Firm News

Driving a motor vehicle is a privilege and not a right. Driving a vehicle in Florida is legally the operation of a “dangerous instrumentality”. Why? Motor vehicles injure and kill people every day. It is that simple. That is why we have laws requiring drivers to pass a driving test, […]

Searcy Denney partner, Brenda Fulmer, has been appointed by the Court to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee  in the Zimmer M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis or M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis with Kinectiv Technology and VerSys Femoral Head Products Liability Litigation.  This coordinated federal court litigation involves individual lawsuits that have been filed by patients […]

In this issue: Settlement reached on behalf of Bradley Edwards against billionaire child molester Jeffery Epstein Florida Supreme Court issues landmark decision on tobacco case Insurance company forced to come to terms after previous litigation of traffic accident Failure to detect serious infection, results in permanent and total paralysis Community […]

In this issue: Smoker’s widow awarded $21 million in case against Big Tobacco $4.9 million judgment for doctor’s failure to provide timely treatment SDSBS recently announced that attorney Ed Ricci was selected as a shareholder of the firm Pickup truck runs red light and slams into family sedan, killing the […]

20-year-old unarmed black man paralyzed by Palm Beach County Deputy Sheriff still has not received full compensation from 2016 verdict A Bill has been filed with Florida Legislators seeking compensation for Dontrell Stephens, now 25-years-old, as a result of his having been unlawfully shot 4 times by Palm Beach County […]

In this issue: Community’s failure to heed warnings about boardwalk guardrails results in $9.4 million settlement for injuries Over $2.3 million settlement for drunk driver’s damaging crash University student suffers brain injury from car-pedestrian accident 16 SDSBS attorneys, plus firm, listed as “Best in 2018” Ignored nursing home patient falls, […]