Mr. Robert E. Williams

Significant Representative Matters: After discovery and evidentiary depositions involving multiple defendants, obtained nuisance value settlement on behalf of defendant elevator company arising out of plaintiff's second floor fall down an elevator shaft with serious injuries.; Successfully argued defendant's summary judgment motion and opposition to plaintiff's motion to abate on dispositive issue of plaintiff's failure to appear for examination under oath, resulting in dismissal with prejudice of plaintiff's first party property case.; Obtained favorable settlement for less than medical costs of plaintiff's neck and shoulder surgeries in a motor vehicle accident case where plaintiff alleged the defendant's vehicle rear-ended plaintiff's vehicle. Through deposition testimony and expert discovery, the defense was developed that the incident was a side-swipe which could not have occurred in the manner described by the plaintiff, and through medical records discovery, the plaintiff's neck and shoulder surgeries were not causally related to the accident.; Obtained dismissal, with zero payment, of premises liability case through use of aggressive motion and discovery practice, to include defense of failure to timely substitute personal respresentative on behalf of later deceased plaintiff.; Obtained nuisance value settlement for trip and fall case by securing deposition testimony of plaintiff that was inconsistent with police officer's statement as to the location of the alleged dangerous condition and the manner of the fall.; Obtained workers' compensation final order in bench trial resulting in denial of entire claim based on finding there was no objective evidence of injury.; Obtained workers' compensation final order in bench trial resulting in denial of claimant's claim for temporary indemnity benefits based on finding of no competent substantial evidence of occupational cause of injury with resulting disability within reasonable degree of medical certainty.; Published Works: 'A Recent and Thorough Discussion of Negligence and Premises Liability in Florida by the Second District of Florida,' Defense Digest, Vol. 28, No. 12, December 2022