David Jagolinzer
{{short description|American litigation attorney}}
{{Undisclosed paid|date=November 2017}}
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| name = David A. Jagolinzer
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1974|5|4}}
| birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|October 18, 2022|May 4, 1974}}
| education = Boston College
| alma_mater = University of Miami School of Law
| occupation = Attorney
| years_active = 1999–2022
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| organization = The Ferraro Law Firm
| known_for = Mesothelioma litigation
| title = Partner, Shareholder
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| website = {{URL|http://www.ferrarolaw.com}}
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David A. Jagolinzer (May 4, 1974 – October 18, 2022){{cite news |last1=Madish |first1=Caroline |date=October 19, 2022 |title=David Jagolinzer Rhode Island, Miami Florida Ferraro Law Firm Shareholder has died – Death |publisher=SNBC13 |url=https://snbc13.com/david-jagolinzer-rhode-island-miami-florida-ferraro-law-firm-shareholder-has-died-death-obituary/ |access-date=October 25, 2023}} was an American litigation attorney best known for mass mesothelioma tort cases against companies such as Honeywell International and Union Carbide.
Life
Jagolinzer was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island on May 4, 1974.{{cite news |title=David A. Jagolinzer Lawyer Profile |publisher=MartinDale.com |url=http://www.martindale.com/David-A-Jagolinzer/1432378-lawyer.htm |access-date=July 6, 2011}} He graduated with a B.A. in English Literature and a minor in Italian Studies from Boston College in 1996. In 1999, he earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law.
In April 2022 Jagolinzer suffered a heart attack while playing blackjack at the Wynn casino in Las Vegas.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/02/22/david-jagolinzer-blackjack-heart-attack/{{Cite web |last=Zilber |first=Ariel |date=2023-02-22 |title=Lawyer who died of cardiac arrest 'was slumped over on blackjack table' |url=https://nypost.com/2023/02/22/lawyer-who-died-of-cardiac-arrest-was-slumped-over-on-blackjack-table/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |language=en-US}} Jagolinzer died on October 18, 2022.{{Cite web |title=David Jagolinzer Obituary | website=Legacy.com |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/herald/name/david-jagolinzer-obituary?id=36848450}} David Jagolinzer's widow, Anna Hanks Jagolinzer, sued Wynn Resorts for the negligence that led to her husband's death six months later.
Legal career
In 2005, Jagolinzer became a partner at the Ferraro Law Firm in Miami{{cite news |last=Fakler |first=John T. |date=November 28, 2005 |title=Law firm adds partners, changes name |newspaper=South Florida Business Journal |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2005/11/28/story4.html |access-date=July 6, 2011}} and was a shareholder in the firm. He specialized in cases involving mesothelioma victims, product liability, toxic mass tort, catastrophic personal injury, and wrongful death.{{cite news |date=June 13, 2006 |title=Fallout From Texas Silicosis Cases Felt in Florida Cases |newspaper=Law |url=http://www.law.com/jsp/law/LawArticleFriendly.jsp?id=900005455770 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127151937/http://www.law.com/jsp/law/LawArticleFriendly.jsp?id=900005455770 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |access-date=July 6, 2011}}
=Notable cases=
In April 2008, a client of his was awarded a $24.2 million jury verdict in Guilder v. Honeywell International, Inc. At the time it was the highest compensatory damage award against a single defendant in a Florida mesothelioma case in history. The case made The National Law Journal's Top 100 Verdicts for that year. However, this verdict was reversed on appeal.{{cite news |date=December 23, 2009 |title=Honeywell Intern., Inc. v. Guilder, 23 So. 3d 867 (1987) |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7467852942728051352 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}
Later in 2008, Jagolinzer was a key figure in convincing the court to declare the 2005 Florida Asbestos Statute as unconstitutional, in William v. American Optical Corporation. The now-defunct law limited the number and type of people allowed to sue for asbestos-related injuries.{{cite news |last=Saunders |first=Jim |date=July 8, 2011 |title=Florida Supreme Court rejects asbestos claim limit |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/state/2011/07/08/florida-supreme-court-rejects-asbestos/7427685007/ |access-date=November 20, 2023}}
Jagolinzer was a member of the American Bar Association, The Florida Bar, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Dade County Professionalism Committee, the American Association for Justice, and the National Italian American Bar Association.