Top 30 Verdicts in New York in 2015

Top 30 Verdicts in New York in 2015We are pleased to present to you the list of top 30 plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in New York in the year 2015. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.

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1
Amount: $655,500,000
Attorneys: Carmela T. Romeo, Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter LLP; Rachel Weiser of Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center
Case: Sokolow v. Palestine Liberation Organization
Type: Personal Injury; Assault and Battery
2
Amount: $118,222,000
Attorneys: Leo R. Beus, Scot C. Stirling of Beus Gilbert PLLC
Case: Buchwald v. Renco Group Inc.
Type: Fraud
3
Amount: $95,971,644
Attorneys: Susan M. Karten of Susan M. Karten & Associates; Michael O'Neill of Law Office of Michael O'Neill; Bernadette Panzella of Bernadette Panzella, PC
Case: Estate of Ramadan Kurtaj and Donald Leo v. James Lomma
Type: Personal Injury; Workplace Negligence
4
Amount: $52,606,017
Attorneys: Randy B. Nassau of The Fitzgerald Law Firm, P.C.
Case: Correa v. Jarrahy
Type: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice
5
Amount: $45,625,000
Attorneys: Evan Torgan of Torgan Cooper + Aaron
Case: Estate of Beloyianis v. The New York Presbyterian Hospital
Type: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice
6
Amount: $28,205,372
Attorneys: Robert J. Genis of Raskin & Kremins, LLP
Case: Lee v. City of New York
Type: Personal Injury; Car Accident
7
Amount: $25,370,000
Attorneys: James McCrorie of Law Offices of James J. McCrorie; Kenneth Sacks of Sacks and Sacks LLP
Case: Dowdell v. 4545 Eastcoast LLC
Type: Personal Injury; Workplace Safety
8
Amount: $25,200,000
Attorneys: David M. Godosky of Godosky & Gentile, P.C.
Case: Sims v. City of NY
Type: Personal Injury; Excessive Force
9
Amount: $25,000,000
Attorneys: Douglas D. Von Oiste of Karst & von Oiste, LLP
Case: Miller v. BMW of North America, LLC
Type: Personal Injury; Product Liability
10
Amount: $18,000,004
Attorneys: David S. Ratner, Martha McBrayer of Morelli Law Firm
Case: Bouveng v. NYG Capital LLC
Type: Defamation
11
Amount: $16,000,000
Attorneys: Leigh D. Eskenasi, Neal B. Forman of Law Offices of Louis Grandelli, PC
Case: Espinal v. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Type: Personal Injury; Car Accident
12
Amount: $14,768,000
Attorneys: Stuart L. Finz, Todd M. Rubin of Finz and Finz, P.C.
Case: Humareda v. 500A East 87th Street, LLC
Type: Personal Injury; Workplace Safety
13
Amount: $10,600,000
Attorneys: Neva Hoffmaier of Hoffmaier & Hoffmaier, P.C.
Case: Vargas v. Peter Scalamandre & Sons Inc.
Type: Personal Injury; Business Liability
14
Amount: $10,550,000
Attorneys: Arthur Prystowsky, Donald P. Blydenburgh of Levy Konigsberg LLP
Case: Chisholm v. R.T.Vanderbilt Co.Inc.
Type: Personal Injury; Asbestos Exposure
15
Amount: $9,444,000
Attorneys: Ted M. Rosenberg of Rosenberg & Gluck, LLP
Case: Simon v. Granite Building 2 LLC
Type: Wrongful Death; Business Liability
16
Amount: $9,000,000
Attorneys: Theodore A. Naima of Law Offices of Theodore A. Naima, PC
Case: Ramos v. Bartis
Type: Personal Injury; Car Accident
17
Amount: $8,350,000
Attorneys: William Schwitzer of William Schwitzer & Associates, PC
Case: Karabaza v. Manhattan Beach Estates Associates LLC
Type: Personal Injury; Premises Liability
18
Amount: $7,250,000
Attorneys: Thomas H. Burton of Thomas H. Burton
Case: Lombardo v. County of Niagara
Type: Personal Injury; Workplace Negligence
19
Amount: $7,049,248
Attorneys: Anthony J. Laduca of LaDuca Law Firm, LLP; Norman A Palmiere of The Palmiere Law Firm
Case: Estate of Brown v. State of New York
Type: Wrongful Death
20
Amount: $7,000,000
Attorneys: Brendan J. Tully, James M. Kramer of Levy Konigsberg LLP
Case: Robusto v. Charles B. Chrystal Co. Inc.
Type: Personal Injury; Asbestos Exposure
21
Amount: $6,500,000
Attorneys: James Wilkens of Duffy & Duffy, PLLC
Case: Sadiku v. Hederman
Type: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice
22
Amount: $6,181,000
Attorneys: Scott A. Lucas of Law Offices of Scott A. Lucas; Steven M Sack of The Law Offices of Steven Mitchell Sack
Case: Santana v. G.E.B.Medical Management Inc.
Type: Negligence in Employment
23
Amount: $5,700,000
Attorneys: Vito A. Cannavo of Sullivan Papain Block Mcgrath & Cannavo P.C.
Case: Brenner v. Mosholu Preservation Corp
Type: Personal Injury; Premises Liability
24
Amount: $5,604,691
Attorneys: Keith R. Vona, Michael A. Ponterio of Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC
Case: Muir v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp.
Type: Personal Injury; Asbestos Exposure
25
Amount: $5,599,328
Attorneys: Adam Deutsch of Morelli Law Firm
Case: Ma v. J. Harvest, LLC
Type: Personal Injury; Construction Accident
26
Amount: $5,524,716
Attorneys: James McCrorie, Kevin G. Lillis of Law Offices of James J. McCrorie
Case: Kennedy v. New York City School Construction Authority
Type: Personal Injury; Construction Accident
27
Amount: $5,483,733
Attorneys: Scott A. Steinberg of Greenberg & Stein, P.C.
Case: Espinal v. New York City Health Hospitals Corp.
Type: Personal Injury; Workplace Negligence
28
Amount: $5,160,000
Attorneys: Mariangela Chiaravalloti of Freidman, Friedman, Chiaravalloti & Giannini
Case: Reynoso v. Bovis Lend Lease LMB Inc.
Type: Personal Injury; Construction Accident
29
Amount: $5,140,173
Attorneys: James McCrorie, Kevin G. Lillis of Law Offices of James J. McCrorie
Case: Scudato v. AJS Construction & Renovation Inc.
Type: Personal Injury; Construction Accident
30
Amount: $4,974,520
Attorneys: Blake Goldfarb, Seth A. Harris of Burns & Harris
Case: Bisram v. Long Island Jewish Hospital
Type: Personal Injury; Construction Accident
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