Leighton Law

Mr. Leighton believes in educating the public and giving back to the community. He regularly accepts invitations to educate the public about civil justice issues, including the need to protect oneself from being a victim of medical mistakes. He also provides information via podcasts and local and national media.

Many of Mr. Leighton’s cases are high profile or have wide reaching social implications. Several cases have resulted in policy or procedure changes on the part of the businesses or governmental entities sued. He is often called upon by local and national media to comment on legal issues, including NBC’s Today show, CNN, Inside Edition, and many other news programs. As a trial lawyer Mr. Leighton has obtained some of the largest verdicts and settlements in the country, including a $24.3 million wrongful death verdict and $24.1 million medical malpractice birth trauma verdict (considered the highest verdict in Seminole County history, per Orlando Business Journal, 6/20/2005). Leighton has obtained substantial recoveries for victims of negligence throughout Florida (including a $9 million recovery for a woman who suffered brain damage from medical malpractice, $11.25 million for a child who was the victim of medical negligence, and $4.75 million for the family of a woman killed by a medical mistake) and throughout the country (including $4.3 million for a medical malpractice death in Chicago, $3 million for a man shot at an ATM in Indiana, $1.136 million for a woman raped in Wisconsin, and $1 million for the family of a woman who died from medical malpractice in Texas).