 million to a young man who lost an arm and a leg as a result of a motorcycle accident. Plaintiff's counsel Wilton L. Strickland argued that Honda should have equipped the motorcycle with leg protection devices. The trial was the first loss for the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer.

$675,000 Awarded In Settlement Of Insurance Bad Faith Case

A woman was rear-ended by a drunk driver and the insurance company failed to defend the drunk driver at trial.  The defendant only carried a $10,000 liability policy and the insurance company was sued for bad faith.  The case settled for $675,000.

$2.5 Million Awarded In Settlement Of Electrocution 

Electrocution of a 35 year old male who was working for a roofing company.  Decedent was inspecting the area of an air conditioning unit.  Unknown to the decedent, the compressor in the a/c had shorted and the frame was electrified.  Decedent brushed against the frame and was electrocuted.  Decedent survived by wife and two sons.  Case was settled on eve of trial.

$5.3 Million Won In Auto Crash

A $5.3 million insurance settlement was obtained after a non-jury trial was concluded on the coverage issues.  The 31-year-old North Fort Myers man sustained a brain stem injury and his children lost their mother in the auto crash.  This was one of the largest out-of-court settlements in Florida at that time.

$2.8 Million Awarded To Burned Boy

A six-member Broward County jury awarded $2.8 million settlement to a Fort Lauderdale child who was severely burned when an electrical fire gutted the bedroom in which he slept.  The child was 3 months old when a fire, caused by a defective General Electric extension cord, burned over 35 percent of his body. 

$2 Million Awarded In Train Derailment 

In a South Carolina Amtrak derailment, which occurred on July 31, 1991, Jose L. Gresham, 59 years old, sustained severe, and eventually fatal, injuries in the derailment.  Attorney Wilton Strickland represented the five (5) adult children from Mr. Gresham's second marriage and successfully argued for both past and future pain and suffering for the adult children.  The jury returned a verdict of $400,000 per adult child and the verdict and judgment were affirmed on appeal.

Birth trauma injury resulting from medical negligence in the birth of Baby Doe.  The delayed delivery of Baby Doe resulted in serious internal injuries to Mother and resulted in traumatic birth defects to Baby Doe to include, but not limited to, spastic quadriplegia and irreparable brain damage.  Baby Doe required a life care plan and special needs trust to ensure continued medical care and other requirements for one so injured.  Mother Doe and Father Doe's claims were also included in the settlement.  Terms and conditions of the settlement are confidential at the request of Defendant/Hospital and Defendant/Doctor.