$1.25 MILLION VERDICT WON IN WRONGFUL DEATH CASE FILED AGAINST APARTMENT COMPLEX IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA

(L-R):Co-counsel Jason Brenner, Lead-counsel Christopher Marlowe, Co-counsel Jim Blecke and local Co-counsel Sam Bearman at the Escambia County Court House after receiving the news of a successful verdict of $1.25 million.CORAL GABLES, Fla. - November 4, 2014 - The Haggard Law Firm announced today that Lead-counsel Christopher Marlowe, Co-counsels Jason Brenner and Jim Blecke and local Co-counsel Sam Bearman successfully won a $1.25 million verdict for the wrongful death case against Sutton Place & Emmer Management for its role in the shooting death of 19-year-old Deovon Pugh at Sunrise Apartments in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.

Terrance Edwards, 19, shot Deovon Pugh to death while Deovon visited his friend who lived at the apartment complex. Edwards wrongly identified Deovon of having stolen the family car and then proceeded to shoot him in the face with a shotgun while he was sitting on the front porch of his friend's apartment. Edwards was later arrested and charged with murder. He is currently serving life in prison.

The Defendant's property manager and owner argued that the shooting was unforeseeable and unpreventable because Mr. Edwards was drunk and highly motivated to seek revenge for the theft of the family vehicle. 

Case: Pugh v. Sutton Place & Emmer Mgmt.

Jurisdiction: Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida

Verdict: $1.25 Million

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IN THE NEWS

The Pensacola News Journal newspaper published an article regarding this verdict win of $1.25 million for the wrongful death case against Sutton Place & Emmer Management for its role in the shooting death of 19-year-old Deovon Pugh at Sunrise Apartments in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.

Click here to read this article, “Pensacola apartment complex held liable for murder.”

Congratulations to Lead-counsel Christopher Marlowe, Jason Brenner, Jim Blecke, Sam Bearman and Nory Lopez!