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>http://parkscrump.com/attorneys/benjamin-crump/ > >In 2001, the firm represented Zaniyah Hinson, a case discussed >on the Oprah Winfrey Show where a two year old died after >being left in a daycare van for four hours in 104 degree >temperatures. > ESPN Sports Center broadcast another case the firm handled >which documented Leeronnie Ogletree, a 39 year old who had >been sexually molested by the Boston Red Sox Clubhouse manager >when he was a ball boy from the age of 8 to 17. > The case of Genie McMeans, a 21 year old Black motorist >who was shoot in the back in broad daylight by a Florida >Highway patrol officer on Interstate 10 a week after he >graduated from college in 2004. > In January 2006, Crump relentlessly pursued justice on >behalf of the parents of Martin Lee Anderson, the 14 year- old >boy who died the day after he was restrained, beaten and >suffocated at the Panama City, Bay County juvenile boot camp. >The camp’s security cameras captured the incident on >videotape. The case was featured on television shows like >NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s 20/20 and CNN’s Anderson Cooper >360. “The Boot Camp Case” was resolved for the highest >amount ever paid by the State for an individual wrongful death >in Florida. > In December 2009, he served as lead attorney of a class of >plaintiffs who were fatally and critically injured when the >Berkman Plaza Parking Garage collapsed in Jacksonville, >Florida. > Also in 2009, he was co-counsel of a class-action case on >behalf of African-American women who sued the St. Joe Company >for selling them wetland in Port St. Joe, Florida, which cause >their houses to fall apart as they sank into the ground >allowing snakes, lizards, and frogs to come though the walls >as water pipes cracked. The settlement involved all of the >Plaintiffs being able to purchase new homes. > In 2010, Crump achieved a very critical victory as lead >attorney on what has been characterized as a landmark >voter’s rights case of this millennium when nine >African-American women were arrested with guns drawn for voter >fraud in Madison, Florida. > In 2012, Crump received worldwide acclaim leading the >fight for justice as the lead attorney for the family of >Trayvon Martin, who was killed by a neighborhood watch >volunteer, George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida while walking >home with a bag of Skittles and a can of Iced Tea. > In 2013, Crump helped focus national attention on Kendrick >Johnson, a 17 year old teenager found dead a rolled up >wrestling mat in a Valdosta, Georgia high school gym under >suspicious circumstances. Using his legal prowess, Crump was >able to get the US Attorney’s office to launch a federal >investigation after the local sheriff had closed the case. >
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