Miami Personal Injury Case Results
The personal injury settlements and verdicts below were handled by Payer Law Personal Injury Lawyers out of their Miami office for clients injured in Miami and Miami-Dade County.
Reviewed by: James D. Payer
$2,690,000
Electrocution Injury, Miami-Dade Workplace
A landscaper’s helper in Key Biscayne was electrocuted through a pole saw while cutting a palm frond that was touching an overhead power transmission line.
The client lost his left eye, suffered third degree burns across 40 percent of his body, spent months in the Ryder Trauma Burn Unit on life support and underwent more than ten surgeries. His employer carried no workers’ compensation insurance. Payer Law recovered the homeowner’s policy before suit, then sued the power company for negligent vegetation management, using the utility’s own internal palm log and trouble ticket records to establish that the hazard was foreseeable. The case resolved shortly after mediation, five years into the litigation.
Attorneys on Case: James D. Payer
$1,000,000
Workplace Injury, Miami
A Miami worker loading a package vehicle fell backwards into it from a height of about three feet and did not realize how badly he was hurt until the following day.
When he returned to the job site he was told there was no work for him, and the severity of his injuries made clear he needed representation. He worked directly with James Payer through every stage of the claim. The case settled out of court, and in his own account of the matter he describes being guided and reassured throughout rather than handed off.
Attorneys on Case: James D. Payer
$875,000
Vehicle Incursion into a Storefront, Miami Premises Liability
A client sitting in a dentist’s office waiting room at a shopping center on Coral Way in Miami was struck when an SUV parked head in to the building drove through the storefront.
She spent nearly a week in a coma, close to a month in hospital, several weeks in a rehabilitation facility and two years in physical therapy. Payer Law filed suit in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court and argued that the property owner had installed protective bollards in front of some tenants and not others, and that Miami-Dade County Ordinance No. 12-47 required them. The case resolved just before trial and included $100,000 for her husband’s loss of consortium.
Attorneys on Case: James D. Payer
$389,000
Falling Object Injury at a Retail Store, Miami
A customer at a major retail store in Miami broke a bone in her foot when a coffee grinder tray fell onto it.
She endured two months of constant pain before seeking legal help, and the store’s opening position included an offer of $250 attached to a document that would have released the company from liability. Payer Law rejected it and tried the case. The jury returned a verdict of $389,000, and the client has since referred others to the firm.
Attorneys on Case: James D. Payer
$62,500
Car Accident, Failure to Yield, Miami-Dade
A 79 year old client with a green light and the right of way was struck by a driver turning left at SW 109th Avenue and West Flagler Street.
His vehicle spun into a fence. He sustained a C2 bilateral pedicle fracture, C3 and T1 endplate fractures, an epidural hematoma and a right vertebral artery intimal tear, and was hospitalized for three days. The at fault driver’s insurer denied liability outright and made no offer before suit. As James D. Payer put it, just because an insurance company denies a claim does not mean the case is over. The matter settled at court ordered mediation.
Attorneys on Case: James D. Payer
Case Results Disclaimer
The results shown on this page were obtained by Payer Law in the specific cases described. Every case is different, and the outcome of any legal matter depends on its own facts, the applicable law, and the circumstances of the people involved. Past results do not guarantee, predict, or warrant a similar outcome in any future case. The amounts shown reflect gross settlements or verdicts and may not represent the amount the client ultimately received after attorney fees, case costs, medical liens, and other deductions. The descriptions above are summaries and do not include every fact or legal issue in each matter.
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