Recoveries

LAW OFFICES OF TODD S. STEWART, P.A.
  • Medical Malpractice Settlement ($6.5 Million) – 06/1993 – confidential
  • Medical Malpractice Settlement ($5.5 Million) – 09/1993 – confidential
  • Largest (at the time) Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement – 06/1994 – Abellon
  • Train Derailment Compensatory Verdict ($6.15 Million)– 07/1995 – Palank v. CSX
  • Automobile Collision Verdict ($4.82 Million) – 02/1996 – Bass v. GMAC
  • Medical Malpractice Settlement ($1.475 Million) – 11/1996 – confidential
  • Train Derailment Punitive Verdict ($50 Million – largest collectible punitive damage verdict in Florida) – 07/1997 – Palank v. CSX 
  • Excess Verdict – 08/1998 – Goolkasian
  • Excess Verdict (largest RSD verdict in Florida) – 11/1998 – Konyk v. Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company
  • Excess Verdict – 3/2001 – Octavi v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company
  • Excess Settlement (2 times Policy Limits) – 11/2001 – Gray v. Bredehoft
  • Sexual Assault Verdict ($5.650 Million – Largest Sexual Assault Verdict in Okeechobee County history) – 11/2002 – White v. School Board of Okeechobee County
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (7.5 times Policy Limits) – 1/2003 – Osgood
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (17 times Policy Limits) – 1/2003 – Robles v. First Floridian Insurance Company
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement ($1.25 Million Settlement) – 7/2003 – Sheldon v. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
  • Drowning Wrongful Death ($1.1 Million – 11 times Policy Limits) – 10/2003 – Meyer v. Pisani
  • PIP Bad Faith Settlement ($15 Million) – 5/2005 – confidential
  • Excess Bad Faith Automobile Settlement (6 times Policy Limits) – 5/2005 – Moses v. Superior American Insurance Company
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (6 times Policy Limits) – 7/2005 – Middleton v. Hollum
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (24 times Policy Limits) – 720/05 – confidential
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (10 times Policy Limits) – 9/2005 – Stewart
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (5 times Policy Limits) – 10/2005 – Glowacki v. State Farm Insurance Company
  • Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement (confidential amount) – 11/2005 – Corn
  • Food Poisoning Settlement (confidential amount) – 11/2005 – Pucci
  • PIP Bad Faith Settlement ($1.7 Million settlement) – 6/2006 – confidential
  • Bicycle Injury Settlement ($100,000.00) – 3/2007 – McClintock v. Lesbirel
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement ($230,000.00) – 5/2007 – confidential
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (3.5 times Policy Limits) – 6/2007 – confidential
  • Excess Automobile Case Settlement (3 times Policy Limits) – 9/2007 – Sawdy v. Kwoka
  • Excess Automobile Case Settlement ($220,000.00) – 11/2007 – Perkins v. Sea Tech
  • Contractual Fraud Verdict ($3 Million) – 4/2008 – Stewart v. Marks
  • Products Liability Gym Injury Settlement ($280,000.00) – 6/2008 – Lakeman v. Extreme Fitness
  • Automobile Settlement (confidential amount) – 9/2008 – Davis v. Estate of Gay
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (27 times Policy Limits) – 11/2008 – confidential
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement ($477,000.00 – 4.7 times Policy Limits) – 4/2009 –confidential
  • Automobile Settlement (confidential policy limits amount) – 10/2009 – Caricchio v. Van-Istendal
  • Hurricane Damage Settlement ($110,800.00) – 6/2010 – High v. Citizens
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (11 times Policy Limits) – 8/2010 – confidential
  • Automobile Settlement (confidential amount) – 2/2011 – Schreiber v. Lutz
  • Elevator Malfunction Settlement ($123,000.00) – 2/2011 – Ense v. Schindler
  • Hurricane Damage Settlement ($1,750,000.00) – 5/2011 – Sun Terrace v. Citizens
  • Property Insurance Claim Settlement (confidential amount above policy limits) – 9/2011 – Kennedy v. Nationwide
  • Property Insurance Claim Settlement (confidential amount above policy limits) – 3/2012 – Zakon v. Hartford
  • Property Insurance Claim Settlement (confidential amount above policy limits) – 3/2012 – Kennedy v. Florida Peninsula
  • Excess Bad Faith Automobile Verdict ($435,000.00 – 27 times policy limits – first excess bad faith Verdict against GEICO in over 3 years) – 4/2012 – Jaimes v. GEICO 
  • Automobile Accident Settlement (confidential amount) – 5/2012 – Schutte v. SWS
  • Excess Bad Faith Automobile Settlement ($812,500.000 – 80 times policy limits) – 6/2012 – Poteate v. US Auto
  • Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement ($360,000.00 – largest (at the time) Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement in U.S. History) – 8/2012 – Rozzo v. Whole Foods, et.al.
  • Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement ($300,000 – largest (at the time) pro-rata Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement in U.S. History) – 8/2013 – Dowling, et.al. v. Pelican, et.al.
  • Hurricane Damage Settlement (confidential amount) – 5/2014 – Young v. Citizens
  • Hurricane Damage Settlement (confidential amount) – 5/2014 – King v. Citizens
  • Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement (confidential amount) – 6/2014 – Howard v. Atlantis Resorts
  • Automobile Settlement (confidential amount) – 8/2014 – Bickel v. Rowley
  • Hurricane Damage Settlement ($190,000.00) – 8/2014 – Iannotti v. Citizens
  • Hurricane Damage Settlement (confidential amount) – 9/2014 – Roarke v. Citizens
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (25 times Policy Limits) – 10/2014 – Nelson v. Farmers Insurance Company
  • Products Liability Settlement (confidential amount) – 4/2015 – Westerfield v. Henry
  • Uninsured Motorist Settlement (confidential amount) – 5/2015 – Shirey v. State Farm
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement ($800,000.000 – 80 times policy limits) – 9/2015 – confidential
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement (8 times Policy Limits) – 12/2015 – confidential
  • Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement (confidential amount) – 1/2016 – Cantuaria v. South Florida Seafood
  • Declaratory Action Verdict (Church received insurance coverage for wrongful death) – 3/2016 – confidential
  • Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement (confidential amount) – 10/2016 – Gibson v. Ocean Fish Market
  • Premises Liability Settlement (confidential amount) – 12/2016 – Drury v. The Little Club Condominium Association, Inc.
  • Insurer Failure to Defend Insured Judgment ($2.2 Million) – 12/2016 – confidential
  • Automobile Collision Settlement ($150,000) – 12/2017 – Zamora v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company
  • Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement ($120,000) – 11/2018 – confidential
  • Gym Negligence Settlement ($150,000) – 11/2018 – Westerfield v. ANA Fitness Corporation
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement ($1.8 Million) – 3/2019 – confidential
  • Insurer Failure to Defend Insured Settlement ($240,000) – 3/2019 – JS Hand Corp. v. Covington Specialty Insurance Company
  • Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement ($211,000) – 11/2020 – Weinstein v. Lobster Bar Grille, Floribbean Wholesale, Inc. and Granmar Products, Inc.
  • Insurer Failure to Defend Insured Judgment (resulting in Millions of fees and cost paid by the insurance company) – 2/2021 – Atlantic Health v. Argonaut Insurance Company
  • Helicopter Crash – Insurer Failure to Defend Insured Settlement ($45 Million recovered) – 5/2023 – confidential
  • Excess Bad Faith Settlement ($1.66 Million) – 6/2023 – confidential
  • Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement ($250,000) – 9/2023 – confidential
  • Property Insurance Claim Verdict ($325,000) – 10/2022 – Kidd v. People’s Trust Insurance Company
  • Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement ($337,000) – 7/2023 – confidential
  • Automobile Collision Settlement ($780,000) – 9/2023 – confidential
  • Property Insurance Claim Settlement (100% recovery) – 1/2024 – Bickford v. Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Company
  • Automobile Collision Partial Settlement ($3.5 Million) – 11/2024 – confidential
  • Automobile Collision Settlement ($500,000) – 5/2025 – Schafer v. Progressive Select Insurance Company
  • Largest Ciguatera Food Poisoning Settlement in US History ($1.7 Million) – 5/2025 – confidential
LAW OFFICES OF TODD S. STEWART, P.A.

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