Top 10 Verdicts in the United States in 2015
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in the United States 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: | $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 |