Matter Summaries

INSURANCE LITIGATION

An airline ramp agent working at Miami International Airport claimed that he suffered considerable neck, shoulder, back, arm and hand injuries after a water truck operated by an employee of a ground service provider allegedly struck a baggage tug that the airline ramp agent was operating. Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein suspected that the ramp agent manufactured the claim and resulting injuries. Through aggressive discovery, the firm uncovered a series of misrepresentations, omissions, and other evidence that firmly established that the alleged incident never occurred and that the ramp agent's claims were fabricated. After presenting that evidence to the Court, the firm succeeded in securing the dismissal of the ramp agent's claims on the grounds of fraud on the Court.

WRONGFUL DEATH LITIGATION:

A 45 year-old man died suddenly and unexpectedly while hospitalized for a relatively minor illness.  His family retained Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein to represent their interests.  An extensive investigation revealed that the incorrect placement of an intravenous line by medical professionals caused the man's untimely death.  After two weeks of trial, the firm obtained a confidential, multi-million dollar settlement for his family. 

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION:

A fuel truck belonging to an airport services company caught fire while fueling a Boeing 747-200 cargo aircraft at Miami International Airport. The resulting flames engulfed the aircraft's wing, causing millions of dollars of damage. The incident also left the cargo airline without an aircraft that it had leased for international and domestic operations. The cargo airline retained Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein. After successfully circumventing liability limitations in a third-party agreement upon which the airport services company hoped to rely, the firm recovered for the airline in excess of $1.5 Million in revenues lost as a result of its inability to operate the leased aircraft.

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION:

After suffering the entry of an adverse jury verdict totaling almost one million dollars in an employment discrimination lawsuit, an employer retained Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein to represent its interests. Based upon its diligent pursuit of post-trial discovery, the firm secured an order setting aside the verdict and dismissing the claim, and awarding attorney's fees to the employer, based upon the trial court's finding that the employee had "misled and deceived" the employer, the jury, and the court "about matters which strike at the heart of" the employee's claims.  The employee appealed the trial court's order and the appellate court unanimously affirmed the trial court's ruling. 

BUSINESS COUNSELING:

An employer seeking guidance on human resources matters retained Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein and, after consultations, issued a revised handbook for all employees and scheduled routine employee training sessions to address matters such as sexual harassment and office policies.

CREDITOR'S RIGHTS:

Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein represented two aircraft lessors and an aircraft parts supplier in claims against a foreign airline and its holding company arising from breaches of several aircraft leases, a breach of a right of first refusal agreement, and the failure to pay for aircraft parts purchases. After vigorous litigation before federal trial and appellate courts, the aircraft lessors and parts supplier secured a multi-million dollar judgment against the foreign airline and the holding company.

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION:

A food service employee collected worker's compensation benefits from his employer after suffering personal injuries when his leg was entangled between luggage carts operated by an airline employee. The food service employee then sued the airline, seeking to recover damages for those injuries. Working with Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein, the airline established that it was entitled to benefit from the immunity afforded to the food service company by Florida's worker's compensation laws and, accordingly, was not liable to the food service employee.

INSURANCE LITIGATION:

An insurance company contacted Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein after its insured had been sued for personal injuries caused as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Through diligent discovery efforts, the insured learned of several material misstatements and omissions made by the plaintiff during deposition and successfully secured an Order striking the plaintiff's pleadings, terminating the litigation in favor of the insured.

CREDITOR'S RIGHTS:

An owner of two Boeing 707 aircraft, several jet engines, and related records had been unable to secure their return from the cargo airline that had leased and failed to pay for them. Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein undertook the owner's representation and, after securing favorable rulings from the trial court, accompanied police officers who seized and returned to the owner the wrongfully withheld property.

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION:

An airline passenger filed a lawsuit against a commuter airline after he fell from a retractable stairway and suffered a serious shoulder injury.  The airline retained Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein to defend the claims.  After a four-day trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the airline, finding that it was not responsible for the passenger's injuries.