Orlando D. Cabeza

ABOUT

Orlando Cabeza maintains an active civil trial practice in insurance defense, professional liability, personal injury, products liability, insurance coverage, healthcare, aviation law and premises liability.

Education

University of Florida, J.D., with honors, 1991
Florida International University, B.B.A., 1987

Areas of practice

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Bar Admissions

Florida, 1992
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1992
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1993

Associations

Coral Gables Bar Association, Member
Cuban American Bar Association, Member
Dade County Bar Association, Member
American Bar Association, Member

Representative Cases

Represented Milliken & Company, a global textile manufacturer, whose property is located adjacent to a regional airport in Augusta, Georgia, in five wrongful death actions brought by the estates of the passengers who died when the private jet they were traveling in crashed into a utility pole on its property. The first of the five plaintiffs who proceeded to trial, the Estate of Heidi McCorkle, sought $20 million in damages for the death of the 28-year-old and her two surviving minor children. After a two week trial and a few hours of deliberations, the 12-member Atlanta jury found that the sole cause of the crash was pilot error and returned a complete defense verdict.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Recognized by the Daily Business Review, in the 14th annual Most Effective Lawyers Award, 2018

LANGUAGES

Spanish