Top 30 Verdicts in New York in 2015
We 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 |