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Serious Injury & Death
High Stack investigates cases arising from automobile and commercial vehicle accidents,
pedestrian accidents, trucking safety violations, traffic signal malfunctions, roadside
hazards, train accidents, pool drownings and accidents, spinal cord injuries,
boating and personal watercraft accidents, wrongful deaths, electrocutions, and burns.
Mr. Stack has attained numerous multimillion dollar results. Among them, Mr. Stack attained
a 9 million dollar result for the amputation of both legs of a 36-year-old man. The case
involved the sale of alcoholic beverages to a person whom the bar knew or should have known
was an alcoholic and who often became inebriated in the bar.
Mr. Gordon's first result in excess of a million dollars came less than one year after he was
graduated from law school when he successfully prosecuted a case against XYZ Tire Company and
XYZ Automobile manufacturer. The result was $1,920,000 and the case involved a young woman who
suffered a mild brain injury following a rollover accident when her tire tread became separated
on her sport utility vehicle causing it to rollover on I-95. Since that time Mr. Gordon has
attained numerous similar results.
Mr. Gordon received a $512,000 jury verdict against State Farm Automobile Insurance Company.
This result was most gratifying to Mr. Gordon as a result of State Farm, acting in its usual
fashion, offered only $15,000.00 prior to Trial.
 Medical Negligence
High Stack has successfully concluded many significant medical negligence cases, where serious
injury was caused by substandard care by medical specialists and hospitals. Prior to joining
the firm, Mr. Gordon specialized in medical negligence litigation and has obtained many favorable
results including a 4.5 million dollar settlement in a case where a young girl was left paraparetic
from the waist down as a result of the failure to follow the prevailing standard of care when her
sensory evoked potential dropped during scoliosis surgery and placement of Harrington rods.
Business Litigation / Insurance Disputes
High Stack also accepts select contingent fee cases involving significant contract disputes,
business torts, class actions, professional negligence and claims against life, health and
disability insurance companies for bad faith and failure to pay benefits.
Products Liability
High Stack has handled many cases during its 45 years involving defective products
that caused serious personal injury or death. Litigating cases and taking on the
large corporations in products liability cases requires great expertise and financial
fortitude. High Stack and its attorneys possess the skill in both the litigation process
and a jury trial if necessary, as well as the financial backing to represent people injured
or the family of those wrongfully killed due to defective products.
During his entire career of more than 45 years as a founding member of High Stack and
continuing today, Mr. Stack has handled numerous and complicated product liability cases
where he has enjoyed great success in achieving the best possible result for his clients.
A sampling of Mr. Stack's accomplishments in the products liability arena include a 3.5
million dollar result against General Motors when a young woman was paralyzed as a result
of a defective design in the cab of a Chevrolet Pickup and a 3 million dollar result
against a major manufacturer of heavy equipment due to a defect in the gear system of
a certain piece of equipment.
Mr. Gordon has enjoyed much success in the products liability arena. His accomplishments
in this area include a $1,920,000 result against the maker of a
tire and truck for a case involving a tire separation and truck rollover causing a mild
brain injury in a young woman, along with a 1.335 million dollar result against the maker of a
construction equipment hoist when, as a result of a gear failing due to imperfections in
the production process, a hoist was caused to fall to the ground severing the arm of the
occupant.
Automobile/Motorcycle and Boating Accidents
Through the years, High Stack has handled hundreds if not thousands of accidents involving automobiles,
motorcycles and/or boating accidents. With millions of automobiles traveling the Florida roadways
every day, it is not surprising that several thousand people each year lose their lives as a
result of automobile crashes and many thousands more are seriously injured. Injuries resulting
from automobile accidents not only cause physical injury but they most often cause great emotional
and financial strain as well. Automobile accidents often leave a person unable to work or unable
to perform their usual duties at work which cause financial hardship on families. In many cases,
serious injury or death of a loved one will leave a family without the financial means necessary
to survive. High Stack has helped those people and families for the past 45 years to recover the
money due to them as a result of the accident and to help restore financial security.
In Florida, as in most other states, when operating an automobile a person has a duty to
exercise reasonable care in the operation of their vehicle. When a person fails to exercise
reasonable care and causes an accident, that person is considered to be negligent. The law
allows for a claim to be made against the negligent person. The attorneys at High Stack
understand and know the law, and are there to preserve and protect your rights.
Through hard work, skill and dedication, the attorneys at High Stack have earned a reputation
in the community and among insurance companies and their peers as being leaders in handling
automobile cases.
If you or your loved one has been injured by a car, commercial vehicle, motorcycle,
boat or truck accident, call the attorneys at High Stack to learn whether you have
a claim and the value of such a claim.
Civil Rights / Sexual Harassment
The attorneys at High Stack believe strongly in protecting people's rights. Mr. Gordon
has handled cases involving traditional sexual harassment where a woman is harassed in a
sexual manner by either a co-employee or supervisor. He has also successfully handled
less traditional sexual harassment such as male on male sexual harassment. The law
governing sexual harassment and discrimination is known to few attorneys. High Stack
is familiar with this emerging area of the law.
High Stack is currently litigating what may become a landmark civil rights case. The
firm represents a six-year-old young child who is believed to be the youngest person
ever tasered by the police. The case has grabbed local as well as national media attention
focusing on the issue of police and their use of the taser as a weapon of first resort rather
than a weapon of last resort. In the case of this young boy, the tasering occurred in the
principal's office at the elementary school he was attending.
Referrals
High Stack welcomes referrals from other lawyers and law firms throughout Florida
and the United States. Most of our referrals come from lawyers who either do not
handle injury or death cases or do not handle complicated and cases that require
significant financial backing. Many lawyers including personal injury lawyers
choose to refer us their clients to avoid the substantial cost investment and as
a result of our firm's ability to obtain a higher recovery on the claim. High Stack's
experience, reputation and resources enable us to command exceptional results for our
clients and our referral lawyers. Our referral lawyers participate in the total contingent
fee. Of course, in Florida, a straight referral has a fee set by the Florida Bar. However,
depending on the type of case and jurisdiction, we have on many occasions entered into
co-counsel agreements wherein a larger percentage of fee is shared. In the event a firm
wishes to keep his or her participation confidential, we of course will respect that request
as well.
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