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Date: 07-20-2023
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Case Number: 8:23-cv-00938
Judge: Charlene Edwards Honeywell
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Hillsborough County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Mike Biddle
Defendant's Attorney: Harold Adam Saul for James Earl Burgess
Ell M. Marger for Bartles Forest Products
Sara F. Hushek for Geico
Description: Tampa, Florida personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on auto negligence theories.
On March 17, 2023, Plaintiff Kevin Somai (“Plaintiff”) commenced this action against Defendants in the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, in and for Manatee County, Florida, by filing a three-count complaint. Doc. 1-2. The case arises out of an automobile accident that occurred on October 17, 2022. Id. ¶ 7. Plaintiff alleges that, on that date, he was operating a vehicle near the intersection of State Road 70 and Verna Bethany Road in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida. Id. Near the same intersection, Defendant James Earl Burgess (“Burgess”) was operating a motor vehicle owned by Defendant, Bartels Forest Products (“Bartels”). Id. ¶ 8. Burgess negligently operated the motor vehicle so that it collided with the vehicle Plaintiff was driving. Id. ¶ 9. At the time, Burgess was in the course and scope of his employment with Bartels. Id. ¶ 9. Plaintiff sues Defendants Burgess and Bartels for negligence.[1] Id. ¶¶ 10-17. Plaintiff alleges he was injured as a result of the accident and suffers from “great physical pain and suffering, disability, inability and loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, inconvenience, physical impairment, disfigurement, scarring, mental anguish, loss or diminution of earnings or earning capacity, aggravation of an existing disease or physical defect, permanent injury within a reasonable degree of medical probability, and medical related expenses in the past and in the future ....” Id. ¶ 12. Plaintiff states his damages exceed $50,000. Id. ¶ 1.
On March 17, 2023, Plaintiff Kevin Somai (“Plaintiff”) commenced this action against Defendants in the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, in and for Manatee County, Florida, by filing a three-count complaint. Doc. 1-2. The case arises out of an automobile accident that occurred on October 17, 2022. Id. ¶ 7. Plaintiff alleges that, on that date, he was operating a vehicle near the intersection of State Road 70 and Verna Bethany Road in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida. Id. Near the same intersection, Defendant James Earl Burgess (“Burgess”) was operating a motor vehicle owned by Defendant, Bartels Forest Products (“Bartels”). Id. ¶ 8. Burgess negligently operated the motor vehicle so that it collided with the vehicle Plaintiff was driving. Id. ¶ 9. At the time, Burgess was in the course and scope of his employment with Bartels. Id. ¶ 9. Plaintiff sues Defendants Burgess and Bartels for negligence.[1] Id. ¶¶ 10-17. Plaintiff alleges he was injured as a result of the accident and suffers from “great physical pain and suffering, disability, inability and loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, inconvenience, physical impairment, disfigurement, scarring, mental anguish, loss or diminution of earnings or earning capacity, aggravation of an existing disease or physical defect, permanent injury within a reasonable degree of medical probability, and medical related expenses in the past and in the future ....” Id. ¶ 12. Plaintiff states his damages exceed $50,000. Id. ¶ 1.
Outcome: On March 17, 2023, Plaintiff Kevin Somai (“Plaintiff”) commenced this action against Defendants in the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, in and for Manatee County, Florida, by filing a three-count complaint. Doc. 1-2. The case arises out of an automobile accident that occurred on October 17, 2022. Id. ¶ 7. Plaintiff alleges that, on that date, he was operating a vehicle near the intersection of State Road 70 and Verna Bethany Road in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida. Id. Near the same intersection, Defendant James Earl Burgess (“Burgess”) was operating a motor vehicle owned by Defendant, Bartels Forest Products (“Bartels”). Id. ¶ 8. Burgess negligently operated the motor vehicle so that it collided with the vehicle Plaintiff was driving. Id. ¶ 9. At the time, Burgess was in the course and scope of his employment with Bartels. Id. ¶ 9. Plaintiff sues Defendants Burgess and Bartels for negligence.[1] Id. ¶¶ 10-17. Plaintiff alleges he was injured as a result of the accident and suffers from “great physical pain and suffering, disability, inability and loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, inconvenience, physical impairment, disfigurement, scarring, mental anguish, loss or diminution of earnings or earning capacity, aggravation of an existing disease or physical defect, permanent injury within a reasonable degree of medical probability, and medical related expenses in the past and in the future ....” Id. ¶ 12. Plaintiff states his damages exceed $50,000. Id. ¶ 1.
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