TAMPA, FL – A Hillsborough County jury awarded $16.25 million in compensatory damages to the widow of a man who died after suffering falls and a broken neck in a Tampa nursing home. In additional court proceedings the following day, the jury also awarded $1 million in punitive damages.
Police are investigating the deaths of eight residents at Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, Fla., after Hurricane Irma knocked out the facility's air conditioning unit. The state issued an immediate moratorium on new admissions.
Wilkes & McHugh is excited to announce that Super Lawyers named eight of our attorneys to either the Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists for 2017. Only 2.5 percent of attorneys in a given state are named Rising Stars, and only 5 percent of attorneys are named Super Lawyers.