One of the biggest signs of neglect at health care facilities is bedsores. Scott has successfully resolved countless bedsore cases by settlement, binding arbitration and jury trials. In 2023, Scott obtained a $2,300,000 jury verdict against a nursing home in Gainesville, Florida for the development of a bedsore. Part of Scott’s closing argument from that trial can be seen in this video:
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities often have families unknowingly sign arbitration agreements as part of the resident admission process in order to avoid jury trials. The facilities want arbitrations to be secretly resolved behind closed doors. When cases are submitted to binding arbitration, Scott fights just as hard for his clients in arbitration as he does in Court. Scott fought to establish that binding arbitrations should not be private or confidential and in 2024 Scott successfully brought the first ever binding arbitration case that was broadcast on the Courtroom View Network. In that case, Scott obtained an arbitration award of $627,000 on behalf of a 95 year-old dementia patient. Part of Scott’s closing argument from that binding arbitration can be seen here:
In addition to bedsores, another major sign of neglect at health care facilities is falls. Scott has successfully resolved countless cases involving falls by settlement, binding arbitration and jury trials, including a recent jury trial he won in West Palm Beach, Florida against a hospital where Scott’s client fell out of a hospital bed and suffered a broken hip. The jury awarded over $900,000 to Scott’s client. That trial was also broadcast on the Courtroom View Network and part of Scott’s closing argument can be seen in this video:
Scott believes that every person’s life is valuable, including the most elderly members of the population. Scott recently conducted a three-week jury trial against an assisted living facility in Port St. Lucie, Florida for the wrongful death of a 97-year-old woman. The facility’s lawyers and experts claimed that the facility was not at fault for the death and that Scott’s client was at the end of her life expectancy. The jury agreed with Scott that elders have rights just like everyone else does and the trial resulted in a verdict of six million dollars for the 97-year-old’s wrongful death. Below is a video of a news story regarding the six million dollar verdict:
Scott is also competitive outside of the courtroom. He challenges himself with strenuous conditioning that includes running, swimming, boxing and weight training. Scott believes his clients are best represented by a lawyer who is both mentally and physically strong, empowering him to be laser-focused on winning cases.
Scott has handled many high-profile cases. Below are videos of investigative news reports from a few of Scott’s cases as well as links to numerous articles from some of Scott’s notable lawsuits and verdicts.
Press
- Arbitration Panel Awards $627K in Wrongful Death Claim Against Assisted Living Facility (blog.cvn.com)
- $2.3M Verdict Hits Nursing Home in Wrongful Death Trial Over Patient’s Bed Sore (blog.cvn.com)
- South Florida elder care facilities still without backup power, two years after law passed (wptv.com)
- Amputee wins lawsuit against nursing home (sun-sentinel.com)
- Family wins $6M after woman falls, left in heat and dies at assisted living facility (cbs12.com)
- Gordon & Doner’s Scott Fischer Wins Nearly Million-Dollar Verdict With Scathing Close in Patient Fall Trial (blog.cvn.com)
- Lawsuit claims woman died in West Palm nursing home due to post-Irma heat (palmbeachpost.com)
- Family sues assisted living facility where mother suffered burns (palmbeachpost.com)
- Man claims Boca Raton nursing home did not save mother from choking (wpbf.com)
- Family says elderly man died after ambulance company dropped him off at wrong house (miaminewtimes.com)
- One dead as more Jupiter Rehab Center residents test positive for COVID (wpbf.com)
- The Damages Approach That Won $627K Arbitration Award Against ALF Over 95-Year Old’s Death (blog.cvn.com)
Memberships
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- The Florida Justice Association
- Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Palm Beach Justice Association
- The Florida Bar
Awards & Associations
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite
- Florida Super Lawyers®