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Brain-damaged boy awarded $50 million

Filed Under Torts, Miami-Dade 

A Lakeland family, represented by the Miami law firm Neufield, Kleinberg & Pinkiert, won a $50 million jury award Wednesday against the drunken driver who crashed into the family’s car in a 2004 accident, according to a story in The Ledger.

The crash left then 4-year-old Mario Ladler II with severe brain damage. He will require a 24-hour caretaker the rest of his life, according to testimony. A doctor testified that the most of the boy’s frontal lobes, which control his judgment and reason, were removed. The award against Michael Yow is believed to be the largest civil jury award in Polk County history.

david.jpgDavid Kleinberg (left), the family’s attorney, said that “Without round-the-clock care, (Mario) is a danger to himself and others.” Yow was insured by Geico at the time of the accident, though that is also a subject of separate litigation, according to the story.

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