Thomas Scolaro, left, and Justin Shapiro, right, partners with Leesfield Scolaro in Coral Gables. Securing Punitive Damages for Medical Negligence Isn't Easy. Here's How These South Florida Attorneys Did It
"Pay attention to [the prison] population as well, and to those complaints and the people who are calling your phones saying, 'My son died at this jail or my daughter was not provided medical care.' They're people too, and they count and they matter," Leesfield Scolaro partner Thomas Scolaro said.
December 22, 2021 at 02:19 PM
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Obtaining punitive damages in medical malpractice litigation is notoriously difficult, but when Coral Gables attorneys Thomas Scolaro and Justin Shapiro were retained by the family of a man rendered brain dead at a prison infirmary, they had a feeling the resulting lawsuit would be different.
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