Posts by Jack Hickey
NEWS: Chrysler Disputes Need for Recall of Headrests in Florida Trial
Plaintiffs are alleging in a case against Chrysler that their active head restraints (AHRs) are deploying suddenly and without warning, causing the risk of accidents and head injuries. Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, and Ram have issued a Service Bulletin explaining that the active head restraint is held in place by what Law 360 calls a…
Read MoreNEWS: New York State Jury Awards a Record $120M Medical Malpractice Verdict
In the biggest medical malpractice verdict in Westchester County history, a New York jury found a local hospital liable for negligent care given to a stroke patient, resulting in catastrophic brain damage. The jury awarded Lee and his representatives $9.4 million for past and future pain and suffering, $51 million for past and future lost…
Read MoreHickey Law Firm Files Two Sexual Assault Lawsuits Against MSC Cruises
Hickey Law Firm has filed two separate sexual assault lawsuits against MSC in federal court in Florida. One lawsuit alleges an assault by a crewmember; the other lawsuit cites a passenger as the perpetrator of sexual abuse of a child. “This seems to be a pattern,” attorney John H. (Jack) Hickey told Law360. “These sexual…
Read MoreNEWS: Jury Awards Highest Malpractice Award in Arizona History
This past November, an Arizona jury awarded a family $33 million in damages, the largest medical malpractice verdict in state history. The jury found Banner Health Hospital liable for a newborn’s birth injury. Greyson Griepentrog suffered a brain injury called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy from oxygen deprivation. The lawsuit alleged that hospital employees spent 14 hours administering…
Read MoreOpioid Use and Abuse Affects Attorneys, Too
Opioids can destroy lives. While many attorneys have fought to hold drug manufacturers accountable for those lives, others were struggling – often alone and in silence – with addictions of their own. Recently, the Daily Business Review reached out to 21 lawyers who had been disciplined by the Florida Supreme Court for reasons related to…
Read MoreHickey Law Firm’s Year in Review
Hickey Law Firm had a very busy year in 2023. We wanted to share some of the highlights with you today. Hickey Law Firm specializes in “life changing injuries”®. Call us first. Call us now. 800.215.7117 Hickey Law Firm fights for injury victims in Miami and throughout Florida, and for cruise ship injury victims across…
Read MoreNEWS: Motorcyclist Awarded $44M in Texting Driver Crash Lawsuit
Law 360 reports a motorcyclist in South Carolina won a $44 million verdict against Amazon in a lawsuit alleging a company delivery driver caused an accident due to texting while driving. Shannon Shaw was hit while driving his motorcycle in Dorchester County, South Carolina by a delivery van operated by an employee of MJV Logistics,…
Read MoreHickey Law Firm Secures $1+ Million for Cruise Ship Injury Victim After Eight Day Trial in Federal Court
OVER $1M FINAL JUDGMENT ENTERED AGAINST NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE FOR TENDER OPERATOR’S NEGLIGENCE On October 25, 2019, a Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) tender was ferrying over 200 NCL passengers from the pier at Cannes, France to the NCL Epic cruise ship. The tender was the last one transporting passengers that day and was over 30…
Read MoreJudge Rules PetSmart Must Go Forward With Dog Urine Slip and Fall Lawsuit
On December 20, a Pennsylvania federal judge refused to toss out a suit against PetSmart Inc. by a woman who alleges she slipped and fell in a puddle of dog urine. U.S. District Judge Mia Roberts Perez denied the company’s motion for summary judgment in the suit filed by Vera Dominiak, stating that the frequency…
Read MoreInvestigation Ongoing About Fatal Blue Lagoon Ferry Accident in the Bahamas
Cruise ships cannot dock at certain ports. That is because the port channel and basin are too shallow or the pier and the cleats and other structures on the pier are too small to handle massive cruise ships. At these ports, the cruise ships anchor outside the immediate port waters. The cruise ship uses its…
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