$125,431.56 Fee & Cost Judgment against Plaintiff

Stuart Managing Partner Lauren Smith, Esq. obtained a favorable result in matter styled Pelecki v. FedNat. when trial court granted  - $125,431.56 Fee & Cost Judgment against Plaintiff. This first-party case was brought by a husband and wife for Hurricane Matthew damage.  On behalf of FedNat, we served separate proposals for settlement on the Plaintiffs, each with a setoff condition that applied if only one proposal was accepted.  The proceeds received by the settling spouse would be set off against any verdict obtained by the remaining spouse.  Mr. Pelecki accepted his $30,000 proposal while Mrs. Pelecki opted to go to trial.  The jury awarded Mrs. Pelecki just $15,000 of the $130,000 she sought in damages.  Post-verdict, the trial court setoff the $30,000 settlement from the $15,000 verdict, resulting in a net zero judgment in FedNat’s favor.  Read more