Bodiford Law Group Recent Settlements and Verdicts In 2010 and 2011 the personal injury trial attorneys of the Bodiford Law Group have successfully represented injury victims throughout the United States including Florida, Ohio, Tennessee and California in cases ranging from defective tire accidents to slip and fall cases at major Orlando theme parks. The firm has continued to work on a number of cases in the area of products liability in both auto and non-auto situations. Some of our recent results are listed below: 2011 Results Wrongful Death from Tanker Truck Roll Over Accident - Confidential Significant Settlement We obtained a confidential settlement for the family of a truck driver killed when a product defect related to a tanker truck he was driving caused the vehicle to rollover while entering an on ramp to the Beeline Expressway in Orlando Florida. The rollover accident caused the tanker truck to explode resulting in the driver burning to death. April 2011 - Isuzu Rodeo Roll Over Causes Paralysis - Confidential Significant Settlement The Bodiford Law Group settled a case against Isuzu involving a defective 2003 Isuzu Rodeo. On August 5th, 2006, our client Ashley Mackin was driving this vehicle, which she bought from a private individual in Altamonte Springs, Florida, up to see her husband at Ft. Benning, Georgia before his deployment. Suddenly, for unknown reasons, while driving on I 75 near Columbus, Georgia, she lost control of her vehicle, which left the road, drove onto an embankment, and rolled over. The roof crushed, and her seat failed to absorb the forces of the accident, transferring it to her and leaving her a L1 low level paraplegic. Attorneys Raymond Bodiford and Laura Lee Shields filed suit in Brevard County, Florida, where the vehicle was originally sold, and negotiated a confidential pretrial settlement which will help her pay for her medical bills. February 2011 - Ford Escort Seatback Failure Results in Serious Brain and Spinal Injuries - Confidential Settlement On November 5th, 2008, Norma Jean Atha was travelling west on Highway 70 in Dickson, Tennessee when her 2001 Ford Escort was rear-ended while at a stop, causing it to hit the car in front of it as well. As a result of the crash, the driver’s seat fell rearward causing her severe brain and spinal injuries. An innocent victim of this traffic accident, she suffered a brain hemorrhage and a fracture to the T7 vertebra. Due to her severe physical and emotional injuries, Mrs. Atha hired The Bodiford Law Group which sued Ford in Dickson, arguing for an effective seatback that would not collapse forwards or backwards in a rear-end collision. We reached a confidential settlement. 2010 Results December 2010 - Premises Liability Settlement $7.75 million -Security Guard shot by gang members receives compensation for future medical expenses A security guard patrolled a warehouse area without carrying a weapon in a high crime neighborhood. One night, gang members came onto the property through any number of holes in the fencing and shot the guard in the spinal cord, presumably because they knew that he was unarmed. The young man became paralyzed and Raymond Bodiford went after the property owner. Mr. Bodiford discovered that the property owner had been asked to install more lighting on the property and was aware that the area was considered "high crime," yet refused to do anything about it. Raymond Bodiford was able to negotiate a settlement of $7.75 million to pay for the young man's loss and anticipated future medical care.
In March 2007, Michelle Ott was visiting an Orlando theme park, when, while having dinner at the Chef Mickey Restaurant at the Contemporary Resort, she tripped and fell on a piece of loose floor carpeting that had not been secured properly. After having been repeatedly informed by the restaurant manager that it was a safety hazard, the theme park failed to adequately repair the damaged carpet and instead used duct tape to hide the problem. Mrs. Ott suffered permanent damage to her right foot and ankle and now suffers from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy because of her fall. Raymond Bodiford of the Bodiford Law Group successfully sued the theme park, settling her case for a confidential amount.
During a 2006 truck accident on I 71 in Fayette County, Ohio, Emily Jolly sustained significant injuries resulting in T-12 paralysis due to the faulty design of the Komfort Latch seatbelt she was wearing. The seatbelts in the truck were designed to let the driver and passenger set the amounts of slack themselves. Mrs. Jolly could put as much slack in the belt as she wanted and the cab contained no guidelines or warnings about how much slack she needed to keep her safe. As a result, her seatbelt was set too loose when the truck was forced off the Interstate by another car, veering into the median and rolling to a stop on nearby railroad tracks. This was not a catastrophic accident, and her husband who was driving only suffered minor injuries. However, because of the unsafe design of her seatbelt, Mrs. Jolly was not held in her seat properly and suffered severe spinal injuries which paralyzed her from the waist down. She now faces staggering medical bills for the rest of her life and will never live the same way again. She hired The Bodiford Law Group to represent her, and attorney Raymond Bodiford filed suit against Volvo Trucks, arguing that the Komfort Latch belt destroys the effectiveness of seatbelts. We reached a confidential settlement before trial. June 2010 - Confidential Financial Settlement for False Arrest Our client, Temeka Williams, had been working at a Temp Agency when, on September 16th, 2008, she was arrested in Orange County, Florida for supposedly altering time cards to get paid for hours not worked. She was charged with scheming to defraud, grand theft, and nine counts of uttering a forged instrument. In fact, she had not worked for this employer in over ten months, and was mistakenly identified by the management of this company for another person with a similar name, Tamica Kay Williams. After her false arrest, Temeka Williams was sent to jail for 20 hours and faced five months going in and out of court and thousands of dollars in legal bills. Eventually, the state attorney dropped all charges against her, but the economic and psychological damage for her was lasting. Thus, she contacted the Bodiford Law Group, and attorney Laura Lee Shields negotiated a pre-suit settlement against the employer. |
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2011 THE BODIFORD LAW GROUP The Bodiford Law Group represents seriuously injured people throughout Florida and the nation, including people in Orlando, Winter Park, Lakeland, Kissimmee Daytona Beach, Gainesville, Melbourne, Tampa, Tallahassee, Miami, Panama City, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, Brevard County, Volusia County, Flagler County, Alachua County and people injured on I-95, I-75, and I-4. |
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