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MOTOR VEHICLEORANGE CIRCUIT COURT A jury awarded $8,865 for a man's alleged injuries from a second crash.In August 2013, Joseph Gallo, then 60, was a passenger in an SUV on Interstate 4 in Orlando when it was rear-ended by an uninsured motorist. Gallo claimed the second crash aggravated prior herniated cervical discs and a brain injury allegedly suffered in the first crash. The motorist's insurer tendered its policy limits, but Smith sought further recovery from the uninsured-motorist clause of his policy with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.State Farm's counsel conceded Gallo could have suffered a cervical sprain in the second crash but questioned Gallo's other diagnoses. The jury agreed and awarded damages for past medical costs.Case: Gallo v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCase No.: 2015-CA-003672-OPlaintiffs attorneys: Jeffrey V. Mansell, Eric Romano and John F. Romano, Romano Law Group, West Palm BeachDefense attorneys: Vance R. Dawson, Jeremy T. Palma and Michael C. Woodard, Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue, McLain & Mangan, Orlando