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There is nothing to fear but fear itself

Date: March 4, 2010 By: Richard Celler

We often speak with potential clients whose rights have been violated time and again by their employer. While most of these clients decide to protect their rights and pursue their wages from their employers, there is a large pocket of employees who, despite these violations, fear their employer- even when they no longer work there.

Miami-Dade County Passes New Wage Theft Ordinance

Date: February 22, 2010 By: Richard Celler

The county overwhelmingly passed a new ordinance to combat wage theft, making it easier for workers to bring legal action against employers who fail to pay them.

Automotive Product and Tire Recalls

Date: February 9, 2010 By: H. Scott Bates

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulates vehicles and tires and has the authority to investigate consumer complaints regarding safety issues. In 2009, the NHTSA recalled a variety of automotive products, including various Ford, Toyota and Lexus vehicles, due to safety hazards.

Toyota and Lexus Unintended Acceleration Problems

Date: January 30, 2010 By: H. Scott Bates

On Sept. 29, 2009, Toyota recalled several Toyota and Lexus vehicles after receiving 2000 reports of unintended acceleration that led to at least 19 deaths.

Working Off The Clock: A True Story

Date: January 25, 2010 By: Richard Celler

I was eating at a national chain restaurant this past weekend with my lovely wife and struck up a conversation with our server. She was complaining that this was her third job in the last year at a restaurant where they charged her for patrons who walked out on a tab without paying.

Bars May Be Liable For Actions of Drunk Patrons: Florida Dram Shop Act

Date: January 13, 2010 By: Vincent D'Assaro

Florida, like most states, has what's known as a "Dram Shop" Act. What these statutes do, essentially, is provide a way to sue an establishment that serves alcoholic beverages when a patron becomes intoxicated and injures or kills him- or herself or someone else.

Dorel Asia Cribs Recalled After Child Death

Date: January 12, 2010 By: H. Scott Bates

On Jan. 10, 2010, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a voluntary recall of approximately 635,000 Dorel Asia cribs sold by Wal-Mart, Sears, K-mart and other outlets.

Collecting Unpaid Overtime Wages, Even If You Signed a Waiver

Date: January 11, 2010 By: Richard Celler

The FLSA, unlike nearly every other employment law PREVENTS an employee from waiving their rights to overtime compensation, EVEN if they sign a private agreement with the employer.

Overtime Offenders

Date: December 10, 2009 By: Richard Celler

As 2009 continues to wind down, I continue to spend time looking at the most common industries that repeatedly violated the wage and hour laws during these unusual economic times. What I discovered, was that we saw a large number of claims arise in the construction, financial services, and insurance industries.

Wage and Hour Trends

Date: December 9, 2009 By: Richard Celler

In recognition of these trends, we currently are pursuing numerous claims for, among others, the following issues: Home building- We are representing numerous Construction Managers, Customer Service Representatives, Superintendents, etc. who were paid a salary, but only supervised subcontractors, not employees.

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Older Blog Posts

3/4/10 - There is nothing to fear but fear itself
2/22/10 - Miami-Dade County Passes New Wage Theft Ordinance
2/9/10 - Automotive Product and Tire Recalls
1/30/10 - Toyota and Lexus Unintended Acceleration Problems
1/25/10 - Working Off The Clock: A True Story
1/13/10 - Bars May Be Liable For Actions of Drunk Patrons: Florida Dram Shop Act
1/12/10 - Dorel Asia Cribs Recalled After Child Death
1/11/10 - Collecting Unpaid Overtime Wages, Even If You Signed a Waiver
12/10/09 - Overtime Offenders
12/9/09 - Wage and Hour Trends
12/8/09 - Welcome to Morgan and Morgan's Wage and Hour Division
12/4/09 - Ford Windstar Cruise Control Switch Recall
11/22/09 - Hydroxycut Recalled Due to Reports of Liver Injuries

Verdicts & Settlements

Here are some of our firm's settlements and verdicts. We look forward to sharing these with you.

$38,750,000 - Verdict

Medical Malpractice - Birth Injury
Hillsborough County, FL

Failure to perform a timely C-section resulting in serious injury.

$12,200,000 - Verdict

Auto Accident
Orange County, FL

15-year-old girl involved in rear end motor vehicle accident suffered paralysis from the waist down.

$9,728,000 - Verdict

Medical Malpractice
Lee County, FL

Delay in diagnosing rectal cancer in 40 year old female resulting in permanent colostomy, removal of part of liver due to spread of the cancer and lung metastasis.

$8,600,000 - Verdict

Medical Malpractice
Seminole County, FL

Failure to diagnose TB Meningitis of a 5-year-old girl.

$7,500,000 - Settlement

Auto Accident - Brain Injury
Confidential, FL

Automobile accident case resulting in brain injury to plaintiff. Plaintiff was in a coma for nearly 1 month and had to receive 2 months of brain injury rehabilitation.

$6,500,000 - Settlement

Medical Malpractice - Birth Injury
Polk County, FL

Failure of nursing staff to monitor vital signs in post cesarean patient resulting in seizure activity and severe brain damage.

$6,330,000 - Verdict

Medical Malpractice - Brain Injury
Volusia County, FL

Case involved a 42 year old woman who suffered a cardiac arrest leading to brain damage which left her in a permanent vegatative state. Claim was that her doctor missed (and thus failed to treat) underlying heart disease which lead to her cardiac arrest.

$6,000,000 - Settlement

Personal Injury - Premises Liability
Dade County, FL

Premises liability claim resulting in severe brain damage to husband and father.

$5,800,000 - Settlement

Medical Malpractice - Birth Injury
Brevard County, FL

Obstretical negligence, brain injury to newborn.

$4,800,000 - Verdict

Medical Malpractice - Wrongful Death
Indian River County, FL

Wrongful death of 32-year-old husband and father due to fatal anaphylactic reaction.