Robert F. Tacher

Robert F. Tacher obtained a Defense Verdict on a claim for damages made after Hurricane Wilma. He successfully argued that the Plaintiffs had failed to protect their home from further damages after the storm. The jury agreed that their failure to do so breached their insurance policy and returned a verdict for the Defendant.

Robert Tacher won a Summary Judgment where Plaintiff claimed significant injury due to a slip and fall at an apartment building in Delray Beach Florida. This building is adjacent to restaurants and shops on Atlantic Avenue.

Plaintiff stated that it was well known that partygoers in that area used the parking lot of the building and therefore was foreseeable for the owner of the building and the janitorial service of the building, that there could be debris and broken beer bottles in the garage area on Friday and Saturday nights.

Plaintiff alleged that Peterson Bernard's client, the janitorial service, was retained to clean the various common areas of the building including the parking garage. Through discovery, it was demonstrated that patrolling the building to look for spills was not part of our client's job duties and for that reason, any liability should rest on the owner and manager of the building.

The court agreed that our client did not have a duty to patrol the parking lot and granted summary judgment in defendant's favor. 

Robert Tacher obtained Summary Judgment on the case in Broward County. of Florez v. Citizens. This case arose from an alleged water leak in the Plaintiff’s home for which the Plaintiff was claiming substantial damages and attorney’s fees. Through aggressive discovery, Robert was successful in getting all of the Plaintiff’s experts stricken due to the Plaintiff’s failure to comply with discovery orders.
 
After the experts were stricken, Robert filed a Motion for Summary Judgment. Just before the hearing on the motion and just before trial, the Plaintiff attempted to file an affidavit from a new expert in opposition to the Motion for Summary Judgment. Robert was successful in getting the new expert stricken too, on the grounds that the late entry into the case was in violation of the court’s trial order. Not only did Robert obtain summary judgment, but pursuant to a Proposal for Settlement that had previously been filed, he is in the process of recovering attorney’s fees and costs for the client.

Robert Tacher obtained Summary Judgment in a case where the Plaintiff was claiming significant injuries with medical bills in excess of $200,000 as a result of a fall on a liquid substance in the building in which Defendant was providing janitorial services.
 
Although Defendant was on the property at the time of the incident, and was responsible for building maintenance, Robert was successful in getting the building owner to admit in deposition that Plaintiff was responsible for a multitude of duties in the building and was not expected to patrol the building looking for spills. Robert was also able to establish that Defendant had no knowledge of the spill prior to the fall.
 
Based upon this testimony, Robert obtained Summary Judgment for Defendant on this significant case.

Robert Tacher obtained a defense verdict on a claim of catastrophic injuries due to a car fire and explosion and alleged negligent repair by his client, a car dealership. The demand in the case was $26 Million.  

Robert obtained the Plaintiff's cell phone records and was able to demonstrate to the jury that the phone records did not show any call to the dealership after the car was picked up, so the story about the dealership stating that the car was safe to drive was false. In addition, he ascertained through discovery that the Plaintiff had a can of gasoline in the trunk of his car and it could not be ruled out that the gasoline was a possible cause of the car explosion.

After a one week trial, the jury was out 45 minutes and came back with a defense verdict.