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- Aviation Disasters
- Boating, Cruise Ships and Maritime Accidents
- $1,325,000 Settlement – Drunken Boater Kills Woman (Orlando)
- $1,160,000 Verdict – Electrocution Death (Florida)
- Confidential Settlement – 4 Death Boating Disaster from BUI – Boating Under The Influence
- $275,000 verdict – Cruise Ship – passenger struck by mooring line
- $210,000 settlement – slip and fall on cruise shore excursion
- $190,000 settlement – 87 year old woman fell on cruise ship
- $150,000 Settlement during trial – Jones Act injury
- $140,000 settlement – Cruise Ship slip and fall
- $100,000 settlement – slip and fall on cruise ship
- Catastrophic Injuries
- Record $24,100,00 Verdict – Birth Trauma (Cerebral Palsy) – Medical Malpractice (Seminole County, FL)
- $11,250,000 Settlement – Severe Brain Damage from Birth Trauma, Medical Malpractice (Central Florida)
- $9,000,000 settlement – brain damage suffered in hospital
- $7,400,000 verdict – leg amputation
- $5,000,000 settlement – Auto Crash Causing Bone Fractures (Broward County, FL)
- $4,300,000 Settlement – Death from Medical Neglect of Brain Cyst (Chicago, IL)
- $3,750,000 settlement – birth injury to baby
- $3,500,000 settlement – brain injury from motorcycle crash (Orlando)
- $3,250,000 Settlement – Inadequate Security Case: Paraplegia Resulting from Shooting (Broward County, FL)
- $3,000,000 settlement – Paraplegia Resulting from ATM Shooting (Indiana)
- $2,100,000 Settlement – Resort Tort: Closed Head Trauma Resulting from Boating Accident (Broward County, FL)
- $1,760,000 Settlement – Motorcycle & Car Crash (Broward County, FL)
- $1,510,000 Verdict – Inadequate Security Case: Parking Lot Shooting (Aventura, FL)
- $1,136,000 Settlement – Inadequate Security Case: Sexual Assault in Mall (Wisconsin)
- $1,125,000 settlement – mild traumatic brain injury
- $1,020,000 Settlement – Drunk Driver Strikes Motorcycle (Osceola County, FL)
- $1,000,000 settlement – Head injury to minor child
- $1,000,000 Settlement – Nursing Home Abuse Resulting in Subdural Hematoma (Key West)
- $820,000 Settlement – Stroke Resulting from Weight Loss Supplement
- Confidential Settlement – Wrong Leg Surgery
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Accidents
- $5,550,000 Settlement – Defective Construction Causing Electrocution Death (Florida)
- $862,000 settlement for construction accident causing burns from hot tar
- $600,000 settlement – man falls at construction site while working in building (Miami)
- $500,000 settlement – construction debris strikes worker
- $450,000 settlement – electrical shock
- $250,000 settlement after trial – construction worker sustains wrist injury in fall (North Carolina)
- $250,000 settlement – leg injury after fall at construction site
- Legal Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Record $24,100,00 Verdict – Birth Trauma – Cerebral Palsy (Seminole County, FL)
- $11,250,000 Settlement – Birth Trauma Causing Brain Damage (Central Florida)
- $9,000,000 settlement – brain damage following surgery
- $4,750,000 Settlement – wrongful death from medical mistake
- $4,300,000 settlement – delay in treatment (Chicago)
- $3,750,000 settlement – Birth Injury (Central Florida)
- $3,000,000 settlement – wrongful death (Citrus County)
- $2,575,000 Settlement – Improper Medication – Wrongful Death (Broward County)
- $1,510,000 Settlement – Mother’s Death Following Childbirth (Miami)
- $1,510,000 Settlement – Neurologic injury from surgery
- $1,125,000 Settlement – Death of Woman Following Delivery due to DIC
- $1.1 Million for Anesthesia Malpractice at Ambulatory Surgery Center
- $1,050,000 Settlement – Death of Disabled Child in Emergency Room
- $1 million recovery for family of woman killed by gastric bypass malpractice
- Confidential Settlement – Death of man from neglect in emergency room
- $782,000 settlement – Failure to diagnose neck injury in ER
- $750,000 settlement – post surgical infections
- $700,000 Settlement – Death from Bariatric Surgery/gastric bypass
- $600,000 Settlement – Improper Treatment for Infection (Charlotte County, FL)
- $600,000 settlement – improper treatment of eye infection
- $500,000 settlement – failure to diagnose cardiac condition
- $500,000 Settlement – improper medication administration
- $500,000 settlement – failure to diagnose lung cancer
- $450,000 settlement – Improper injection in arm causing neurologic injury
- $400,000 Settlement – failure to prevent DVT
- $325,000 settlement – plastic surgery malpractice
- $300,000 settlement – failure to treat eye infection (Central Florida)
- $200,000 Settlement – dental malpractice – broken jaw
- Confidential Settlement – Wrong Leg Surgery
- Confidential Settlement – death of woman due to cardiac procedure error
- Confidential settlement – death of woman from surgical error
- Confidential settlement – wrong site surgery (Broward County)
- Confidential settlement – death of baby after traumatic delivery
- Confidential Settlement – Neurosurgeon lacerates artery during surgery
- Confidential Settlement – Fractured hip in elderly patient
- Negligent Security and Violent Crimes
- $49.3 million verdict for teen raped by teacher
- $24,315,980 Verdict – Negligent Security and Lighting Results in Shooting Death of Off Duty Police Officer at ATM (Orange County)
- $3,250,000 Settlement – Inadequate Security Case: Shooting Resulted in Paraplegia (Broward County, FL)
- $ 3,000,000 Settlement – Inadequate Security Case: ATM Shooting Resulting in Paraplegia
- Confidential Settlement – Mass shooting at shopping center
- $1,510,000 Verdict – Inadequate Security Case: Robbery Shooting (Aventura, FL)
- $1,500,000 confidential settlement – inadequate college security
- $1,136,000 Settlement – Inadequate Security Case: Sexual Assault (Wisconsin)
- $1,045,000 Settlement – Inadequate Security Case: Sexual Assault (Key West)
- $1,000,000 settlement – ATM shooting death
- Confidential settlement – hotel guest raped in room (Orlando)
- $900,000 Settlement – Death from Police Shooting (Federal Rights Case)
- $750,000 settlement – premises liability – shooting at convenience store
- $650,000 verdict – shooting of convenience store clerk
- $675,000 Settlement – Child sexual assaulted by older child in day care
- $600,000 federal court verdict – premises security injury – knee injury
- $500,000 verdict – convenience store robbery – shooting of bystander
- $550,000 Settlement – Student Molested by Teacher
- Confidential Settlement — Sexual Assault of teen by restaurant manager
- $400,000 settlement – woman attacked in office building (Orange County, FL)
- Confidential Settlement – Shooting Death at Apartment Complex
- $375,000 settlement – Tourist mugged at airport hotel (Miami)
- $325,000 settlement – store clerk stabbed (Key West)
- Confidential Settlement – High School Student Raped By Church Band Director
- Confidential Settlement – Hotel Spa Guest Sexually Assaulted During Massage
- $300,000 verdict in federal court – sexual assault of child inside store (Miami Dade County)
- $287,000 settlement – boy fondled by employer
- $275,000 confidential settlement – stabbing of customer in department store (Miami)
- $275,000 settlement – inadequate security – high crime apartment
- $250,000 settlement – assault at apartment complex (Brevard County)
- $250,000 settlement – woman mugged in parking lot
- $220,000 settlement – shooting at apartment complex
- $200,000 Settlement – Woman robbed in mall parking lot
- Confidential Settlement – Shooting of innocent bystander by security guard
- $140,000 settlement – elderly woman robbed in condo parking lot
- Confidential Settlement – Woman raped in car in school parking lot
- Confidential settlement – gas station shooting/death (Miami)
- Confidential settlement – elementary school child molested in school
- Confidential settlement – sexual assault of boy at trailer park
- Confidential Settlement – Abduction and sexual assault
- Confidential settlement – Shooting death of model
- Confidential Settlement – Assault on tenant at apartment complex
- Confidential Settlement – Therapist has sex with patient
- Confidential settlement- Child-on-child day care sexual assault
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Personal Injury
- $5,000,000 settlement for serious orthopedic injuries
- $3,250,000 recovery for paralyzed man
- $3,000,000 settlement for paralyzed man
- $2,575,000 for brain injury
- $2,100,000 settlement for head trauma
- $1,136,000 settlement for sexual assault victim
- $1,007,000 verdict – woman injured while shopping in Costco from falling merchandise – toilet paper (Miami)
- $668,000 Verdict – Hot Coffee Spill – genital burns – Disney (Orange County, FL)
- $450,000 settlement – shock injury
- $300,000 settlement – mistreatment while in state custody
- $250,000 settlement for child who breaks arm at daycare
- $160,000 settlement – age discrimination
- Premises Liability, including Falls and Fractures
- $5,550,000 recovery – Premises liability due to electrocution – death
- $3,250,000 settlement – Premises liability – lack of security results in shooting
- $3,000,000 settlement – premises liability – ATM security – shooting (Indiana)
- $1,510,000 verdict – premises liability – shooting at shopping center
- $1,300,000 Settlement – Premises Liability Resulting in Back Injury (Orlando)
- $1,160,000 verdict – premises liability – child electrocuted at home
- $1,136,000 settlement – premises liability – sexual assault at shopping center
- $1,045,000 settlement – premises liability – lack of hotel security
- $1,007,000 Verdict – Falling Merchandise Resulting in Fracture (Miami-Dade County)
- $1,000,000 settlement following trial – slip and fall on wet ramp
- $850,000 settlement – slip and fall at hotel – fractured knee (Orlando)
- $750,000 settlement – fall in store on melted ice cream
- $750,000 Settlement – Store Clerk Shot During Robbery
- $675,000 Settlement – inadequate supervision at day care – sexual abuse
- $668,000 verdict against Disney – premises liability – hot coffee spill
- $650,000 verdict – Shooting of convenience store clerk
- $600,000 verdict in U.S. District Court – premises liability – knee injury
- $500,000 verdict – premises liability shooting after robbery
- $400,000 Settlement – woman attacked in office building (Central Florida)
- $300,000 settlement for slip and fall at resort pool
- $265,000 settlement for trip and fall on steps
- $250,000 settlement for fall on playground
- $250,000 Settlement – fall from construction site (North Carolina)
- $248,000 settlement – child burns foot on hot coals
- $210,000 Settlement – Slip and fall at shopping center walkway
- $202,000 Verdict – customer slips on grease at Wendy’s (Key West)
- $200,000 Verdict for customer of supermarket – slip and fall on water
- $195,000 settlement – fractured leg on defective parking bumper (Key West)
- $145,000 settlement – child cut by metal spike in field
- Confidential settlement – 75 year-old falls at hotel (Orlando, FL)
- Product Liability
- $850,000 settlement – defective van design causes internal and orthopedic injuries
- $820,000 Settlement – Stroke Resulting from Weight Loss Supplement
- $700,000 Settlement – Defective car seat causes baby’s death
- $675,000 settlement – crashworthiness/automotive defect – failure of airbag
- Confidential settlements – defective energy drink – injuries and death
- Confidential settlement – death of baby from bean bag pillow
- Confidential settlement – defective high chair – baby death
- Confidential Settlement – Defective gastric bubble
- $375,000 settlement for auto crashworthiness case
- Confidential Settlement – Defective IUD device
- Confidential Settlement – Defective agricultural plastic
- Resort Torts: Travel, Vacation & Theme Park Injuries
- $3,250,000 Settlement – Inadequate Security Case: Paraplegia Resulting from Shooting (Broward County, FL)
- $2,100,000 Settlement – Boating Accident Resulting in Closed Head Trauma (Broward County, FL)
- $1,800,000 Settlement – Recreation Accident Resulting in Death (South Florida)
- $1,400,000 Settlement – Wrongful Death Resulting from Auto Crash(Miami, FL)
- $1,325,000 Settlement – Boating Accident Resulting in Wrongful Death (Orlando, FL)
- $1,160,000 Verdict – Defectively-wired Boat Lift Resulting in Electrocution Death (West Coast of Florida)
- $1,045,000 Settlement – Inadequate Security Case: Sexual Assault at Hotel (Key West)
- $1,000,000 settlement for mild traumatic brain injury (Orlando)
- $1,000,000 recovery – resort guest slipped on wet walkway
- Confidential Settlement – Resort Guest Raped in Hotel Room (Central Florida)
- $850,000 Settlement – slip and fall at resort hotel (Orlando, Florida)
- $668,000 Verdict – Hot Coffee Spill at Disney World (Orange County, FL)
- $310,000 settlement – Visitor thrown from motorcycle by foreign tourist (Monroe County, FL)
- $300,000 recovery for resort fall
- $295,000 Settlement – Wind blows unsecured resort umbrella into guest (Orlando)
- $275,000 verdict – Cruise Ship accident
- $220,000 Settlement — vacationing tourist on bicycle fractures collarbone
- $210,000 settlement – vacation knock down on cruise ship shore excursion
- $190,000 settlement – tourist falls on cruise ship from water on deck
- $140,000 settlement – Cruise Ship trip and fall
- $375,000 settlement – Tourist mugged at airport hotel (Miami)
- $100,000 settlement – cruise ship fall at pool
- Confidential Settlement – Fall During Resort Activity (Orlando resort)
- Vehicle and Trucking Accidents
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- $8,000,000 award – truck-auto crash on turnpike
- $7,400,000 verdict – Trucking crash results in amputated leg (Osceola County, FL)
- $6,000,000 Settlement – Death of Pedestrian
- $5,000,000 Settlement – Auto Crash – Bone Fractures (Broward County)
- $3,650,000 Settlement – Auto Crash Causes Death
- $3,560,000 Settlement — Leg Injuries From Trucking Crash
- $3,500,000 settlement – brain injury from motorcycle crash (Orlando)
- $2,000,000 settlement – teenager struck by truck (Central Florida)
- $1,900,000 Settlement – Truck Crash Resulting in Death (Polk County, FL)
- $1,760,000 Settlement – Motorcycle Crash (Broward County, FL)
- $1,400,000 settlement – auto crash death
- $1,125,000 settlement – motorcyclist hit in roadway
- $1,200,000 Settlement – truck changes lane into car
- $500,000 settlement – death of passenger
- $1,020,000 Settlement – Drunk Driver Strikes Motorcycle (Osceola County, FL)
- $887,000 settlement – truck driver pinned
- $700,000 Settlement – Motor Vehicle Crash (Charlotte County, FL)
- $648,000 settlement – auto crash – drunk driver (Florida Keys)
- $600,000 settlement – pedestrian hit by car
- $500,000 settlement – orthopedic injuries in van crash (Orlando)
- $475,000 settlement – Passenger of Car Struck in Rear with Minor Damage – DWD
- $450,000 Settlement – passenger in car hit by Distracted Driver
- Confidential Settlement – Truck Tire Comes Loose, Smashes Through Windshield
- $425,000 settlement – bicyclist struck by car
- $400,000 verdict – truck strikes bicycle (Florida Keys)
- $350,000 settlement – pedestrian struck by drunk driver
- $350,000 settlement – knee injuries from car crash (Orlando)
- $310,000 settlement – motorcyclist rear ended by foreign tourist
- $275,000 settlement – man pinned by car at gas station (Miami)
- $200,000 settlement – Auto crash with scarring
- $150,000 Settlement – valet parker backs into car
- Wrongful Death
- $24 million verdict – wrongful death of police officer (Orlando)
- $8,000,000 award for death of teen
- $6,000,000 Settlement – Wrongful Death of Husband and Father
- $5.550 million Settlement for Wrongful Death – electrocution
- $4,750,000 Settlement for Wrongful Death of Mother of 2
- $4,300,000 Settlement – Delayed Treatment Resulting in Wrongful Death (Chicago, IL)
- $3,650,000 settlement – death in auto crash
- $3 million Settlement – Wrongful Death of Mother (Citrus County)
- $2.575 million Settlement – Wrongful Death Due to Medication Error (Broward County)
- $2,000,000 Settlement – Teenager Killed by Truck (Central Florida)
- $1,875,000 settlement – wrongful death – shooting at gas station
- $1,800,000 settlement – death of 15 year old girl
- $1,510,000 Settlement – Death of Woman after delivery of baby
- $1,500,000 Settlement – Inadequate Security Case: University Murder (Miami)
- $1,400,000 Settlement – Auto Crash Resulting in Death (Miami)
- $1,300,000 Settlement – Wrongful Death Due to Medical Mistake
- $1,125,000 Settlement – Mother’s Death During Childbirth
- $1,050,000 settlement – death of disabled child in emergency room
- $1,000,000 settlement – shooting death at ATM
- $1,000,000 settlement – death from bariatric surgery/gastric bypass (Houston, TX)
- $1,000,000 Settlement – Teenager Mistaken for Burglar, Killed by Police (Federal Rights Case)
- $900,000 settlement – wrongful death shooting
- $700,000 Settlement – Death from Bariatric Surgery/gastric bypass
- $700,000 Settlement – Child Killed due to defective Car Seat
- $600,000 settlement – man falls at construction site while working in building (Miami)
- $500,000 settlement – death from medication error
- $500,000 settlement – death of passenger
- Confidential settlement – Shooting death of model
- Confidential settlement – pulmonary embolism caused by malpractice
- Confidential Settlement – mass shooting at shopping center
- Confidential settlement – death of baby from medical mistake
- Confidential Settlement – Wrongful Death of Man in Car Struck By Truck Tire
- Confidential Settlement – Death of infant from defective product
- Confidential settlement – medical malpractice (Brevard County, FL)
- Confidential settlement – Shooting death of model
- Confidential Settlement – Death of woman from surgical mistake
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Home » blog » John Leighton chosen for Florida Super Lawyers for 11th straight year
John Leighton chosen for Florida Super Lawyers for 11th straight year 
John Elliott Leighton of Leighton Law, P.A. has been named to Florida Super Lawyers for 2016. Mr. Leighton has been selected for Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2006, and has been selected for their Top 100 Florida Super Lawyer and Top 100 Miami Super Lawyer list each year. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process uses a patented four-step independent selection systems includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Those Florida lawyers who receive the highest point totals during the nomination, research and peer review process are further recognized in Florida Super Lawyers Top Lists. Mr. Leighton is a board certified personal injury lawyer with offices in Miami and Orlando, Florida. Less than 5% of the lawyers in Florida are chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers.
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