$2,485,000.00 (2.5 million) (effectively policy limits) (1998) Head-on
auto collision. A southbound driver on Interstate 95 negligently lost
control of her car and spun across the grass median into oncoming
traffic and collided with the car of a northbound driver and his wife,
causing catastroph...more
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Auto Collision
$750,000.00 (.75 million) (2003) Head-on collision. A speeding
eastbound driver on Highway 50 suddenly swerved his car to his left to
avoid a slowing car in front of him and crossed the centerline and
drove head-first into oncoming traffic and collided with the car of a
westbound driver, causing...more
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Auto Accident
$600,000.00 (.60 million) (2000) Diving accident. The victim dove from
an artificial bank into an artificial lake at a recreational
“lakefront” apartment complex.
Under Florida law, a property owner is generally not responsible
for driving accidents involving “natural conditions” on their ...more
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Selling Alcohol To A Minor Injured In An Auto Collision
$350,00.00 (.35 million) (2002) Knowingly selling alcohol to a minor
injured in an auto collision. A Winter Park bar served alcohol and
provided live entertainment. The bar admitted both customers of legal
drinking age and customers who were not. But, to distinguish those of
legal drinking age f...more
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Violation of Swimming Pool Code Causing Death Of A Child
$300,000 (.30 million) (policy limits) Violation of Swimming Pool Code
causing death of a small child. Orange County adopted a model Swimming
Pool Code that required child-resistant, one-way locks to all doors
leading through residential swimming pool enclosures (which allow doors
to open from t...more
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Homeowner Failed To Supervise A Minor Who Seriously Injured A Toddler
$300,000 (.30 million) (policy limits) (2003) Homeowner failed to
supervise a minor who seriously injured a toddler and thereafter
negligently failed to render aid to the toddler. The homeowner and the
victim’s family were neighbors. The homeowner and the victim’s family
exchanged free babysitti...more
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Negligent Driving
$226,000.00 (.22 million) (2004) Driver negligently backs out of driveway into a highway and into oncoming traffic.
Auto Collision
$145,000.00 (2002) Rear-end auto collision.
Slip and Fall
$133,000 (2001) Slip and Fall. Failure to clean up or warn business
visitor about a known spill of an entire 55 gallon drum of clear,
extra-virgin olive oil that coated a polished industrial warehouse
floor. The victim worked for a paper company delivering paper to
industrial customers. The vict...more
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Auto Collision
$125,000.00 (2001) Auto collision.
Auto Collision
$125,000.00 (2003) Auto collision.
Auto Collision
$115,000.00 (2000) Auto collision.
Elevator Accident
$110,000.00 (1998) Elevator accident. An elevator repair company
negligently maintained an elevator, which sometimes, would not function
properly.
The victim was a career Chef who worked for an entertainment
complex which required him to cook on one floor and to deliver the food
on a cart...more
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Auto Collision
$110,000.00 (combined policy limits) (1995) Auto collision.
Employing A Sexual Predator Working Near Children
$100,000.00 (1995) Negligent hiring, supervision, and retention (not
firing) of a sexual predator for a position at an institution with
unsupervised, 24-hour access to small children. The victim was a child
who claimed to have been repeatedly molested by the sexual predator
while at the institut...more
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Auto Collision
$100,000.00 (1996) Auto collision.
Auto Collision
$100,000.00 (1998) Auto collision.
Auto/Truck Collision
$100,000.00 (2000) Auto/truck collision. A southbound truck pulled out
of a side road onto Highway 50 into the path of a westbound car near
Christmas, Florida killing the driver.
The Highway Patrol Officer who arrived on the scene wrote down the
names of four witnesses, but only wrote down...more
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Auto Collision
$100,000.00 (policy limits) (2001) Auto collision.
Auto Collision
$100,000.00 (policy limits) (2002) Auto collision.
