Verdicts & Settlements

Jim Hannon secured a substantial, but confidential award for our client whose husband died in a Palm Beach County hospital when nurses failed to follow doctor’s orders to have the patient placed on a pulse oximeter to monitor his oxygen levels while receiving pain medication after a successful elective surgery. The pain medication had a known side effect of being a respiratory depressant. Our client’s husband went into respiratory arrest and died a totally preventable and untimely death.

Medical Treatment / Malpractice – Settlement of case involving multiple claimants.

Negligence of hospital staff in a large Miami Hospital resulted in the wrongful death of our client’s husband.  James Hannon successfully sued the hospital and won a significant, confidential award for our client.

Automobile Accident / Mild Traumatic Brain Injury – Mr. Hannon won this recent jury verdict by utilizing accident reconstruction and expert engineering testimony to prove the Defendant was lying about how the crash occurred and by effectively cross-examining the Defense neurologist expert who testified that our 75 year old client had made a “miraculous recovery” from her injuries. It was one of the largest personal injury verdicts in Florida for 2017.

Products Liability / Wrongful Death Case involving contaminated pharmaceutical product.

Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death; Beloved pastor of a church in Palm Beach County died as a result of medical negligence when nurses at a large South Florida Hospital failed to appreciate an abnormal EKG which showed that he was having a heart attack.

Cruise Line Negligence

Jim Hannon successfully utilized engineering expert witnesses to perform an accident reconstruction which determined that the tractor-trailer driver fell asleep at the wheel, causing this crash on a Texas highway, resulting in the wrongful death of his team driver who had been asleep in the truck’s sleeper berth.  The trucking company’s insurance company paid more than twice their insurance policy limits to compensate HLG’s client for her loss.

HLG client was injured while visiting family and the ceiling in their apartment collapsed on him. The resident had complained about a leak to the apartment property manager for several months but nothing was done to repair the leak or ceiling damage. Jim won a significant award for our client who suffered a herniated disc in his lower back as a result of the incident.

Construction Site Accident / Wrongful Death

Motor Vehicle Crash and Negligent Design and Construction of shopping center combine to cause spinal cord injury and paralysis in senior citizen.

Medical Malpractice Negligent administration of IV to premature infant.

Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death; Healthcare provider’s failure to diagnose cancer proved fatal to patient.

Truck Accident: Tractor Trailer Crash

Medical Malpractice / Surgical Error / Wrongful Death – Negligent Performance of Bariatric Surgery at Miami Hospital resulted in the death of young woman.

Settlement in a tractor-trailer crash / wrongful death case

Medical Malpractice / Wrongful death; Hospital and doctors failed to diagnose infection / sepsis

Motor Vehicle Crash; Our client suffered a badly fractured ankle while working when he was struck by a work vehicle.

Construction site accident / Collapsed Structure – Our client was seriously injured when pre-formed concrete wall toppled over onto our client as he worked. The accident caused a spinal cord injury to our client, leaving him with mild to moderate motor and sensory deficits.

Negligent Security / Wrongful Death – Shopping Center’s inadequate security leads to shooting death of Homestead, Florida shopping center patron.

Premises Liability / Construction Site Accident/ Brain Damage -construction worker suffered traumatic brain injury when collapsed structure caused a head injury due to negligent demolition of building by unlicensed contractor.

Policy Limits Settlement. Negligent Security / Premises Liability Plaintiff was shot and suffered a spinal cord injury as a result of inadequate security at a hip hop nightclub in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Pharmaceutical Defect / Medical Negligence

Motor Vehicle Crash – Automobile accident resulted in multiple fractures and surgeries.

Automobile Accident / Wrongful Death.

Tractor-Trailer Accident: Tampa area truck accident results in multiple orthopedic injuries.

Negligent security / Inadequate security / Wrongful death

Federal Tort Claims Act / Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death; Hospital medical staff failed to diagnose cervical cancer.

Tractor Trailer Crash: Truck Accident in the Florida Keys left plaintiff with facial fractures and a mild traumatic brain injury.

Policy Limits Settlement: Aviation Accident, Wrongful Death. Pedestrian hacked to death by small airplane propeller.

Wrongful Death; Infant product defect case.

Automobile Accident – Plaintiff rear-ended a construction vehicle and suffered facial fractures not requiring surgery and a mild TBI (traumatic brain injury).

Car Accident / Pedestrian was hit by a car and suffered bimalleolar ankle fracture with surgery and post operative infection.

Terminally ill and comatose 82 year old woman sexually molested by healthcare provider in South Florida hospital.

Premises Liability / Wrongful Death – Warehouse Accident: Plaintiff was crushed to death when forklift toppled crate weighing over 2000 lbs. The warehouse operator was in violation of OSHA safety regulations.

Car Accident / Wrongful Death; Distracted driver struck and killed pedestrian who was crossing the street.

Policy Limits Settlement: Truck Accident/Wrongful Death. Truck driver killed in an Ohio tractor trailer accident when co-driver fell asleep at the wheel.

When a man crossing the street in North Miami was struck and killed by a private security company vehicle, the driver claimed that the victim stepped off the curb into the path of her car. Despite the fact that she was the only witness to this automobile accident, Mr. Hannon successfully discredited her testimony and obtained a policy limits recovery with the company for the wrongful death case.

Tractor trailer case – A 79-year-old man was killed while unloading a flatbed tractor trailer. Our firm successfully argued that the cargo he was unloading had been negligently loaded and improperly secured, resulting in the victim’s wrongful death.

Automobile Accident/Pedestrian Knockdown – Police officer struck by drunk driver suffered a torn meniscus and had arthroscopic surgery.