Top 50 Verdicts in the United States in 2016
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $3,014,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey T. Thomas, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Samuel G. Liversidge of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Mark E. Ferguson, Philip S. Beck, Sean W. Gallagher of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP |
| Case: | Hewlett-Packard Company v. Oracle Corporation |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $2,640,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elizabeth Govaerts, Vince Powers of Powers Law |
| Case: | Estate of Thomas v. State of Nebraska |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Rape; Murder |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $2,540,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Calvin P. Griffith, Stephanie E. Parker of Jones Day |
| Case: | Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Gilead Sciences Inc. |
| Type: | Patent Infringement |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $1,041,361,648.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Mark Lanier of The Lanier Law Firm; Richard J. Arsenault of Neblett, Beard & Arsenault; Jayne Conroy of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC; Khaldoun A. Baghdadi of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger |
| Case: | Andrews., et al. v. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Misrepresentation; Product Liability |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $940,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nick G. Saros, Rick Richmond of Jenner & Block LLP |
| Case: | Epic Systems Corp. v. Tata Consultancy Services Limited |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $775,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Calhoon, R. Stan Mortenson, Evan J. Werbel, Julie B. Rubenstein, Macey Reasoner Stokes, Richard P. Sobiecki of Baker Botts LLP |
| Case: | Liberty Media Corp., et al. v. Vivendi Universal S.A., et al. |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $625,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert M. Parker, R. Christopher Bunt, Charles L. Ainsworth of Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C.; T. John Ward, Jr., Claire Abernathy Henry of Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC; Bradley W. Caldwell, J. Austin Curry, Jason D. Cassady, Justin T. Nemunaitis of Caldwell Cassady & Curry |
| Case: | Virnetx Inc., et al. v. Apple Inc. |
| Type: | Patent Infringement |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $504,802,368.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas W. Cope of Cope, Zebro & Crawford, P.L. |
| Case: | Estate of Rotell v. Gaime, Hillsborough Co. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Murder |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $502,043,908.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Mark Lanier of The Lanier Law Firm; Ernest H. Cannon of Ernest Cannon & Associates; Larry P. Boyd, Wayne Fisher, Justin Presnal of Fisher, Boyd, Johnson & Huguenard LLP; Richard J. Arsenault of Neblett Beard & Arsenault; Jayne Conroy of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC |
| Case: | Aoki v. Depuy Orthopaedics Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Misrepresentation; Product Liability |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $302,427,950.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley W. Caldwell, J. Austin Curry of Caldwell Cassady & Curry |
| Case: | VirnetX Inc. v. Cisco Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Patent Infringement |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $200,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John M. Farrell, Jonathan E. Singer, Juanita R. Brooks of Fish & Richardson PC |
| Case: | Gilead Sciences Inc. v. Merck & Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $183,261,737.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vito A. Cannavo of Sullivan Papain Block Mcgrath & Cannavo P.C. |
| Case: | Stolowski, et al. v. 234 E 178th St LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Premises Liability; Workplace Safety |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $168,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Angela Sierra, Jacqueline Dale, James F. Zahradka, II, Kamala D. Harris, Maria Ellinikos, Michael L. Newman of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | State of California v. California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles |
| Type: | Qui Tam; Fraud |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $146,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chrysta Castaneda of The Castaneda Firm; Michael P. Lynn of Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst, LLP |
| Case: | Mesa Petroleum Partners LP vs. Baytech LLP, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $142,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Crain of Crain Lewis Brogdon, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Lytle v. Hat Ballou Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Day-Care Center; Negligent Supervision |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $140,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth G. Turkel, Shane B. Vogt, Christina R. Ramirez of Bajo Cuva Cohen & Turkel PA; Charles J. Harder, Jennifer J. McGrath, Douglas E. Mirell, Sarah E. Luppen of Harder Mirell & Abrams LLP |
| Case: | Terry Bollea v. Gawker Media |
| Type: | Invasion of Privacy; Media |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $125,168,202.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Diana S. Diskin of Law Offices of Gary A. Dordick; Mark K. Flores of Crane Flores LLP |
| Case: | Briones v. Zink |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $124,496,994.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey G. Wigington, Joseph M. Dunn, R. Reagan Sahadi of Wigington Rumley Dunn & Blair, LLP; Fidel Rodriguez, Jr., Manuel C. Maltos of Law Offices of Fidel Rodriguez, Jr.; Daniel V. Pozza of Pozza & Whyte, PLLC |
| Case: | Rivera v. Volkswagen, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Defective Design; Product Liability |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $120,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony C. Valiulis, David A. Eisenberg, Melinda J. Morales of Much Shelist, PC; Michael I. Kanovitz, Scott R. Rauscher of Loevy & Loevy |
| Case: | County of Cook v. AIG, et al. |
| Type: | Insurance; Breach of Contract |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $108,913,521.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gilbert S. Keteltas, Robert G. Abrams of BakerHostetler LLP; Edward H. Tricker of Woods & Aitken LLP |
| Case: | Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. v. ConAgra Foods Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Indemnification |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $77,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jamil N. Alibhai, Kelly P. Chen, Robert D. McCutcheon, William A. Munck, Jessica L. Spaniol, Jordan C. Strauss of Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP |
| Case: | Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. v. Intersil Corp. |
| Type: | Patent Infringement |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $72,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jere L. Beasley of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.; Allen Smith of The Smith Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Hogans v. Johnson & Johnson |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Product Liability |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $70,075,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ted G. Meadows of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.; Allen Smith of The Smith Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Hogans v. Johnson & Johnson |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Product Liability |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $70,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason A. Itkin, Cesar Tavares of Arnold & Itkin, LLP; Thomas R Kline, Christopher A. Gomez, Kristen Loerch Sipala of Kline & Specter, P.C.; Brian J. McCormick Jr., Stephen A. Sheller of Sheller, PC |
| Case: | A.Y., Pro Ami v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Failure to Warn; Pharmacy Malpractice |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $70,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christy G. Lea, Hans L. Mayer, John B. Sganga, Jr., John W. Holcomb, Joshua Stowell, Mark A. Speegle of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear; Randall T. Weeks, Jr. of Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP; Robert J. Kaler of Holland & Knight LLP |
| Case: | CardiAQ Valve Technologies v. Neovasc Inc. |
| Type: | Deceptive Trade Practices |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $61,587,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daryoosh Khashayar of Khashayar Law Group; Kambiz Adibzadeh of Adibzadeh Law Firm; Deborah A. Wolfe of Wolfe Legal Group P.C. |
| Case: | Asbaghi v. Nydegger |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Legal Malpractice |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $58,289,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Semelsberger, James C. Allen, Jessica S. Taylor of Allen Semelsberger & Kaelin, LLP |
| Case: | Miguel Aranda, et al. v. Terrace View Partners, LP, et al. |
| Type: | Property Rights |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $55,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ted G. Meadows of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.; Allen Smith of The Smith Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Hogans v. Johnson & Johnson |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $55,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Scott H. Carr of Greene Broillet & Wheeler; Randall L. Kinnard of Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge |
| Case: | Andrews v. West End Hotel Partners, et al. |
| Type: | Invasion of Privacy; Inadequate Security; Premises Liability |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $54,938,864.58 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel M. Kopfman, Lawrence M. Artenian of Wagner, Jones, Kopfman & Artenian LLP |
| Case: | Bryan v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Disability Discrimination |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $54,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tony Buzbee of The Buzbee Law Firm |
| Case: | Ortega v. Ruvalcaba |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $53,852,558.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason A. Gibson, Casey L. Jordan of The Gibson Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Garcia v. Manhattan Vaughn JVP |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Construction Accident; Workplace Safety |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $53,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas J. Raymond, Jack M. Beam, Matthew M. Patterson of Beam & Raymond; Geoffrey N. Fieger of Fieger Law PC |
| Case: | I.E. v. University of Chicago Med. Ctr. |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Delayed Childbirth Delivery; Hospital Malpractice |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $52,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James L. Gilbert, Anne M. Dieruf, Anthony P. Bolson of The Gilbert Law Group; Thomas Metier, Phillip B. Chupik of Metier Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Brockman v. Takata Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Product Liability |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $51,448,174.77 |
| Attorneys: | Caleb H. Didriksen of Didriksen, Saucier, Woods & Pichon, PLC; Tony M. Clayton of Clayton, Fruge & Ward Law |
| Case: | Marable v. Empire Truck Sales of Louisiana LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $50,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward J. Sanocki, Maria K. Morano of Sanocki, Newman & Turret, LLP |
| Case: | Cruz v. St. Barnabas Hospital et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $46,693,640.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas S. Boebel of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP; Aaron A. Myers of Kutak Rock LLP |
| Case: | Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $46,475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven J. Kherkher of Williams Kherkher Hart Boundas, LLP; Allen M. Stewart of Allen Stewart, P.C. |
| Case: | Walker v. Monsanto Chemical Co. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Product Liability |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $46,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Henry Y. Pan, Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Scot D. Wilson of Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. |
| Case: | Solorio v. Nissan of Fontana Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $45,357,142.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Kim, John C. Carpenter, Sark Ohanian of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Michael H. Silvers of Michael H. Silvers, A Law Corporation; Carl E. Douglas of Douglas / Hicks Law, APC |
| Case: | Estate of Fernandez v. Jimenez et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $45,125,008.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ram Fletcher of Bohn & Fletcher LLP |
| Case: | Achilli v. Garcia, Santa Clara Co. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Murder |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $44,446,482.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark W. Poe, Randolph Gaw, Samuel S. Song, Victor Meng of Gaw Poe LLP |
| Case: | Trendsettah USA Inc. vs. Swisher International |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $44,105,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael H. Feldman of Berman Sobin Gross Feldman & Darby LLP; Sidney Schupak of The Law Offices of Sidney Schupak, LLC |
| Case: | Hotchkiss v. Ng-Wagner |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $44,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Ross, Iddo Harel of Ross Feller Casey |
| Case: | Tate v. Hospial of University of PA, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Delayed Treatment; Medical Malpractice |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $43,742,400.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan M. Shapey of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC |
| Case: | Tirpack v. 125 North 10 LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $43,214,515.83 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey L. Harrison, William R.H. Merrill, Ashley L. McMillian, Abigail C. Noebels of Susman Godfrey |
| Case: | Apache Deepwater LLC v. W&T Offshore, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $41,956,474.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas D. Roebig, Jr., Wilfried H. Florin, Shaun M. Cummings of Florin Roebig; Frank Miller of Caglia & Miller |
| Case: | Osmond vs. Applebee's, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Dram Shop Liability |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $41,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew K. Wegner, Stephen M. McNamara, William J. Brown, Jr., Yuanjun L. Li of Brown Wegner McNamara LLP |
| Case: | Nuvasive Inc. vs. Madsen Medical Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $40,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael F. Pezzulli of Holmes Firm PC; Douglas D. Mulder of Douglas D. Mulder Inc. |
| Case: | M.E. v. Arreola |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Assault and Battery |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $40,407,446.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Smith of K&L Gates LLP; John F.Olsen of The Law Office of John F. Olsen |
| Case: | NuWave Investment v. First Advantage Litigation Consulting LLC |
| Type: | Defamation |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $40,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brent M. Reitman, Walter G. Campbell, Jr. of Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman |
| Case: | Mais v. Cumberbatch |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Stabbing; Premises Liability |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kristy S. Davies, Stephen G. Lowry of Harris Penn Lowry |
| Case: | Jenkins v. Lambert |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |