Recent Settlements

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 […]

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

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

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

In this case, a family came to Puerto Rico on vacation and stayed at a guest inn located in the Condado, a hotel section of San Juan, Puerto Rico.  As they left their lodging to find transportation, the father and his daughter were struck by a driver of an automobile and were severely injured. The

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

Elenis, Tainary and Jean Pierre (the “tourists”) were driving down the road in their rental car while on vacation in Puerto Rico.  A car approaching from the other direction crossed the median line, in violation of traffic laws, and struck the tourists car causing serious personal injury to all three. Puerto Rico is one of

Patient after having his leg amputated at defendant hospital is discharged home by treating physicians in a delicate state, in need of daily local care and close medical follow up. Without a proper discharge plan or home care, patient is evicted from hospital and left to fend for himself at home. Despite the attempts to

In 2019 family members sue hospital and treating physicians for the death of their beloved family head, in federal and state courts. The complaint describes that the death was caused by the failure to adequately treat the patient for pancreatitis and the blood clots that patient developed while hospitalized/bedridden for weeks. Patient was not treated