America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys® of 2019 recognizes Viñas & Deluca among their honorees for this year

Miami, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/02/2020 -- Announcing the selection of Vinas & DeLuca among America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys® for 2019. Selection to America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the nation's most exceptional litigators for high-value personal injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, product liability, and medical malpractice matters.

"Membership among America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys® is meant to identify and highlight the accomplishments of the nation's most esteemed and skilled litigators in high-value personal injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, product liability, and medical malpractice matters," explains America's Top 100.

To be considered for selection, an attorney must focus more than 50% of their active legal practice on personal injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, product liability, and/or medical malpractice matters. These minimum qualifications are required for initial consideration. Thereafter, candidates are carefully screened through Advanced Data Analytics evaluating a broad array of criteria, including the candidate's professional experience, litigation experience, significant personal injury settlements and/or verdicts, peer reputation, and community impact in order to rank the candidates throughout the state.

Only the top 100 qualifying attorneys in each state will receive this honor and be selected for membership among America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys®. With these extremely high standards for selection to America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys®, less than one-half percent (0.5%) of active attorneys in the United States will receive this honor — truly the most exclusive and elite level of attorneys in the community.

About Vinas & DeLuca
Vinas & DeLuca is a Florida-based law firm dedicated solely to representing victims of personal injury, sexual abuse, vehicle accidents, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. The firm's partners have over 30 years of combined experience representing plaintiffs in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.

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Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Inc. & The Devereux Foundation pay sexually abused minor $4.45 million

Miami, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/10/2019 -- Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Inc. and The Devereux Foundation, who provide foster care and related services for the Florida Department of Children and Family, agreed to pay $4.45 million to a minor child who was sexually abused. Lawyers for the minor child, Vinas & DeLuca and the Fernandez Law Group, alleged that Eckerd and Devereux grossly mishandled the minor's case file during a routine reunification process and that their negligence resulted in the minor child being placed in the custody of an adult male who had a verified history of sexual abuse.

"This is by far one of the saddest cases I have ever handled," stated Attorney Frank Vinas, who represented the minor child. "The physical and mental abuse suffered by our client was horrific and should never have occurred."

Allegations included claims that case managers and supervisors for The Devereux Foundation failed to properly complete a home study and reunification report, blatantly ignored background screening checks, and misrepresented facts to the Court. Lawyers argued that even after Devereux uncovered multiple errors in the reunification process, they did nothing to correct their mistakes or find alternative care for the minor.

Parties representing the minor child reached a settlement with Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Inc. and The Devereux Foundation after years of litigation. In 2018, the judge overseeing the litigation ruled that the minor's compensatory damages were "uncapped" under Florida law if the jury determined either defendant acted with culpable negligence.

Based on evidence uncovered during the litigation, the Court later permitted punitive damages claims to be asserted against The Devereux Foundation. The case was settled shortly thereafter, before trial.

About Vinas & DeLuca
Vinas & DeLuca is a Florida-based law firm dedicated solely to representing victims of personal injury, sexual abuse, vehicle accidents, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. The firm's partners have over 30 years of combined experience representing plaintiffs in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.

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