Jeremy Chevres, of our Miami office, and Florence Upton, of our Ft. Myers office, won a defense verdict in a case that has been pending for over five years and subject to appeals. The subject car accident involved a significant impact. Plaintiff’s ex-finance, a passenger in the subject vehicle, was left a paraplegic as a result of the accident. Plaintiff left her for a younger woman who he had three children with. Jeremy successfully precluded any mention of the woman’s paraplegic injuries while at trial since Plaintiff was trying to bootstrap his soft tissue claim with his ex-fiancé’s severe claim. The court also granted Jeremy’s summary judgment on Plaintiff’s claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress claim based on his ex-finance’s injuries. At trial, Jeremy masterfully cross-examined Plaintiff exposing all of his inconsistencies. Plaintiff asked the jury for $200,000 in past and future medical bills and $12 million in pain and suffering, and they returned a verdict of $25,000 in past medicals only.