$100.000.00 recovery for boy who was ejected from a 4-wheeler (mule) while playing with other unsupervised children. The property owner allowed a group of boys (all under the age of 12) to drive around his ranch in this vehicle. The child/ driver made a sharp turn, thereby ejecting the client and breaking his femur bone. Due to the child’s age, VM has arranged for the settlement to be placed in an annuity to be accessed when he reaches majorit

Workers Compensation, 2008 - $2,000,000.00 award for a former Red Cross employee. This gentleman sustained cervical and lower back injuries that resulted in several surgical procedures. His condition gradually deteriorated, eventually leading to partial paraplegia. Consequently, Vaughan Maxwell secured an assisted living facility in which the client was able to receive around-the-clock attendant care. Vaughan Maxwell, after years

Young female client was a passenger of a drunk driver who caused a single car accident in Orlando. Client suffered a lower extremity injury that has limited her enjoyment of life as well as her activities of daily living. As a resident of her parents household, she was entitled to the coverages provided by that family's uninsured motorist auto insurance policy for car accidents such as this. The insurance company refused to pay a re

Client entered store on a shopping trip but stumbled over a cart left just inside the door. Severe lower extremity injuries were sustained and liability was initially denied by the store. Ultimately the store and its insurance company agreed to settle the case for $195,000.00.  ( 9th Judicial Circuit).

A 40 year old pedestrian was struck by a Canadian tourist while walking along a highway in Volusia County, thereby sustaining catastrophic injuries(semi-vegetative state and disabling orthopedic injuries). Policy limits for this automobile accident of $1,000,000.00 were secured against the drivers’ insurance company and Vaugnan Maxwell is now pursuing other defendants with the assistance of the defendant driver. These monies were use

In May 2007, after years of litigation, Vaughan & Maxwell achieved a monumental and substantial settlement for a client who had received a hip implant in 2001. Vaughan & Maxwell, through use of experts analyses of both the device and design documents, convinced the manufacturer to reimburse the client for his multiple unnecessary surgeries, pain and suffering, loss of income, loss of enjoyment of life, and future medical needs. This ma

2006 - Workers Compensation

a)43 year old Permanent Total Disability trial award for a worker who suffered a serious back injury. Based upon a combination of injuries and vocational deficiencies, the trial court awarded total disability benefits estimated to be in excess of $1,000,000.00 (not reduced to present value). District M-North.

b)Death Case - Trial award of dependency benefits to the

In a case involving foreign (Canadian) tortfeasors, Vaughan & Maxwell represented the motorcycle operator who sustained  serious lower extremity injuries in an automobile/motorcycle accident. After perfecting service of the lawsuit on the automobile owner via The Hague Convention and after protracted discovery, the case settled for $500,000.00 prior to trial. (7th Judicial Circuit)