Michelle Krone and Eric Fluharty, of the Ft. Myers office, obtained an outstanding settlement after aggressively defending a case and making it known to opposing counsel they were ready and willing to take the case to trial. Ultimately, they were able to turn a seven figure demand into a settlement on the eve of trial for the cost of taking the case to trial. Our client, a general contractor, constructing a sewer extension project, utilized a vibratory compactor during its work. Plaintiff alleged these vibrations caused structural and other damage to their historic home, but later morphed the case into a theory that a combination of construction operations caused the damage, including operations at the staging area and utility construction operations. The Plaintiff also made a claim for punitive damages which was also aggressively opposed and ultimately stricken. When the Plaintiff realized Michelle and Eric were prepared for trial, and that there were several viable Fabre defendants for the verdict form, Plaintiff dismissed the punitive damages claims and filed a last minute Motion for Continuance of the trial. Shortly thereafter, the court denied Plaintiff’s Motion and Michelle and Eric were able to settle the case.
Locations
9100 South Dadeland Blvd.
Suite 1800
Miami, FL. 33156 305.374.1212
125 West Romana St.
Suite 550
Pensacola, FL 32502 850.434.0003
1705 Metropolitan Blvd.
Suite 202
Tallahassee, FL 32308 850.222.5188
201 South Orange Ave.
Suite 475
Orlando, FL 32801 407.245.3630
13350 Metro Parkway
Suite 401
Fort Myers, FL 33966 239.334.8403
402 Applerouth Lane
Suite 2C
Key West, FL 33040 305.509.7300
1 Independent Drive
Suite 1601
Jacksonville, FL 32202 904.396.0062
1396 NE 20th Ave.
Suite 500
Ocala, FL 34470 352.622.4222
400 North Ashley Drive
Suite 1200
Tampa, FL 33602 813.204.9776
110 East Broward Blvd.
Suite 1400
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954.768.0011
1700 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561.640.0303
11 North Water St.
Suite 10290
Mobile, AL 36602 251.308.3351