Key West Injury Lawyer Blog
Card Sound Road, one of the only ways in and out of the Florida Keys, will have intermittent closures Thursday morning due to fast-moving brush fires, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.
Thursday marks the third day in which the road saw shut downs due to the wildfires as firefighters continue to battle the flames. The road will have these closures for fire mitigation and air water drops.
The 14,000-acre, South Florida wildfire broke out Tuesday afternoon in a largely rural area and, as of Thursday morning, was at least 20 percent contained, according to reporting from The Palm Beach Post.
Fire officials advised anyone with respiratory conditions to stay indoors.
Leesfield & Partners
Leesfield & Partners is a personal injury law firm with offices in Miami, Key West and Orlando. The firm has consistently gained national recognition for our attorney’s work representing injured clients throughout Florida. The firm has had a considerable foothold in Key West, representing injured clients across Monroe County and contributing regularly to organizations dedicated to providing essential services in the area. In 1973, three years before Leesfield & Partners was established, the firm’s founder and managing partner, Ira Leesfield, tried his first case in Key West and won. Since then, Leesfield & Partners has remained a familiar name in the Florida Keys, securing numerous record-breaking and historic verdicts and settlements for injured clients for 48 years.
Our firm has represented clients in various personal injury practice areas such as those injured in motor vehicle accidents, product liability and negligent security cases, and those involved in burn incidents. Most recently, Eric Shane, a Trial lawyer at the firm, secured a $2.25 million settlement for a client who was burned in an electrocution case.
Similarly, a family lost their 11-year-old daughter when she was electrocuted while playing a game of mini-golf at a resort property. The child reached into a pond to retrieve her wayward golf ball and, because of improperly installed electrical breakers and missing ground-fault interrupters, was shocked by the water which had become electrified due to a nearby decorative fountain. The child’s agonized screams drew the attention of an adult passerby who reached for her and was also shocked in the process.
Leesfield & Partners secured $10 million for the grieving family in that case.
Previous Cases
Leesfield & Partners has represented countless clients involved in terrible explosions, fires and other burn incidents for nearly five decades. Our attorneys handle every case with the compassion and tenacity needed to support clients and obtain the best possible outcome in each case. Previously, the firm handled a premises liability case involving the fire deaths of a mother and her two children. The three had become trapped in a blaze that broke out at their rental home, which was caused by a defective electrical outlet. Despite previously notifying their landlord about difficulty opening windows, the issue went unaddressed. On the day of the fire, the mother and children were unable to open the windows to escape the flames.
In an explosion case that started from a spark aboard a cargo ship, Leesfield & Partners secured a substantial award for clients who were badly burned.
The firm previously represented a man who was horrifically burned at his vacation accommodations in an explosion while on his honeymoon. The explosion stemmed from an improperly capped pipe that severely injured both the man and his wife. They were transported to a hospital in Florida where the wife tragically died from her injuries.
Leesfield & Partners handled a case on behalf of a family who lost their daughter when a fire broke out at their condo. The fire was caused by a faulty TV set. In the blaze, the girl’s father tried desperately to save her, but couldn’t. She was 13.
The father was severely burned in that case. Leesfield & Partners secured a $2.95 million award.
The firm has also handled other cases involving burn injuries to clients including a child who was burned at a neighbor’s home by stew that was cooking on the stove. The child in that case, an 11-year-old boy, sustained second-degree burns to his legs when the improperly installed range tipped forward on him. An investigation by our firm determined that the landlord’s failure to use anti-tip brackets paved the way for the incident to occur.
Our firm secured a $300,000 settlement in that case.
In a construction site burn incident, the firm recovered $862,000 for an injured client.
Leesfield & Partners also represented a client in a medical malpractice case who was burned in the operating room by medical staff during a procedure. The firm secured $600,000 for the client in that case.
If you or a loved one was involved in a fire incident in Florida, don’t wait. Call a Leesfield & Partners attorney today at 305-854-4900 for a free consultation today to see if you may be eligible to make a claim.
