Top Rated Class Action & Mass Torts Attorney in North Palm Beach, FL

Pro bono/Community Service

• Serving on the board of Directors of Carp. Comprehensive Alcoholism Rehabilitation Programs (CARP) has resumed its original mission, to offer transitional housing and a program for recovery to underserved individuals suffering from substance use disorder (SUD). CARP has built two gender-specific 12 Step homes in West Palm Beach.  Our goal is to help break the cycle of hopeless addiction, dependency and resulting homelessness among Palm Beach County’s economically vulnerable residents – individuals who otherwise would not have access to programs of recovery. Our program is free to those who qualify.
• Member, Suncoast Community High School, Palm Beach County, Florida

Bar/Professional Activity

• Palm Beach County Justice Association, Board Member
• Southern Trial Lawyers Association   
• Florida Justice Association
• American Association for Justice
• Palm Beach County Justice Association
• Florida

Videos

• Warnings and cautions about social media and lawsuits, Social Media and your Injury claim, 2016
• Call 1-888-I-Was-Hurt for help after a car wreck, Auto Accident Assistance, 2009
• Tucker Carlson interviews Mr. Tighe on the NFL, Tucker Carlson Interview NFL Lawsuit / Knealing, 2018
• Auto accident insurance forms and who to call for help, Auto Accident Info, 2005
• Bicycles and Cars share the roadway and accidents happen, what you need to know, Bicycle Accident, 2018
• Hernia Mesh is frequently used in surgeries and frequently cause injuries and even death, what you need to know, Hernia Mesh Claims, Https://youtu.be/Gjm4lOgM0RQ, 2017
• Personal injury victims can sue pop warner and other amateur leagues for concussions and brain injuries, Football Brain Injury Lawsuit, 2018

Representative Clients

• A retired professional football player who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and was losing his ability to function on his own. Retained X1Law prior to the effective date of the settlement. Client received high 6 figure confidential award, 2019

Verdicts/Settlements

• MVA - 1 client with 2 car accidents three months apart, the same injuries. $550,000.00 +, 2021
• Traumatic Brain injury - $2,000,000.00 +, 2020
• Traumatic Brain Injury - $3,000,000.00 +, 2020
• Plaintiff was a passenger in the rear seat of a Range Rover. The Range Rover was rear ended with minimal property damage, client suffered rotator cuff tear, herniated disc requiring injections. Surgical repair of rotator cuff. Settlement of $170,000.00., 2018
• The client was rear ended on I4 in Orlando. The car that struck my client did not have insurance, so we pursued her own insurance. After 24 months at an examination under oath and after filing an insurance department notice of violation of statutes. We reached a confidential settlement in the amount of $100,000.00., 2017
• Slip & Fall - 6 level fusion - $2,025,000.00 Settlement, 2016
• Hotly contested action. Commenced in 2014. After years and years of litigation finally Justice for the injured party., 2016
• Plaintiff driving his vehicle when he was rear ended by a large high end vehicle. Plaintiff took a conservative plan of care and eventually needed a 2 level lumbar fusion to correct traumatically induced herniated discs. The carrier refused to tender and suit was immediately filed then after numerous depositions and medical evaluations, Patrick J. Tighe convinced the carrier to protect its insured, the defendant and to spare him the possibility of an excess verdict and reached a settlement in excess of $600,000.00, 2015
• Plaintiff was a passenger in the at fault vehicle. The driver is legally deaf and was facing the passenger attempting to read her lips to communicate when driver rear ended a commercial van in front of their car. Plaintiff took a conservative plan of care and eventually needed a 2 level lumbar fusion to correct traumatically induced herniated discs. The carrier refused to tender its inadequate bodily injury limits. Patrick J. Tighe convinced the carrier the errors of its ways and secured an excess settlement of $500,000.00 over the policy limits, 2014

Educational Background

• Villanova University, B.A., 1992

Industry Groups

• American Bar Association
• Florida Justice Association
• Palm Beach County Justice Association
• Southern Trial Lawyers Association