Hinkle & Foran limits its practice to catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. By handling only a limited number of major cases, we can devote our time and attention to those who need it most. Our clients receive individual attention as our personal injury lawyers seek to maximize their recovery.
Premises Liability
- LM, AH & RH v. Contractor
Residential fire due to incomplete construction. $1,200,000 settlement.
- Dorohn (Flewellyn) Fraizer v. Florida A&M University
Our client was injured in a fall from his dorm as he followed a FAMU tradition of climbing up the outside of the staircase. We admitted that he was comparatively at fault. Mr. Hinkle, Ms. Foran and Mr. David Frank worked together to obtain a jury verdict totally apportioning liability and awarding damages of $5,000,000. Whether the State could be held responsible for its negligence was the subject of an appeal and the First District Court of Appeal reversed the jury’s verdict and declared the State immune from liability.
- Conner v. Hinton Oil Company
Our client was beaten because the service station where he worked did not have adequate security measures. The regional oil company had the contractual right, and thus the duty, to make improvements to the premises. At Mr. Hinkle’s request, the jury returned a verdict of $1,000,000.
- M.W. v. Pool Liner Manufactuers
Significant settlement for a young man who suffered a spinal cord injury after he dove into a neighbor’s pool. The pool bottom has a “pebble” pattern what camouflaged the “break point” between shallow and deep. Although our client had been in the pool many times (and watched it being built) we used experts on vision and judgment to show that the design was a dangerous trap for a teenage boy. Mr. Hinkle settled the case prior to resolution.
- S.G. v. Homeowner
Jury verdict of almost $1,000,000 for a neck injury sustained by a client who dove off a dock into deceptively shallow water.
- Anonymous Client v. Oil Company
Jury verdict of $1,000,000 for client who sustained a head injury during a robbery of a late night gas station. The station did not have adequate safety measures.
- J.G. v. Fraternity Brother
Our client was accidentally kicked in the private area by a fraternity brother. After a jury trial established insurance coverage under the defendant’s parents’ homeowner’s insurance policy, the case settled.
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