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Willie
Gary, Donald Watson and Team Obtain
Settlements in Numerous Wrongful
Death
Lawsuits
16 Year
Old Boy Killed by Police Officer Without
Justification
Senior partner Willie Gary and partner
Donald Watson, along with associate,
Jean Laws-Scott, negotiated a $1 million
settlement with the city of Delray
Beach, Florida in a wrongful death case.
The Gary law firm filed a lawsuit
against an officer and the City of
Delray Beach. The lawsuit alleged that
violations of Federal Civil Rights
Statutes and Florida Statutes resulted
in the death of Jerrod Miller, a 16
year-old boy.
On February 26, 2005, Jerrod Miller
dropped off his cousins at a school
dance. A police officer approached
Miller’s car and asked him to step out
of the vehicle. Miller began to drive
away. At that time, the police officer
stepped back from the car and put his
hand on his gun.
The police officer
first gave chase on foot. Then, without
legal justification or probable cause,
the officer fired two shots at the rear
of the car with one shot going through
the window hitting Miller in the back of
the head, thereby causing his death.
According to witnesses, no one was in
the path of the car Jerrod Miller was
driving at the time the police officer
fired his weapon.
Employee Dies When Utility Pole Falls on
His Car Killing Him Instantly
Senior partner Willie Gary and partner
Donald Watson, along with local
co-counsel William Goodrich, obtained a
confidential settlement in a wrongful
death lawsuit. A 21-year-old man was
working as a chef at a local restaurant
and after finishing his six hour shift,
punched out for the day. He then
proceeded to the parking lot behind the
restaurant and entered his car. A light
company utility pole with three
transformers attached was located near
the young man’s car.
The transformers together weighed
approximately 4,500 pounds. After the
man got into his car, a mudslide caused
the pole to break and the transformers
smashed down onto the car, killing him
instantly. The weight from the heavy
dirt had caused excessive strain on the
anchor guy and line/level guy wire that
anchored the utility pole to the
hillside.
The light company negligently,
carelessly and recklessly placed a
utility pole in an area susceptible to
landslides. The young man was the only
child of his surviving father and
mother.
Sanitation Worker Dies as a Result of
Injuries Suffered While on the Job
Senior partner Willie Gary and partner
Donald Watson, along with associate,
Victor Swift, reached a confidential
settlement in the wrongful death claim
arising from the death of a sanitation
worker who was an employee of a
sanitation company.
The employee was working on a sanitation
truck that was traveling south on County
Road 13 in St. John’s County, Florida.
The worker was on the outside of the
driver’s side of the truck on the narrow
two-lane roadway. A truck owned and
operated by a sod company was traveling
north on the same road. The driver’s
side extended mirror of the Sod truck
struck the young man in the head.
The employee died as a result of his
injuries and is survived by eight
children.
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