Past Verdicts & Settlements

$1,450,000 Settlement – ORLANDO, FL – CAR ACCIDENT- Perkins Personal Injury Lawyers recovered $1,450,000 for a 34-year-old mother of three who sustained a crippling surgical injury to her dominate hand.

$1,000,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY- Perkins Personal Injury Lawyers recovered $1,000,000 for a 66-year-old North Miami woman who was electrocuted while cooking because her landlord improperly wired her electric range without grounding it causing her to sustain a compression fracture and 3^rd degree burns after being thrown against the wall spilling a scolding hot metal pot full soup on herself. The insurer tendered the maximum policy limit possible after Mr. Perkins artfully cross-examined the slumlord Defendant.

$10,500,000 Settlement – WESTON, FL – WRONG DEATH & PERSONAL INJURY- Lawsuit on behalf of family involved in tragic minivan rollover multi vehicle accident on I-75 which had many facets, including active roadway construction, product liability, accident reconstruction, bad faith and under-insured motorist claims.

$1,100,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – TRUCK ACCIDENT, UNISNURED MOTORIST & BAD FAITH- Young woman who was passenger in uninsured vehicle which rear ended a tractor trailer causing serious injuries including facial reconstruction, broken shoulder and neck. State Farm Insurance denied UM coverage under her family Umbrella policy. Complaint for declaratory relief and damages was filed and after litigating case for over a year, the court entered Summary Judgement against State Farm who paid soon thereafter.

$850,000 Settlement – PEMBROKE PINES, FL- SLIP & FALL- Perkins Personal Injury Lawyers negotiates a $850,000.00 slip and fall settlement right before trial for our 36-year-old client. She severely fractured her wrist in a funeral home parking lot minutes before giving the eulogy at her father’s funeral. Mr. Perkins masterfully cross examined the funeral home operator who folded under questioning, admitting to negligently creating the dangerous condition of an unlevel asphalt ramp and drop off without a permit.

$1,725,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL- CRUISE SHIP RAPE – Strict liability and negligence claim against major cruise line based in Miami. Our client was a young woman from Canada who was raped on cruise ship by a cabin attendant while at sea. The crew member used his key to gain access after he saw her walking back to her room intoxicated. Instead of cooperating with local authorities in Bahamas or the U.S., the cruise line bought the assailant a ticket to his home country.

$1,050,000 Settlement – MEDICAL MALPRACTICE & WRONGFUL DEATH – Disabled teenager died due improperly performed emergency bronchoscopy when doctors and hospital staff failed to recognize that he developed a pneumothorax.

$16,000,000 Result – MIAMI, FL – REAL ESTATE FRAUD

$2,500,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL- PRODUCT LIABILITY & WRONGFUL DEATH – Lawsuit against medical device manufacturer and durable medical goods servicer for a   defective and negligently maintained ventilator during power outage killing young man with muscular dystrophy.

$1,025,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – Dram shop case for personal injuries sustained after drunk driver caused car accident.

$400,000 Settlement – Miami, FL– SLIP & FALL ACCIDENT- Perkins Personal Injury Lawyers recovered $400,000 for a 65-year-old woman who injured her knee when she slipped and fell on a wet floor in condominium lobby. The condo knew for years that the floor had a tendency to become wet and slippery due to condensation on warm days, yet failed to properly correct the dangerous condition or adequately warn people about the wet tile floor as they entered the lobby.

$1,000,000 Settlement – DAYTONA BEACH, FL – WRONGFUL DEATH & BAD FAITH – college student killed in a drunk driving accident on a Daytona Beach highway. Alex Perkins was able to get ten times the automobile’s policy limits after the drunk driver’s insurance company acted in bad faith and failed to immediately tender the $100,000 limits.

$1,000,000 Settlement – BROWARD COUNTY, FL – WRONGFUL DEATH – Insurance policy limits tendered for man’s death after rotator blades of a large remote-control helicopter used in the filming of a low budget movie struck his head causing brain injury and eventual death.

$850,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CAR ACCIDENT – Young woman breaks hip when vehicle she was passenger in loses control on 195 and is his by rideshare SUV.

$850,000 Settlement – MIAMI BEACH, FL- WRONGFUL DEATH – Transit bus side view mirror hit elderly man standing on the median attempting to cross the street in an active road construction zone, knocking him underneath the bus and killing him. The lawsuit was against the bus company and construction company performing work in the area.

$800,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – Elderly man who underwent hip replacement surgery was re-injured after he fell from his malfunctioning air mattress in hospital requiring additional hip surgeries.

$794,000 Verdict – MIAMI, FL – PEDESTRIAN v. SEGWAY ACCIDENT – Our 89-year old client was run over by Segway on a South Beach sidewalk.

$700,000 Settlement – BROWARD COUNTY, FL – PRODUCT LIABILITY – Vape pen battery explosion causing burns to client.

$700,000 Settlement- MARATHON, FL – BOATING ACCIDENT – Middle-aged woman severely fractured hip and wrist when two boats collided in the Florida Keys at night.

$640,000 medical malpractice award for widow for the wrongful death of her husband against multiple medical facilities and cardiologist where defendants failed to properly read nuclear stress tests and inform decedent, he advanced heart disease, thereby negligently clearing him for elective surgery from which he died.

$600,000 Settlement – TAMPA BAY, FL – CAR ACCIDENT WRONGFUL DEATH- Full policy limits recovery from all involved insurers for woman killed in hotly contested liability car accident.

$400,000 Verdict – KEY WEST, FL – MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT- non-surgical pelvis fracture after man rear ended off his motorcycle.

$400,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – MEDCICAL MALPRACTICE– Lawsuit against the VA hospital under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) brought on behalf of a Vietnam veteran who underwent a colonoscopy with contaminated equipment. It was discovered that the Miami VA potentially infected thousands of veterans to HIV and Hepatitis after not properly sterilizing colonoscopy equipment for four years.

$375,000 Settlement – NAPLES, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY – Slip and fall at high-end outdoor mall resulting in foot injury.

$310,000 Settlement – NAPLES, FL – SEXUAL ASSAULT- Personal money recovered by attorney Alex Perkins on behalf of a minor abused by her own relative.

$340,000 Settlement- MIAMI, FL- NEGLIGENT SECURITY- Recovery for man shot in hand at strip mall where owners of property knew area was dangerous at night and refused to fix power to parking lot lights.

$300,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CRUISE SHIP INJURY – Client slip and fell on step to hot tub on upper level of cruise ship breaking her ankle.

$300,000 Settlement – HOMESTEAD, FL – FOOD POISONING WRONGFUL DEATH- Settlement reached against restaurant for hotly contested food poisoning death to immunocompromised woman.

$250,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL- CRUISE SHIP INJURY – Severely broken ankle after slip and fall on cruise ship stairs on lido deck pool area due to worn out anti-skip tape, broken nosing, and failure to follow cruise lines own Maintenance procedures.

$125,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL- CRUISE SHIP INJURY – Ankle fracture and ligament tear to right ankle of 67-year-old sustained in a slip and fall disembarking cruise ship due to a wet and slippery painted metal gangway with no crew members present to assist.

$240,000 Settlement- BONITA SPRINGS, FL – INSURANCE CLAIM – Litigation over residential property damaged by Hurricane Irma.

$685,000 Arbitration Award- NAPLES, FL – INSURANCE CLAIM – Arbitration award against Citizens Property Insurance Company for failure to pay out Hurricane Irma homeowner’s insurance claim for a Naples, FL condominium association.

$650,000 Settlement – NAPLES, FL – INSURANCE CLAIM – Leak from dishwasher line caused extensive water damage to waterfront home. Homeowner’s insurance company made low ball offer and frivolously over-litigated the case resulting in large attorney fee award and settlement just before trial.

$399,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY- Non surgical displaced patella to 68-year-old woman who slipped in fell in condominium lobby.

$325,000 Settlement – Miami, FL – DAY CARE CENTER INJURY- Broken arm to 3-year-old girl who fell at day care center due to negligent supervision.

$300,000 Settlement – CLAREMONT, FL – GOLF CART ACCIDENT – Full policy limits tender for woman who fell of bicycle and broke leg due to unsafe driving by another woman in a golf cart in their over 55 community.

$300,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY – Full policy limit tender of homeowner’s insurance policy after man injures his wrist tendons inside his fiancé’s home.

$300,000 Settlement – MARATHON, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY- Slip and fall down steps at a at marina due for 74-year-old woman who broke wrist.

$240,000 Settlement- FORT MYERS, FL –INSURANCE CLAIM – Hurricane Irma Lawsuit against Security First Insurance Company who wrongly denied insurance claim because homeowners properly mitigated their damages by commencing repairs to prevent further damage because the insurance company was taking too long to inspect.

$230,000 Settlement – KEY WEST, FL – MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT – Keys fisherman was forced to lay down his motorcycle after being cut off by tow truck causing shoulder dislocation.

$275,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL- CRUISE SHIP INJURY – Elderly woman fractured her hip when automatic electric sliding door on cruise ship closed on her, knocking her hard to deck.

$260,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL-CRUISE SHIP INJURY – Woman slipped, fell and broke her hip on painted shuffleboard surface in middle of promenaded deck of cruise ship.

$250,000 Settlement – NAPLES, FL – BREACH OF CONTRACT – Represented restoration company that was owed money for hurricane damage remediation work performed on behalf of condo association.

$247,5000 Settlement – PASCO COUNTY, FL – BURN INJURY- Young boy burned foot on smoldering embers of bonfire at children’s birthday party.

$220,000 Settlement – BROWARD COUNTY, FL – CAR ACCIDENT – Young woman injured her neck on Florida Turnpike after elderly woman on cocktail of prescription drugs collides into her.

$200,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CAR ACCIDENT – Couple injured when off duty police officer hit them with pick-up truck as the couple walked across street.

$200,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – TRUCK ACCIDENT – Couple injured when their vehicle was rear ended in chain reaction accident started by careless truck driver.

$242,500 Settlement – MIAMI, FL -MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – Woman who had just had hip surgery at hospital was dropped by physical therapist during therapy requiring revision surgery.

$235,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CRUISE SHIP INJURY – Slip and fall on wet deck of cruise ship causing our 65-year-old client to fracture hip.

$200,000 Settlement – MIAMI BEACH, FL – Overcame liability waiver for woman who fractured pelvis falling off a Segway due to negligence of Segway tour operator.

$199,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL- PREMISES LIABILITY – Chicago doctor fell and injured himself in a bank parking garage due to a dangerous condition and code violation on the stairs connecting office building to garage.

$185,000 Settlement – NORTH MAIMI BEACH, FL – SLIP & FALL – Client injured jaw after slipping in gym bathroom.

$185,000 Settlement – SOUTH BEATH, FL – SCOOTER ACCIDENT – Overcame liability waiver after young man thrown off battery operated scooter when it malfunctioned and seized up while driving.

$175,000 Settlement – WESTON, FL – PLAYGROUND INJURY- 6-year-old injured sustained concussion at charter school when classmate pushed him down and teachers failed to properly supervise.

$150,000 Settlement – FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – SLIP & FALL- Client injured foot in a McDonald’s bathroom after slipping and falling on wet floor in bathroom.

$145,000 Settlement – ORLANDO, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY – 12-year-old cheerleader required hand surgery after being injured on a treadmill in a fitness room at an Orlando resort hotel.

$145,000 Settlement – MIAMI BEACH, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY- recovery from The Standard Hotel South Beach for 21-year-old girl who tripped and fell in high heels on wood deck along Biscayne Bay.

$185,000 Settlement – CORAL GABLES, FL – TRIP & FALL- Elderly woman who had a trip and fall at grocery store.

$180,000 Settlement – Key West, FL – BICYCLE ACCIDENT- Lawsuit against city of Key West due to improper side walk cut out during road construction project.

$150,000 Settlement – CORAL GABLES, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY – Woman with non-surgical ankle and ear injuries when metal scaffolding collapsed on her while she was attending a street fair on Miracle Mile.

$140,000 Settlement – CORAL GABLES, FL – DOG BITE – Tip of finger bit off by bad dog.

$150,000 Settlement – PALM BEACH FLORIDA – MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT – Active negligence claim against rental car company who allowed rental to drug dealer without proper ID.

$150,000 Settlement – MAIMI, FL – MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT – Hand injury to man knocked off his motorcycle.

$125,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – STABBING- Injury to minor under Florida’s Open House Party Statute, F.S. 865.015 when he was stabbed at Miami house party where alcohol was served to minors with adult owners of house present when fight broke out.

$125,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CRUISE SHIP INJURY – Slip and fall down gangway of cruise ship.

$100,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – FALL DOWN- Retired doctor fell on the valet ramp of the Mandarin oriental Hotel breaking his hip.

$100,000 Settlement – PLANTATION, FL – ASSAULT – Lawsuit against rideshare company for failing to do proper background check leading to criminal driver assaulting and robbing passenger.

$125,000 Settlement – MARATHON, FL – FALL DOWN – Elderly man fell off out of code handicap ramp at seafood restaurant in Florida Keys.

$100,000 Settlement – AVENTURA, FL – PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT- Toe injury to client when old lady negligently ran over our client’s foot in parking lot.

$100,000 Settlement – COCONUT GROVE, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY – Tender of homeowner’s insurance policy limits for handyman who fell off roof.

$100,000 Settlement – HOLLYWOOD, FL – NURSING HOME – Heat exhaustion due to horror story after Hurricane Irma at nursing home where several people died after 3 days with no power.

$100,000 Settlement – MIAMI BEACH, FL – SLIP & FALL- Famous Puerto Rican singer required hand surgery when she slipped and fell on her condo’s lobby.

$100,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CAR ACCIDENT- Recovery of BI and Uninsured Motorist benefits for High School student who broke his ankle in car accident caused by uninsured driver.

$100,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL- SEXUAL ABUSE- Obtained maximum amount possible under Florida’s sovereign immunity cap pursuant to F.S. 768.28 from Miami-Dade County for abuse of disabled boy at group home run by county agency.

$100,000 Settlement – COCONUT GROVE, FL – NEGLIGENT SECURITY – Young man stabbed with non-fatal spleen and lung injury outside of bar where bouncers allowed attackers to continue a fight that started inside the premises and then would not let the young man back in while he tried to escape attackers resulting in the stabbing.

$120,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL- CAR ACCIDENT – DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENT- driver caused accident on I-95.

$100,000 Settlement – COCONUT GROVE, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY- Recovery against Citizens Insurance homeowners’ policy for fall off ladder resulting in broken wrist.

$100,000 Settlement- MIAMI BEACH, FL – TRIP & FALL – Claim against The Standard Hotel on Miami beach for fractured patella when woman fell due to a dangerous condition of raised and deteriorated pavement on the property.

$100,000 Settlement – KEY WEST, FL – BICYCLE ACCIDENT – Waiter sustained transverse process fracture after being hit bar car while he rode his bike to work.

$100,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL- CAR ACCIDENT & BAD FAITH – Alex Perkins obtained 10 times the policy limits (extra contractual money) when auto insurance company failed to initially tender a minimal $10,000 Bodily Injury limits on behalf of its insured for a concussion injury.

$138,000 Settlement – NAPLES, FL- CAR ACCIDENT- Man injured when his work van was negligently hit by another driver.

$125,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – PREMISES LIABILITY – Woman injured Achilles tendon due to faulty trash bin door at condo association.

$112,000 Settlement – MIAMI BEACH, FL – BICYCLE ACCIDENT- Facial and knee injuries.

$100,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CAR ACCIDENT – Neck injury.

$95,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CAR ACCIDENT- Man an injured in rear end collision causing meniscus tear.

$95,000 Settlement – TAMPA, FL – FALL DOWN – Client fell off ladder while installing light fixture at prison injuring ankle.

$75,000 Settlement – ORLANDO, FL. THEME PARK SLIP & FALL- Tourist on vacation from United Kingdom slipped and fell in Orlando amusement park hotel lobby injuring his ankle with minimal medical bills because surgery took place in the UK using NHS care.

$75,000 Settlement – BROWARD COUNTY, FL – DAY CARE CENTER – Parents caught babysitter hitting their child

$120,000 Settlement- SLIP & FALL- CRUISE SHIP INJURY- Woman slipped and fell on pool deck of cruise ship causing broken ankle.

$95,000- Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CAR ACCIDENT UM benefits collected for man injured when hit by car as he walked across street.

$80,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – DOG BITE for woman attacked by dog causing two broken teeth and scar on lip.

$75,000 Settlement – PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – NEGLIGENCE – Broken finger while working for a hurricane debris removal company.

$75,000 Settlement – PALM BEACH, FL- CAR ACCIDENT- Injured neck from highway accident.

$60,000 Settlement – ISLAMORADA, FL – BOATING ACCIDENT – Woman sustains injury to face when boat collides into marker.

$60,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CRUISE LINE INJURY- Non-surgical hairline fracture of one vertebra after slip and fall on lido deck just after deck was cleaned with mop and solution.

$70,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – CRUISE LINE INJURY – male passenger slip and falls on melted ice cream at cruise ship snack bar tearing meniscus.

$70,000 Settlement – OCALA, FL- CAR ACCIDENT – Non-surgical neck injury due to rear end collision.

$55,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – NEGLIGENT SECUIRTY – Woman was punched by Denny’s waitress.

$50,000 Settlement – SOUTH BEACH, FL- CAR ACCIDENT- Late night accident in construction zone damages wound from surgery.

$50,000 Settlement – KEY LARGO, FL- PREMISES LIABILITY – Man fell and broke ankle due to dangerous condition of old boat dock at Key Largo resort and hotel.

$50,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENT- Postal worker injured neck after being hit by drunk driver in the middle of the day.

$50,000 Settlement – MIAMI, FL – SEXUAL ASSAULT – Young sisters inappropriately touched by County employee during swim lesson.