Results
Our Record-Setting Results
Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A. is a firm steeped in tradition. For more than 70 years, we have continuously yielded important verdicts and winning results for our clients. View some of our multi-million dollar results below.
$157,000,000
PRODUCT LIABILITY
The firm won punitive damages for the widower of a man who died of lung disease.
$60,000,000
PRODUCT LIABILITY
The firm obtained a $60,000,000.00 verdict against General Motors after the vehicle the McGee family was driving was engulfed in flames due to a fuel-fed fire, and Shane McGee was tragically burned to death. Gregg helped litigate the matter and prepare it for trial.
$41,000,000
PREMISES LIABILITY
$41,000,000.00 verdict for Jim Schnurr, the former chief accountant of the United States Security and Exchange Commission, after Mr. Schnurr became a quadriplegic resulting from a bicycle accident while traveling along a bike path in his community in Jupiter, Florida.
$37,000,000
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Jury verdict for the family of our client, who died of lung cancer after a lifetime of smoking R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris cigarettes.
$32,750,000
BIRTH INJURY
An unborn baby was in distress with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. His doctor and hospital medical team ignored signals and tests, which ultimately resulted in severe brain damage including cerebral palsy, spastic legs and arms, mental retardation, kidney failure and other conditions.
$30,500,000
CAR ACCIDENTS
The firm won $30.5 million in compensation for the family of a man who sustained a brain injury in a car accident.
$30,000,000
CAR ACCIDENTS
Johnson V Prada – $30 Million verdict after Mr. Johnson suffered brain damage from an auto accident.
$20,000,000
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Attorneys Scott Schlesinger and Jonathan Gdanski recently secured a $20 million jury verdict for Herbert Landi, the widower of a woman who died of lung cancer in 1999 caused by smoking cigarettes.
$15,922,000
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
A Broward County jury awarded $15.9 million in damages to South Florida resident in a medical malpractice case against rheumatologist.
$15,737,000
CAR ACCIDENTS
Roster v Florida Dept of Transportation – $15,737,000 verdict. Mr. Roster was struck by a drunk driver and left a quadriplegic.
$14,500,000
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Jury verdict against Hollywood doctor for treatment that left father severely disabled for life.
$14,500,000
TRUCK ACCIDENTS
A Miami-Dade jury has awarded $14.5 million against Geico to a former chiropractor who was severely injured in a highway collision with an uninsured motorist.
$12,600,000
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
A Miramar teen who lost all four limbs as a result of a vaccination error 13 years ago won a $12.6 million medical malpractice award Friday against the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine.
$12,470,000
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
A Miami-Dade jury has awarded $14.5 million against Geico to a former chiropractor who was severely injured in a highway collision with an uninsured motorist.
$12,000,000
PRODUCT LIABILITY
$12 million compensatory damage award for one of our clients after we filed a lawsuit against Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds for causing our client’s spouse’s cigarette addiction and fatal lung cancer.
$10,500,000
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Jury verdict for a Florida man who sued tobacco companies after his wife passed away from lung cancer.
$10,000,000
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Jury verdict for a wrongful death cancer case against RJR and Philip Morris.
$9,154,198
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Jurors awarded more than $9.1 million, including $3 million in punitive damages, to a Florida widow for the role they concluded the nation’s two largest tobacco companies played in a smoker’s cancer and death.
$6,800,000
CAR ACCIDENTS
While waiting to make a turn, an expectant mother was struck by a careless driver. The victim survived the accident but was in a coma for more than three months, suffering severe brain damage and paralysis of her left side.
$6,800,000
CAR ACCIDENTS
The firm achieved a $6.8 million verdict for a Boca Raton father and his 5-year-old son, who was injured in a car accident as a fetus. The multivehicle crash left the mother comatose—when she woke up, she did not recognize her husband and divorced him. Thus, the crash had life-changing ramifications for this family: The parents divorced, the mother now requires a wheelchair to get around, and the son was left with permanent brain damage.
We tirelessly advocated for the father during the 10-week trial and were very proud to reach a verdict in his favor.
$6,800,000
CAR ACCIDENTS
Garner v Samarel, et al. – $6,800,000.00 verdict for a roadway design automobile accident resulting in a catastrophically injured vehicle occupant.
$6,500,000
PREMISES LIABILITY
$6.5 Million Dollars in an personal injury negligence case based on an amusement ride accident.
$5,755,093
BIRTH INJURY
An expectant mother went into the hospital with complications. Attending physicians did not properly communicate with each other, leading to the baby being born under duress with a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy.
$5,036,375
CAR ACCIDENTS
A rear seat passenger sustained severe injury when the rental car in which he was being transported could not avoid colliding with a car cutting in front.
$4,900,000
CAR ACCIDENTS
Our client underwent back surgery in hopes of alleviating pain from a car accident while rear-ended in his company’s Dodge van.
$4,800,000
CONTRACT LAW
Breach Of Contract Litigation
$4,700,000
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
$4.7 Million damage award to our client, who sued North Broward Hospital District and others over complications from surgery.
$4,500,000
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Jury verdict against tobacco giants Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
$4,300,000
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
The firm won a $4.34 million jury verdict against two neonatalogists on behalf of a young girl left permanently injured – the result of a viral infection misdiagnosed at birth.
$4,000,000
BIRTH INJURY
A Palm Beach County jury has awarded $4 million on behalf of a child suffering from severe mental retardation that the family blamed on a delayed delivery in a West Palm Beach hospital more than 11 years ago.
$4,000,000
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
$4,000,000.00 medical malpractice verdict in Broward County in a wrongful death skin cancer misdiagnosis case.
$3,550,000
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Obtained a verdict in a product liability case in an Iowa federal court.
$3,500,000
CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION
Robinson v Neiman Marcus –$3,500,000 verdict after Mr. Robinson was racially profiled by security officers at Neiman Marcus.
$3,472,000
CAR ACCIDENTS
Jury verdict for a 35-year-old teacher that jerked the steering wheel of her car to avoid going onto the median after coming off a dangerous curve in the road. The vehicle flipped, resulting in a partial amputation of one arm.
$3,000,000
CAR ACCIDENTS
A husband and wife were severely injured in a head-on car collision in Coconut Creek. The 18-year old driver of the other car admitted liability in the accident.
$2,500,000
PREMISES LIABILITY
Our client was watching a baseball game when she was hit between the eyes by a wild pitch coming out of the bullpen. The jury found that the protective screen was too low to prevent the injury, which resulted in a broken nose and chronic migraine headaches.
$2,500,000
PREMISES LIABILITY
Postlethwaite v Joe Robbie Stadium and the Florida Marlins –$2,500,000.00 verdict for a woman who suffered brain damage after being struck with a baseball at a Florida Marlins game.
$2,418,960
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Doctors left a 12″x12″ sponge inside a woman’s abdomen after she underwent a cesarean section and was left for days, causing irreparable damage. She is now unable to have more children.
$2,181,631
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS
The jury in Lee County awarded $2.18 million to Mary Mitchell, a part-time librarian who was riding her bicycle on Sanibel Island on April 4, 2015, when she was hit.
$2,150,000
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
A 17 year-old ballet dancer needed arthroscopic surgery. The surgeon broke two bone shaver instruments inside the patient’s hip. Both hospital and orthopedic surgeon were found to be negligent.
$2,000,000
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
A 25-year old Ft. Lauderdale man was left paralyzed after a motorcycle accident. He was rushed to the hospital after the accident, but was then left unattended for 40 minutes. By the time a doctor saw him, he was paralyzed from the waist down.
$1,590,000
PREMISES LIABILITY
Jury verdict for our 65-year-old client, who spent nearly 6 years suffering from lasting injuries without a cent of compensation.
$1,296,337
CONTRACT LAW
Breach of Contract Litigation
$1,000,000
PREMISES LIABILITY
The firm won $1 million for a boy who was struck in the head by a baseball during a Florida Marlins batting practice.
$1,000,000
PREMISES LIABILITY
Crane and construction site formwork collapse.
$1,000,000
PREMISES LIABILITY
Klein v Joe Robbie Stadium, et al. – $1 Million verdict for a boy being struck by a baseball at a game.
$748,460.00
PRODUCT LIABILITY
After purchasing a hamburger from Wal-Mart produced by Topps Meat Samantha Safranek contracted E. coli food poisoning from the tainted meat. She then spent 3 weeks in the hospital before recovering.
$551,881
PRODUCT LIABILITY
The jury awarded our client $551,881 in damages after a termite company caused structural damage to a condo building.
$481,500
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS
The firm won a verdict of $481,500 for a Fort Lauderdale client who suffered a concussion and orthopedic injuries when he was hurt by a negligent driver.
$356,696.46
CAR ACCIDENTS
While maneuvering to park her motorcycle, Karen Tarte was struck by a reversing postal service van. The collision resulted in a fractured tibia, fibula, neck sprain/strain and resultant major depressive reaction.
Confidential Settlement
Croce v Church – Gregg was admitted to Pro Hac Vice to practice in Hawaii. He achieved a confidential settlement for a matter pending in Honolulu on behalf of Mr. Croce.
Confidential Settlement
Epstein v Florida Dept of Transportation – $25 million advisory verdict ended in a confidential settlement.
Confidential Settlement
PREMISES LIABILITY
Hemphill v. Florida Power & Light – confidential settlement (electrocution from a downed power line after a storm)
Confidential Settlement
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Various Foreign Factor VIII Plaintiffs v Bayer Corp et al. – multi-million-dollar confidential settlement for plaintiffs who suffered from hemophilia. The plaintiffs alleged that they contracted the HIV and/or Hepatitis C(HCV) viruses from using contaminated blood products manufactured by the defendants.
Confidential Settlement
PREMISES LIABILITY
De La Guardia v. Florida Power & Light – confidential settlement (electrocution from a power line)