Karina Hernandez, a resilient young woman, filed a complaint on her own behalf and in representation of her 2-year-old son KMH. When Karina was 19 years old, she was subjected to an extremely long and torturous attempted labor induction in which her newborn was injured. Ultimately, the OBGYN decided to deliver Karina’s baby using vacuum […]
Newborn was injured during birth (23CV1182) Read More »
Mr. Henry, a guest at a hotel in San Juan Puerto Rico, was retrieving a towel from the towel bin in the hotel pool area. To Mr. Henry’s surprise the towel bin door came off suddenly and struck him forcefully on his head. Mr. Henry’s vacation was ruined. Because of the door’s impact on his
Hotel guest injury (23CV1218) Read More »
Emily and Gabriel sued a hospital and two physicians for the wrongful death of their father Emiliano Rivera. Mr. Rivera arrived at the hospital ER with chest pain that later began to irradiate to his abdomen. Finally, 2 days later a CT without contrast was done at the hospital which showed a ruptured spleen with
Untreated ruptured spleen leads to patient’s death (22CV1504) Read More »
This case involved a local bakery suing the manufacturing of two cookie manufacturing machines: a sandwiching machine and a tray loader. The tray loader company filed a counterclaim. Both the plaintiff bakery and the defendant tray loader manufacturer sued for breach of contract. Numerous technical experts in the area of machine engineering and manufacturing testified
Holsum v. Peerless and Compass (18-2004) Read More »
Lydia Sanchez is a 75-year-old woman who suffered a terrible fall at an Airbnb the day after her arrival at the property in May 2022. As a result of this fall, Ms. Sanchez injured her right shoulder and right femur. She had to undergo two femur surgeries and a complete shoulder replacement. Ms. Sanchez had
Lydia Sanchez – personal injury, settled (22-1386) Read More »
Li-Shu Wang and Yi-Wen Huang moved to Puerto Rico in July 2021 and rented a house in Dorado owned by Luz Sullivan and William Ruiz. While staying at the rented property, a concrete ceiling and fan fell on top of Wang in August 2021, causing her severe injuries to her right arm, head, left thigh,
Tourists are often injured during their trips to Puerto Rico: sometimes at their place of lodging. That is what happened to Ms. Kobayashi as set forth in the complaint attached below. She slipped on a wet step near the rooftop of this small hotel in Old San Juan. Of course, the defendant hotel contested liability
Premises liability- personal injury: Laura Kobayashi v. Navona Studios (2020-2022) Read More »
A family of four travelled to Puerto Rico for a vacation. They stayed at a beach front condominium. Shortly after arriving, the two 20-something daughters decided to take a walk through the pool area, down some steps, to see the ocean. Upon their return to the stairway from the beach, one sister grabbed the wire
Baker v. Homeowners Association (“HOA”) of Villas de Monte y Mar (21-1475) Read More »
The driver had no insurance, but through tenacity and proof, our firm was able to collect the full amount of coverage from the injured family’s insurance company under its “Uninsured Motorist” coverage. In this case, a family came to Puerto Rico on vacation and stayed at a guest inn located in the Condado, a hotel
Motor Vehicle accidents and Uninsured Motorist (21-1460) Read More »
Eric and Charles were visiting Puerto Rico and fully stopped at a traffic light when their car was hit from behind by a truck. While liability was not difficult to prove, this case had a twist. The insurance company for the trucking company had gone bankrupt under a particular provision of Puerto Rico law. When
