Posts by Jack Hickey
UPDATE: Hickey Law Firm Files Lawsuit in Thriller Miami Boat Crash Incident Boat Crash Involving Thriller Miami Speedboat Adventures Tour Boat Caused at Least 29 Injuries
Hickey Law Firm has filed lawsuit on behalf of a woman who suffered head trauma and a traumatic brain injury in a boat collision. Stephanie Camarato and her husband, Matthew, were both on the Thriller Miami tour boat when a charter boat hit the tour boat. Stephanie is still be treated for her injuries. We…
Read MoreA Sexual Assault Lawsuit for $1.8 Million Was Recently Thrown Out by a Court
A court in Texas recently threw out a woman’s award for punitive damages after she filed a sexual assault lawsuit. Some people may have been shocked by the court’s decision to toss the woman’s compensation out the door, but the reason that they gave for doing this is because the law in Texas does not…
Read MoreFlorida Court Reverses Trial Judge’s Award for Medical Malpractice Damages
Florida’s 4th DCA has reversed a trial judge who awarded damages in a medical malpractice case. The case is against Holy Cross Hospital, among others. The plaintiff accuses the hospital and doctors of not ordering a scan on a woman fast enough which according to the suit resulted in the woman’s death. The hospital and…
Read MoreNEWS: Nearly 30 Injured in Miami Boat Crash
Nearly 30 people are recovering from injuries sustained after a tour boat collided with a private vessel on Sunday near Port Miami. The crash sent 13 people to the hospital, with another 16 sustaining injuries. No fatalities were reported, but the extent of the victims’ injuries is unclear as of Monday. Per CBS News: Around…
Read MoreNEWS: Two Kentucky Women Drugged and Assaulted on Carnival Cruise
Cruise lines have a duty under maritime law to warn passengers of risks and dangers that the cruise lines know or should know, for places where passengers on cruises are reasonably expected to go. The State Department recently issued an advisory about the violence in the Bahamas. But the cruise line failed to warn its…
Read MoreTesla’s Knowledge of Defective Autopilot System Could Mean Punitive Damages
A Florida judge has ruled that there is “reasonable evidence” indicating that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other managers knew about a defective Autopilot system in the company’s vehicles but still allowed them to be driven unsafely. The ruling is a setback for Tesla after winning two product liability trials earlier in the year. The…
Read MoreNEWS: Chrysler Disputes Need for Recall of Headrests in Florida Trial
Plaintiffs are alleging in a case against Chrysler that their active head restraints (AHRs) are deploying suddenly and without warning, causing the risk of accidents and head injuries. Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, and Ram have issued a Service Bulletin explaining that the active head restraint is held in place by what Law 360 calls a…
Read MoreNEWS: New York State Jury Awards a Record $120M Medical Malpractice Verdict
In the biggest medical malpractice verdict in Westchester County history, a New York jury found a local hospital liable for negligent care given to a stroke patient, resulting in catastrophic brain damage. The jury awarded Lee and his representatives $9.4 million for past and future pain and suffering, $51 million for past and future lost…
Read MoreHickey Law Firm Files Two Sexual Assault Lawsuits Against MSC Cruises
Hickey Law Firm has filed two separate sexual assault lawsuits against MSC in federal court in Florida. One lawsuit alleges an assault by a crewmember; the other lawsuit cites a passenger as the perpetrator of sexual abuse of a child. “This seems to be a pattern,” attorney John H. (Jack) Hickey told Law360. “These sexual…
Read MoreNEWS: Jury Awards Highest Malpractice Award in Arizona History
This past November, an Arizona jury awarded a family $33 million in damages, the largest medical malpractice verdict in state history. The jury found Banner Health Hospital liable for a newborn’s birth injury. Greyson Griepentrog suffered a brain injury called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy from oxygen deprivation. The lawsuit alleged that hospital employees spent 14 hours administering…
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