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Derrick in the news

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$7.1 million 
verdict

Morgan & Morgan Secures $7.1 Million Verdict on Behalf of Man Injured at Orlando Home Depot

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https://profiles.superlawyers.com/florida/melbourne/lawyer/derrick-r-connell/df663631-a60b-4224-b7d2-b9e31d1719ba.html

$2 million verdict

Florida jury awards a verdict more than 57 times larger than the highest pre-suit offer from the defense

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https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2021/09/03/florida-jury-awards-2-million-verdict-in-personal-injury-case/

$400,000 verdict

Brevard County jury awards Palm Bay man $400,000 in case involving 2018 crash with police patrol car

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https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2021/05/04/palm-bay-man-awarded-400-000-after-crash-cop/4937648001/

Lawsuit for workers

"We have a corporation that has said, 'yeah you worked hard for us, but we're not going to give you anything'," says Connell. "They basically told them, 'We're not going to pay you your overtime, and we're not even going to give you the three weeks paycheck you worked hard for'"

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https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2014/6/19/brevard_restaurant_w

$987,000 verdict

It Took Years of Work by Lawyers, But Florida Jury Returned a Near $1 Million Verdict in Personal Injury Case 

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https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2021/10/18/it-took-years-of-work-by-lawyers-but-florida-jury-returned-a-near-1-million-verdict-in-personal-injury-case/

AVVO profile

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https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/32901-fl-derrick-connell-3321945/reviews.html

Distinguished lawyer

Attorney Derrick Connell Honored as Member of Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel.

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https://www.prweb.com/releases/attorney_derrick_connell_honored_as_member_of_nation_s_top_one_percent_by_the_national_association_of_distinguished_counsel/prweb12666587.htm

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Spine School

Derrick Connell, trial lawyer and partner at Morgan & Morgan, P.A., continues the discussion on proving up spine injury cases.

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https://tluondemand.com/programs/derrick-connell-spine-school-7f7235

Cycling accidents

Paramedic negligence

Lawsuit against Brevard County, ex-paramedic dismissed in culpable negligence case

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https://www.wftv.com/news/local/lawsuit-against-brevard-county-ex-paramedic-dismissed-in-culpable-negligence-case/241114741/

Space Coast Business Magazine

$1.3 million verdict

After a Law Firm Rejected Case, Florida Jury Returns $1.3 Million Verdict for Personal-Injury Plaintiff

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https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2021/10/07/after-1-law-firm-rejected-case-florida-jury-returns-1-3-million-verdict-for-personal-injury-plaintiff/

$7.1 million verdict

Florida Jury Returns $7.1 Million Verdict: 'Other Attorneys Turned Down the Case'

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https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2022/05/31/florida-jury-returns-7-1-million-verdict-other-attorneys-turned-down-the-case/

Professionalism
Award

Derrick R. Connell of Melbourne received the Judge Mitchell T. Barlow Young Lawyer Professionalism Award presented by the Brevard County Bar Association.

 

https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/news-and-notes-60/

Space Coast Business

Your hometown attorneys

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https://issuu.com/spacecoastliving/docs/oct_full

Opening offices

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