Michael S. Elstein of Elstein Law Firm. Courtesy Photo How We Did It: South Florida Lawyer Secures Unlikely P.I. Settlement in 'Conservative' County
"I would always hear that Collier County and Lee County are very Republican, conservative communities and you get very conservative jurors there, you don't get big settlements there," plaintiff counsel said.
October 20, 2020 at 02:53 PM
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In Wellington lawyer Michael Elstein's 25 years of handling car crash lawsuits, he said he's become accustomed to hearing West Coast defense attorneys warn: "What you're asking for is totally out of line with what cases are valued at this side of the state."
They point to the typically underwhelming verdicts rendered by conservative-leaning juries, Elstein said. But that didn't put him off from pursuing a Collier County case, which ended with a $965,000 settlement for a one-level cervical disc replacement claim.
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