Managing Partner Daniel Santaniello, Orlando Partner Paul Jones and Doreen Lasch, Junior Partner obtained a defense verdict in a Pedestrian hit case style Ruimy, Laura vs. Flor N. Beal.  This case involved two jury trials and a demand for $1,000,000. The Plaintiff was a 17 year old female from Canada visiting a relative in Miami who was hit by a car while crossing the streets of Miami Beach. Defendant Alex Beal was making a right turn and struck plaintiff.  The vehicle was owned by Defendant Flor N. Beal, and had been left at her parents’ house while she went on a trip to New York.  The vehicle was taken by Alex Beal without the knowledge of Flor Beal, and without the express or implied permission and/or consent of the owner, Flor Beal, after which the accident occurred. Read More