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Viles & Beckman, LLC is a seven-attorney firm that has represented
consumers and accident victims since 1995. The firm has offices
in Fort Myers and Naples, Florida and Houston, Texas, and
enjoys a reputation as Southwest Florida's premier plaintiff's
firm - the local firm with a national reputation.
About our practice
Viles & Beckman, LLC represents only consumers and accident
victims in cases involving serious injury or death such as
automobile and truck crashes, SUV rollovers, tire tread separations
and blowouts, construction accidents, and premises liability
cases, fires and fall down accidents. Our firm is a recognized
national leader in defective drug litigation involving Fen-Phen,
Vioxx, and others, and we pursue the makers of defective medical
devices such as Sultzer hip and knee implants. We also specialize
in consumer protection cases involving overcharging by insurance
companies, rental car companies, hospitals, banks, mortgage
companies, and used car dealers.
Our work involves the representation of individual victims
on a case by case basis, as well as mass tort and class actions
involving widespread abuses and injuries. We have handled
thousands of auto and other personal injury cases, and through
our class action practice have secured refunds and other benefits
for millions of clients. Our firm has secured some of the
largest jury verdicts and settlements in the State of Florida,
and we possess sophisticated legal expertise and the funding
necessary to handle even the most complex and difficult cases.
Landmark Litigation
Viles & Beckman has been significantly involved in some of
the most important individual and mass tort cases in the country
and in Southwest Florida. The firm's partners led the fight
in the Bridgestone/Firestone tire tread separation and Ford
Explorer rollover litigation resulting in over one hundred
fifty confidential settlements and culminating in a landmark
jury verdict of $5.4 million against Ford Motor Company in
September 2004. This verdict, in a single off-road rollover
death case, was unprecedented in that Ford had won eleven
(11) Explorer rollover jury trials in a row (against other
lawyers) until Viles & Beckman put an end to their winning
streak. The case was settled after verdict for a confidential
amount while the jury considered an even greater award of
punitive damages.
Viles & Beckman regularly litigates against the largest insurance
companies in the world. Insurance companies frequently overcharge
consumers a few dollars a month in hopes of getting away with
it. Viles & Beckman has waged war with the insurance industry
over its premium financing overcharges and has prevailed in
over twenty class actions in Florida alone resulting in refunds
and corrected billing practices benefiting millions of Floridians
who save several dollars per month, each and every month,
totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in savings to consumers.
The firm also specializes in insurance coverage litigation
against companies that take premiums and then refuse to pay
claims.
Viles & Beckman, LLC also filed one of the first Fen-Phen
class actions, and represented hundreds of victims, and was
appointed by the Honorable United States District Court Judge
Bechtel to serve as State Liaison Counsel for the State of
Florida. The firm's several hundred Fen-Phen cases were successfully
resolved, and now Viles & Beckman is taking on the pharmaceutical
giant Merck & Co., Inc. in claims by persons who have ingested
Vioxx.
Automobile and truck crashes are a part of every day work
at Viles & Beckman and we have secured many 7 and 8 figure
verdicts and settlements including a $35 Million jury verdict
in a drunk driving case in September 2004 as well as settlements
for $3.4 Million and $3.3 Million for injuries to children
seriously injured in car crashes. Viles & Beckman utilizes
the latest courtroom technology and we consult with experts
all over the country to bring the best expertise available
to assist judges and juries in understanding our cases. Marcus
Viles, a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney and founding
partner, has personally tried over a hundred jury trials to
verdict, and participates in every case at the firm, with
the assistance of his partners and attorneys.
Community Service
Viles & Beckman partners and attorneys are actively involved
in the community as part of our commitment of social service.
The firm regularly provides pro bono legal work to the poor
and oppressed who would otherwise have no access to excellent
legal help. Our work has encompassed representing women and
children who are the victims of domestic violence, crime victims,
and persons who require legal help due to hurricane related
losses. Each Christmas the firm serves as Santa Claus to the
children of Lee County who are homeless and between foster
homes, and each Thanksgiving Viles & Beckman provides a traditional
'turkey and dressing' catered dinner to the women and children
of the local abuse shelter.
Contact us at 1-800-64VILES
(1-800-648-4537)
WE DON'T GET PAID UNTIL YOU DO.
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6350 Presidential Court
Fort Myers, FL 33919
Tel: 239-334-3933
Fax: 239-334-7105
info@vilesandbeckman.com |
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$35 million verdict
The firm obtained a 35 million dollar verdict for a woman rendered quadriplegic by an intoxicated driver. This is one of the highest verdicts ever obtained in Southwest Florida.
Firm Wins Battle Against Ford Motor Company
Through intensive jury trial Ford Motor Company was found to be liable by a Florida jury. The verdict was a landmark 5.4 million with finding of further entitlement to punitive damages against Ford.
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