Attorneys for the largest U.S. commercial insurer arrived at a Miami state court with social media videos of a former equestrian title champion riding her horse skillfully post-auto collision.

But, jurors returned a multimillion-dollar award to the 24-year-old, whose counsel's trial strategy embraced the videos head-on.

Michael Haggard and Kimberly Wald, a partner and an associate, respectively, at the Haggard Law Firm in Coral Gables, represented the plaintiff, Olivia Oney, who sustained severe injuries to her pelvis and back while sitting in the backseat of an Uber car when the driver crashed the vehicle that defendant, Progressive Insurance Co. insured.

Michael A. Mora

Michael A. Mora

Michael was born and raised in South Florida. He went to undergrad at Florida Atlantic University and earned his master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the crypto litigation reporter for Law.com, as well as an editor for ALM Global. You can email him at [email protected].

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