Swope, Rodante P.A. has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients. Our attorneys have secured some of the largest personal injury and insurance bad faith verdicts and settlements in Florida history.
Due to the size of our cases, most of our settlements are subject to confidentiality agreements. This often precludes our results from garnering media coverage.
These results represent just a fraction of our successful case outcomes. Every case is unique, and we approach every client’s matter with the same dedication to excellence and pursuit of justice.
Featured Verdicts & Settlements
$30.1 Million Verdict – Car Accident
Swope, Rodante secured a $30.1 million verdict for their client after a car accident caused a brain injury and GEICO only offered $147K. At trial, a Florida jury returned a verdict for $30.1 million in Mr. Willoughby’s favor, which included $7.2 million in economic and over $22.9 million in non-economic damages. Partner Brent Steinberg successfully defended the verdict to the Florida Supreme Court.
$25 Million Settlement – Golf Cart Accident / Product Liability
Secured over a settlement of over $25 million for a teenage boy who suffered traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries in a golf cart accident.
$23.75 Million Settlement – Insurance Bad Faith / Car Accident
Recovered over $23 million for a passenger rendered quadriplegic in an auto accident after the insurance carrier initially denied liability and where the policy limits were just $50,000.
$17.5 Million Settlement – Insurance Bad Faith / Car Accident
Swope, Rodante P.A. achieved a landmark wrongful death settlement for the family of a teenager killed by a wrong-way driver after their insurance carrier initially refused to pay their uninsured motorist insurance policy.
$12.6 Million Settlement – Insurance Bad Faith / Traumatic Brain Injury
Secured compensation for a teenager who suffered a severe brain injury in a car accident after insurance carriers failed to timely offer policy limits on a $2 million policy.
$12.5 Million Settlement – Insurance Bad Faith / Truck Accident
The client was catastrophically injured and rendered quadriplegic in a truck accident. Swope, Rodante P.A. was brought in as co-counsel and transformed the “unwinnable” case into a $12.5 million settlement by uncovering driver negligence (cell phone use) and exposing the insurance carrier for misrepresenting coverage limits.
$12.2 Million Settlement – Medical Malpractice / Insurance Bad Faith
Secured a life-changing recovery for a patient who suffered permanent cauda equina syndrome after the medical malpractice carrier rejected a policy limits settlement offer, resulting in a verdict against the insured.
$11 Million Settlement – Insurance Bad Faith / Spinal Cord Injury
Secured compensation for a 59-year-old woman rendered quadriplegic after the insurance carrier failed to timely tender policy limits on a $250,000 policy.
$10 Million Settlement – Insurance Bad Faith / Truck Accident / Wrongful Death
Achieved justice for the family of a man killed in a truck accident after the carrier initially denied liability.
$10 Million Settlement – Insurance Bad Faith / Truck Accident / Wrongful Death
An explosion at the oil rig caused Terry to fracture his skull. He didn’t regain consciousness until days later when he awoke in the hospital and was informed he had suffered a traumatic brain injury.
$8.75 Million Settlement – Insurance Bad Faith / Traumatic Brain Injury
Recovered compensation for a 26-year-old veteran who suffered a brain injury in a motorcycle accident after the insurer missed settlement deadlines.
$6.7 Million Verdict – Product Liability / Food Poisoning
Obtained a $6.7 million verdict in a food poisoning case by proving contaminated food had caused a rare autoimmune disorder (Guillain-Barré Syndrome), turning a $20,000 settlement offer into a multi-million-dollar verdict.
$3.8 Million Verdict – Motorcycle Accident / Insurance Bad Faith
Won a $3.8 million verdict for a motorcyclist who was severely injured by a negligent driver in Riverview, Florida. The lawsuit was filed after the driver’s insurance company, GEICO, ignored offers to settle the claim for over a year.
Florida Supreme Court Victory – Insurance Bad Faith / Appellate
Our appellate team defeated GEICO at the Florida Supreme Court in a precedent-setting case where the insurer attempted to claim a $4 million setoff, as covered by the Claims Journal.
How We Measure Success
Our firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for clients with catastrophic injury and bad faith claims. But, in our opinion, a dollar amount is not how the best personal injury attorneys measure success.
We define success by how well we are able to restore each individual client and family to the best possible recovery for their entire lives. This requires money, of course, and often lots of it. It is always our goal to get the best possible outcome for you.
It is our job to keep you current on the case, to not let it drag on longer than it should, and to make sure that every decision in the case is made with ONLY your best interests being considered.
That is what we consider a success. When you are looking for the best lawyer for your personal injury case, ask how they measure success and whether they have stayed in close touch with their clients whose cases were closed five or ten years ago. Ask about the difference their legal claim has made in the recovery of their clients’ lives. That answer may tell you a lot about your lawyer’s actual results for his or her clients.
At Swope, Rodante P.A. we’re proud to have helped so many clients and their families recover the compensation they need to have a longer, healthier, and happier life after a catastrophic injury. You can learn more about our client success stories by watching the videos here: Client Success Story Videos.
