Babiarz Law Firm, P.A.

representative cases:

• $1,250,000 Settlement in Litigation | The Villages, FL | Sumter County
  Client was a passenger of a vehicle involved in an automobile crash. Injuries sustained in the crash included five broken ribs, internal bleeding (spleen was removed), bruised lungs, bruised heart, broken left femur at the hip and heart bypass surgery. A hemiarthoplasty of the left femur and hip was subsequently performed. Client was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center and spent five (5) weeks in a coma. Settlement was obtained from four different policies.
• $1,730,165.00 Jury Verdict | The Villages, FL | Sumter County
  78-year-old was involved in automobile crash involving a landscaping truck and landscape trailer that was uninsured. Client was cut out of his vehicle by emergency personnel and was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center. He suffered from a crushed left foot with multiple pin fixation, fracture of left femur, left hip fracture with internal fixation, left arm fracture to humerus with internal fixation and a fractured right hand with internal fixation.
• $310,000 Settlement in Litigation | Bradenton, FL | Manatee County
  Client was the rear seat passenger in a vehicle that failed to yield the right of way to traffic. This crash caused injuries to the client's neck and shoulder, resulting in two neck surgeries and arthroscopic surgery on her shoulder.
• $250,000 Settlement Pre-Suit | Gainesville, FL | Alachua County
  Client was rear ended on an I-75 ramp. Her injuries resulted in a cervical fusion and diskectomy surgery.
• $200,000 Settlement | Leesburg, FL | Lake County
  49-year-old was involved in a rear end crash causing serious injury to his neck and resulting in cervical fusion surgery.

• $610,000 | Settlement | Marion County
  Client's vehicle was rear-ended at a significant rate of speed by a distracted driver. Client was airlifted to Shands Hospital where he was hospitalized for twelve (12) days with severe permanent brain injuries.
• $900,000 Settlement | Lady Lake, FL | Lake County
  72-year-old client involved in a golf cart accident in which the at-fault driver ran a stop sign and struck the golf cart, ejecting client onto the pavement. Client suffered traumatic brain injury from a severe subdural hematoma and subsequently underwent a craniotomy surgery.
• $250,000 Settlement | Fruitland Park, FL | Lake County (settlement involved full policy limits of $250,000.00)
  Client was struck by vehicle running a stop sign. Client was knocked unconscious, taken to Leesburg Regional Medical Center and then airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for brain hemorrhage. He was in a coma for over a week and suffered from cognitive difficulties throughout his recovery.

• $1,425,000 Settlement at Mediation | Leesburg, FL | Sumter County
  This crash involved a mother and daughter as driver and passenger who were struck head on by a tractor trailer after it lost control. The mother suffered fatal injuries and the daughter suffered a fractured hip, muscle and tendon problems in her elbow and facial lacerations requiring cosmetic surgery. The mother was survived by her husband, daughter and minor son.
• $185,000 Settlement | Ocala, FL | Marion County
  89-year-old was involved in an automobile crash involving a dump truck that ran a red light and struck the driver's side of client's vehicle. Client suffered from left rib fractures, collapsed lung, scalp laceration, a concussion, pulmonary contusion and contusion to the spleen.
• $200,000 Settlement | Ocala, FL | Marion County
  Client was the front seat passenger of her vehicle that was struck by a tractor trailer in her lane. She suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula and other injuries.
  

• $900,000 Settlement | Lady Lake, FL | Lake County
  (See this case under Traumatic Brain Injury section above)
• $73,636.10 Settlement in Litigation | Lady Lake, FL | Sumter County
  Clients were husband and wife driving their golf cart when the at-fault vehicle failed to yield the right of way and came off a side street striking their golf cart. This case resulted in a lawsuit against the client's Uninsured Motorist insurance carrier to establish coverage for the golf cart.

• $160,000 Settlement at Mediation | Panama City, FL | Bay County
  A lawsuit was filed in this case involving an 89-year-old client who fell on a deceptively designed brick walkway at a resort, a brick design which concealed a step at the front entrance of the building. Client suffered a left hip intertrochanteric fracture.
• $125,000 Settlement at Mediation | The Villages, FL | Sumter County
  Client slipped on fish fry grease left on the floor of a seafood restaurant after a server spilled it and negligently failed to clean it up. Client's injuries required a cervical spine surgery.
• $150,000 Settlement | Summerfield, FL | Sumter County
  Client tripped and fell on uneven pavement in a parking lot and fractured her hip.

• $79,605.50 Settlement (Six Days Prior to Trial) | Ocala, FL | Marion County
  Property damage fire and theft claim of client's vehicle. Property damage insurance carrier alleged fraud and misrepresentation by client, which was ultimately unsubstantiated. Lawsuit resulted in total loss settlement of client's vehicle and an attorney's fee award for the time spent establishing insurance coverage.
• $95,000 Jury Verdict on Insurance Coverage | The Villages, FL | Sumter County
  This trip and fall case was caused by a dog leash that was negligently tied to a bush in a pedestrian traffic area.  The insurance claim went to the jury on the issue of whether the damage was caused by the dog.  The jury’s verdict resulted in insurance coverage for the full damages.