A Palm Beach County jury awarded $5,100,778 in damages involving a Jupiter 12-year-old who suffered catastrophic injuries after an e-bike crash in 2024. Northland Investment Corp., which owns and operates Floresta Apartment Community in Jupiter, was found negligent on June 26 and held responsible for 40% of the damages from the crash. The jury assigned comparative fault of 20% to the minor plaintiff, Ryan Gural, and 40% to his mother, Diana Gural. The driver of the car initially was sued but she was dropped as a defendant. This meant a total recovery for the plaintiffs is in excess of $2 million. The family, who was represented by Morgan & Morgan attorneys Scott Henratty, Byron Jackson, Thomas Jerla, and Julian Catala, rejected the defendant’s pre-trial settlement offer of $100,000. The defense was represented by Jack Reiter of GrayRobinson and Lisa House of Freeman Mathis and Gary. The case was heard before Circuit Judge Carolyn Bell. On March 29, 2024, the boy, who is listed as R.N.G. in court documents, was riding his e-bike when he collided with a vehicle exiting the Floresta Apartment Community in Jupiter at 400 Via Royale, which is off Military Trail and Indian Creek Parkway. He suffered a fractured jaw, multiple facial fractures, brain swelling, hearing loss and a fractured wrist. Gural entered a plea of no contest for riding on a sidewalk in a bicycle path with adjudication withheld. He was hospitalized for a week and underwent extensive medical treatment, including jaw surgery, facial reconstruction and wrist surgery. He will continue to live with permanent hearing impairment and facial scarring, the law firm said. “The defense tried to make this case about a child’s decisions instead of their own negligence,” Morgan & Morgan founder John Morgan and attorney Scott Henratty said in a news release. “The jury saw through those arguments and recognized the truth that this horrific crash could have been prevented had the property been properly maintained. While no verdict can undo what our client has endured, this result provides the resources he will need to manage the lifelong consequences of these injuries.” Morgan & Morgan attorneys argued that dangerously overgrown landscaping at the Floresta Apartment Community obstructed the driver’s view, creating an unsafe condition that directly contributed to the crash. The award included damages for the teen’s past and future medical expenses, pain and suffering, and the permanent injuries he will carry for the rest of his life. Because the defendants’ Proposal for Settlement had expired, the teenager is also entitled to recover his attorneys’ fees and costs from the Floresta Apartment Community. Middle schooler Rico Roundtree was killed in an e-bike crash in Jupiter in March 2025. “We’re just seeing that, mainly kids, middle school kids on e-bikes, just weren’t following the rules of the road,” Jupiter police Chief Michael Barbera said after that crash. “They’re going into intersections, not stopping. They’re running stop signs. They’re going, they’re not yielding to pedestrians on sidewalks. So this became a concern.”
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. —
A Palm Beach County jury awarded $5,100,778 in damages involving a Jupiter 12-year-old who suffered catastrophic injuries after an e-bike crash in 2024.
Northland Investment Corp., which owns and operates Floresta Apartment Community in Jupiter, was found negligent on June 26 and held responsible for 40% of the damages from the crash. The jury assigned comparative fault of 20% to the minor plaintiff, Ryan Gural, and 40% to his mother, Diana Gural. The driver of the car initially was sued but she was dropped as a defendant.
This meant a total recovery for the plaintiffs is in excess of $2 million.
The family, who was represented by Morgan & Morgan attorneys Scott Henratty, Byron Jackson, Thomas Jerla, and Julian Catala, rejected the defendant’s pre-trial settlement offer of $100,000.
The defense was represented by Jack Reiter of GrayRobinson and Lisa House of Freeman Mathis and Gary.
The case was heard before Circuit Judge Carolyn Bell.
On March 29, 2024, the boy, who is listed as R.N.G. in court documents, was riding his e-bike when he collided with a vehicle exiting the Floresta Apartment Community in Jupiter at 400 Via Royale, which is off Military Trail and Indian Creek Parkway.
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Site of Floresta Apartment Community in Jupiter.
He suffered a fractured jaw, multiple facial fractures, brain swelling, hearing loss and a fractured wrist.
Gural entered a plea of no contest for riding on a sidewalk in a bicycle path with adjudication withheld.
He was hospitalized for a week and underwent extensive medical treatment, including jaw surgery, facial reconstruction and wrist surgery. He will continue to live with permanent hearing impairment and facial scarring, the law firm said.
“The defense tried to make this case about a child’s decisions instead of their own negligence,” Morgan & Morgan founder John Morgan and attorney Scott Henratty said in a news release. “The jury saw through those arguments and recognized the truth that this horrific crash could have been prevented had the property been properly maintained. While no verdict can undo what our client has endured, this result provides the resources he will need to manage the lifelong consequences of these injuries.”
Morgan & Morgan attorneys argued that dangerously overgrown landscaping at the Floresta Apartment Community obstructed the driver’s view, creating an unsafe condition that directly contributed to the crash.
The award included damages for the teen’s past and future medical expenses, pain and suffering, and the permanent injuries he will carry for the rest of his life.
Because the defendants’ Proposal for Settlement had expired, the teenager is also entitled to recover his attorneys’ fees and costs from the Floresta Apartment Community.
Middle schooler Rico Roundtree was killed in an e-bike crash in Jupiter in March 2025.
“We’re just seeing that, mainly kids, middle school kids on e-bikes, just weren’t following the rules of the road,” Jupiter police Chief Michael Barbera said after that crash. “They’re going into intersections, not stopping. They’re running stop signs. They’re going, they’re not yielding to pedestrians on sidewalks. So this became a concern.”