Top 50 Verdicts in the United States in 2015
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $844,566,000 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. McKee of The McKee Law Group, LLC; David W. Brill of Brill & Rinaldi, The Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Blaikie v. Auto America Automotive Corp. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $655,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Carmela T. Romeo, Kent A. Yalowitz, Lucy S. McMillan, Philip W. Horton, Tal R. Machnes of Arnold & Porter LLP; Rachel Weiser of Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center |
| Case: | Sokolow v. Palestine Liberation Organization |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Assault and Battery |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $532,900,000 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley W. Caldwell, J. Austin Curry of Caldwell Cassady & Curry |
| Case: | Smartflash LLC v. Apple Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $491,050,000 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Reilly, Larry Pozner of Reilly Pozner LLP |
| Case: | Jo Ann Howard and Associates P.C. v. Cassity |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $234,932,782 |
| Attorneys: | Audrey Hadlock, Dan Jackson, Daniel Purcell, John W. Keker, Nicholas Goldberg, Warren Braunig of Keker & Van Nest LLP; Chris Frahm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP |
| Case: | San Diego County Water Authority v. Metropolitan Water District |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $234,277,669 |
| Attorneys: | Gary Frischling, Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella LLP |
| Case: | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. Apple Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $197,793,098 |
| Attorneys: | Philip Werner, Scott Raynes of Werner Ayers, LLP |
| Case: | Martin v. Andrews Kurth LLP |
| Type: | Legal Malpractice |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $165,533,000 |
| Attorneys: | James Scherr, Sam J. Legate of Scherr Legate |
| Case: | Morga v. FedEx Ground Package System Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $159,157,611 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew Dao, Tony Buzbee of The Buzbee Law Firm |
| Case: | Cuevas v. Certified Safety Specialists Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Safety |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $150,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | James E. Butler, Jr. of Butler Wooten Cheeley & Peak LLP; Jeb Butler of Butler & Tobin |
| Case: | Walden v. Chrysler Group LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $139,800,000 |
| Attorneys: | Frank Scherkenbach, Michael R. Headley of Fish & Richardson |
| Case: | Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $125,800,000 |
| Attorneys: | Kimberly A. Brown of Jones Day |
| Case: | Savor v. M/A-Com Tech Holdings |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $122,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Robert M. Cearley, Jr. of Cearley Law Firm, P.A. |
| Case: | Pierce v. Mann |
| Type: | Conspiracy |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $118,222,000 |
| Attorneys: | Leo R. Beus, Scot C. Stirling of Beus Gilbert PLLC |
| Case: | Buchwald v. Renco Group Inc. |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $100,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Breanne Vandermeer Cope, Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Fred Thompson, III, Hayleigh T. Stewart Santra, Jonathan D. Orent of Motley Rice LLC; Philip T. Edwards of Murphy & Landon |
| Case: | Deborah A. Barba v. John C. Carlson, D.O., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $95,971,644 |
| Attorneys: | Susan M. Karten of Susan M. Karten & Associates; Michael G. O'Neill of Law Office of Michael G. O'Neill; Bernadette Panzella of Bernadette Panzella, PC |
| Case: | Estate of Ramadan Kurtaj and Donald Leo v. James Lomma |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Negligence |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $93,807,651 |
| Attorneys: | Frank L. Branson of Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, P.C.; Michael K. Hurst of Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank, LLP |
| Case: | Tiburon Land and Cattle LP v. Taylor |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $88,856,662 |
| Attorneys: | Jamil N. Alibhai, Michael A. McCabe of Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP |
| Case: | Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. v. Intersil Corp. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $82,510,549 |
| Attorneys: | Carlos H. Marin, Joshua C. Dickenson of Spencer Fane LLP |
| Case: | Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC v. Mejia |
| Type: | Malicious Prosecution |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $79,823,557 |
| Attorneys: | Nina Shapirshteyn, Richard Alexander of Alexander Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Kuhlmann v. Johnson & Johnson |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $79,129,905 |
| Attorneys: | Pressly M. Millen, Raymond M. Bennett of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLC |
| Case: | SAS Institute Inc. v. World Programming Limited |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $79,014,140 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald J. Waicukauski of Price Waicukauski Joven & Catlin, LLC; Kathleen C. Kauffman of Ackerson Kauffman Fex |
| Case: | Barfield v. Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative |
| Type: | Easement Abuse |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $77,866,034 |
| Attorneys: | James F. Bennett of Dowd Bennett LLP; Paul G. Lane of Dowd & Dowd, P.C. |
| Case: | Morriss v. Wells Fargo Bank NA |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $74,600,000 |
| Attorneys: | Michael P. Foradas, Reed S. Oslan of Kirkland & Ellis |
| Case: | Miller UK Ltd. v. Caterpillar, Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $72,960,000 |
| Attorneys: | E. Michael Moran, Peter A. Law of Law & Moran, Attorneys at Law |
| Case: | Wells v. Aslan Commons LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $72,691,279 |
| Attorneys: | Alan Cleveland, Kevin Adamson of Adamson & Cleveland, LLC |
| Case: | Ingram v. Vaughn |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dog Bite |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $67,470,000 |
| Attorneys: | J. Thomas Rhodes, III, of Tom Rhodes Law Firm, P.C.; Thomas Henry of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Arnold v. Weatherford US L.P. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $64,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | C. Steven Yerrid, David D. Dickey of The Yerrid Law Firm, |
| Case: | Matthews v. Semco Construction |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Safety |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $60,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Ramon A. Rasco of Podhurst Orseck, LLP |
| Case: | Crowe v. Spectators3 LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dram Shop Liability |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $58,650,000 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Homampour, Corey Arzoumanian of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC |
| Case: | Shinedling v. Sunbeam Products Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $58,431,076 |
| Attorneys: | Omar Ortega, Rey Dorta of Dorta & Ortega, |
| Case: | Caribevision Holdings Inc. v. Romay |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $55,333,581 |
| Attorneys: | Colin T. Kemp, Joseph D. Jean of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP |
| Case: | Victaulic Co. v. American Home Assurance Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $54,074,815 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew G. McAndrews, Raymond P. Niro, Jr., of Niro McAndrews, LLC |
| Case: | Black & Decker Corp. v. Positec USA Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $53,508,288 |
| Attorneys: | Alice F. Paylor, James Atkinson Bruorton, IV, of Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, LLC; Charles H. Williams II, John P. Freeman of Williams & Williams |
| Case: | Kirk Foutz, et al. v. ArborGen, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $52,606,017 |
| Attorneys: | Randy B. Nassau of The Fitzgerald Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Correa v. Jarrahy |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $52,183,023 |
| Attorneys: | Don McKeever, Margalie Fenelus Reyes of McKeever Law Firm |
| Case: | St. Jacques v. Sammy’s Investments Orlando LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $50,027,000 |
| Attorneys: | Karen L. Dunn, William Isaacson of Boies, Schiller & Flexner |
| Case: | Oracle USA Inc. v. Rimini Street Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $50,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan L. Bangert, Scott D. Powers of Baker Botts LLP |
| Case: | Janvey v. Maldonado |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $47,010,000 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Leader of The Leader Law Firm; Christopher J. Zachar of Zachar Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Humphrey v. State of Arizona |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $46,532,600 |
| Attorneys: | Dominic C. Guerrini, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Shanin Specter of Kline & Specter, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Wilson v. U.S. Security Associates Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Assault and Battery; Workplace Negligence |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $46,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Alex Alvarez of The Alvarez Law Firm; Gary Paige of Gordon & Doner |
| Case: | Ryan v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 42 | |
| 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 |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel S. Bullard of Walker, Bullard & Boone, |
| Case: | Estate of Dixon v. Dixon |
| Type: | Wrongful Death |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $44,658,560 |
| Attorneys: | F. Eric Fryar of Fryar Law Firm, P.C.; Samuel Goldman of Samuel Goldman & Associates |
| Case: | Schermerhorn v. CenturyTel Inc. |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $43,943,006 |
| Attorneys: | Kurt B. Arnold of Arnold & Itkin, LLP; Charles L. Clay, Jr., of Chuck Clay & Associates, LLC |
| Case: | Lee v. Berkel & Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Negligence |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $43,806,363 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory C. Scaglione of Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O. |
| Case: | ACI Worldwide Corp. v. BHMI Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $42,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Ian C. Eisner, Neal R. Marder of Winston & Strawn, LLP |
| Case: | MJC America Ltd. v. Gree Electric Appliances Inc. |
| Type: | Tortious Interference |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $41,104,000 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan S. Pigg, Tony Buzbee of The Buzbee Law Firm |
| Case: | Flores v. L.W. Matteson Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Workplace Safety |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Keith J. Bruno of Bruno | Nalu; Nicholas C. Rowley of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | Jordan v. T.G.I. Friday’s |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dram Shop Liability |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Derek Moore, Raymond Bishop of Bishop Legal |
| Case: | Afoa v. Port of Seattle |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Safety |