A plaintiffs team led by Matt Cook, Joshua Bearden and Ruben Cruz recently secured a $10.1 million settlement for a client whose leg was severely injured when she was hit by a truck. But there’s a catch. According to the plaintiffs, the defendant, originally represented by Hall Booth Smith, misrepresented the amount of insurance coverage available, insisting for nearly a year that the policy only covered $1 million, according to a motion for sanctions the plaintiffs filed in March.
The plaintiffs said they don’t know who exactly was responsible for concealing the information—the insurer, the adjusters, the attorneys or the defendants—”But clearly someone made the deliberate and intentional decision to falsely represent coverage.”
Matt Cook is a partner with the Cook Law Group in Gainesville. Courtesy photo
