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| Our Success
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| Personal
Injury** |
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| Plaintiff’s son died after
his SUV rolled over. The car manufacturer was sued for defective
manufacturing and faulty seat belts. Complaint was filed
and case later settled for a specified amount. Due to a
confidentiality agreement, the amount may not be disclosed. |
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| Plaintiff was delivering goods
to a company in Orlando. A forklift operator of the company
was negligent in its operation causing it to tilt forward.
The load fell on plaintiff causing serious bodily injury.
Complaint was filed and case later settled for a specified
amount. Due to a confidentiality agreement, the amount may
not be disclosed. |
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| Plaintiff was struck by defendant’s
car as she violated plaintiff’s right of way. Case settled
with insurance company for the full amount of the insurance
policy. |
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| Pedestrian was struck by driver
of car as he crossed major intersection. Case settled with
insurance company for the full amount of the insurance policy. |
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| Motorcycle driver was struck
by negligent driver. Case settled with insurance company
for the full amount of the insurance policy. |
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| Federal Criminal
Defense |
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| Five Cuban exiles were charged
in a multi-count Grand Jury indictment in the United States
District Court for the District of Puerto Rico with numerous
charges including a conspiracy to murder Fidel Castro at
a summit in Venezuela. They were intercepted off the coast
of Puerto Rico in a boat where .50 caliber machine guns
and other military equipment was found. A full acquittal
was obtained at trial. |
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| A former member of the cabinet
of the government of Puerto Rico was charged with extortion
in the award of a government procurement contract. An acquittal
of this charge was obtained at trial. |
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| A former member of the cabinet
of the government of Puerto Rico was investigated for bribery
and money laundering. No charges were filed. |
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| A printing company and its
CEO were charged in a multi-count, multi-million dollar
money laundering indictment. Client received six months
house arrest followed by probation with no jail time. |
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| A Colombian resident was charged
with conspiracy to distribute multi kilos of cocaine in
the Middle District of Florida. Full acquittal obtained
at trial. |
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| An owner of a prosthetics
company in Florida was charged with numerous counts of healthcare
fraud. All charges were dismissed and defendant was admitted
into the Pre-Trial Diversion Program. |
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| An owner of a vocational school
in Puerto Rico was under investigation for Pell grant fraud.
No charges were filed and defendant was admitted into the
Pre-Trial Diversion Program. |
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| A United States Postal Service
employee in Florida was charged with conspiring to transport
firearms from Florida to Puerto Rico. Client received probation
with no jail time. |
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| A resident of the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico was under investigation for conspiring to
transport firearms from Florida to Puerto Rico. No charges
were filed. |
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| State Criminal
Cases |
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| A father was charged in Florida
with attempted murder of a six-month-old baby under the
shaken baby syndrome theory. All charges were dismissed
on the eve of trial. |
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| A live-in boyfriend was charged in
Florida with sexual battery and first degree murder of a
three-year-old girl under the shaken baby syndrome theory.
The sexual battery charge was dismissed on the eve of trial.
Full acquittal was obtained on all remaining charges at
trial. |
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| A Honduran man was charged
in Florida for aggravated battery with a knife against his
former wife and boyfriend. Full acquittal was obtained just
five (5) minutes after the jury retired to deliberate. |
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| An Orange County Sheriff's
Office deputy was charged with battery on a law enforcement
officer (Orlando Police) and resisting arrest with violence.
Defendant was acquitted on the battery charge and received
probation on the remaining charge. |
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| A deacon from a local church
in Florida was charged with lewd and lascivious acts in
front of an 11-year-old child. Full acquittal was obtained
at trial. |
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| A member of a local church
in Florida was charged with sexual battery of three different
young men from his church. Full acquittal was obtained in
the first trial. Negotiated a probation sentence on the
remaining two cases. |
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| An engineer was charged
with lewd and lascivious acts in front of several minors.
Negotiated a probation sentence and defendant maintained
his employment. |
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| A citizen from the Dominican
Republic was under investigation for dealing in counterfeit
currency. No charges were filed. |
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| An orderly from a psychiatric
hospital in Orlando was charged with raping a female patient.
Charges were dismissed on the eve of trial. |
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| The owner of a medical clinic
in Orlando was charged in a multi-count information with
healthcare fraud. Negotiated a probation sentence. |
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* The
underlying facts of these cases may differ from those of
the reader. All cases present different factual scenarios and the
final result may accordingly vary. |
** All personal injury
cases were handled together with Bryan W. Crews & Associates. |
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