Top 50 Verdicts in Colorado in 2016
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| 1 | |
| 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 |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $8,155,074.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garrett A. Walker, J. Kevin Bridston, Timothy W. Gordon of Holland & Hart LLP |
| Case: | Rockford Corp. v. Markwest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $6,066,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel L. Moffett, George A. Lever Rosbrook, Kirt S. O'Neill, Christopher M. Mikson, Mark J. Botti, Mollie McGowan Lemberg of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Jon F. Sands of Sweetbaum Sands Anderson PC |
| Case: | XY LLC v. Trans Ova Genetics LC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Patent Infringement |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $3,906,336.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy A. Sitcoff of Levin Rosenberg PC. |
| Case: | Kerns v. Huntley |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $3,875,722.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lorraine E. Parker and Daniel A. Lipman of Parker Lipman LLP; Matthew R. Laird and Isobel S. Thomas of Thomas Keel & Laird LLC; Sean B. Leventhal of Leventhal Sar LLC |
| Case: | Koziel v. Sollender, MD |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Surgery; Medical Malpractice |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter W. Burg, Reeves D. Whalen, Steven G. Greenlee of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C. |
| Case: | Rogers, et al. v. The Hertz Corp. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $1,848,795.57 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Furtado, Rodney J. Monheit of Furtado Law P.C. |
| Case: | Bell Advisors v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Property Damage; Breach of Contract; Premises Liability |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $1,538,738.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marco F. Bendinelli, Julian M. Bendinelli, Hugh S. O’Sullivan of Bendinelli Law Firm, P.C |
| Case: | Scholle v. Delta Airlines |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Work Accident |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James M. Leventhal, Hollynd Hoskins, David P. Mason, Erin C. Genullis of Leventhal & Puga, P.C. |
| Case: | Danko v. Conyers M.D. |
| Type: | Delayed Treatment; Medical Malpractice |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David G. McConkie, Hans C. Tuft of Torbet, Tuft & McConkie, LLC |
| Case: | Chiddix Excavating Inc. v. Colo. Springs Utils. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation; Fifth Amendment Takings |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chad P. Hemmat, Ethan A. McQuinn, Jason G. Alleman of Anderson, Hemmat & McQuinn L.L.C. |
| Case: | Brown v. Hall |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $1,280,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marco F. Bendinelli, Joseph A. Sirchio, Hugh S. O’Sullivan, Cameron L. Curry of Bendinelli Law Firm, P.C |
| Case: | Claycomb v. Fox |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,670.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott R. Larson of Scott R. Larson P.C. |
| Case: | Leistikow v. Jones |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Bicycle Accident |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $865,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Remington W. Fang of The Fang Law Firm |
| Case: | Paulo Cruz v. Lawrence Newbold, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Bicycle Accident |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $827,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chad P. Hemmat, Ethan A. McQuinn, Jason G. Alleman of Anderson, Hemmat & McQuinn L.L.C. |
| Case: | Mills v. Kindvall, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $804,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory A. Gold, Pamela B. Maass, Sommer D. Luther of Gold Law Firm, LLC; Michael A. Sink, Robert N. Miller of Perkins Coie LLP |
| Case: | Yokomichi v. American Furniture Warehouse CO. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Slip and Fall; Premises Liability |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $761,817.00 |
| Attorneys: | James G. Hackbert, Jennifer L. Keel, Nelson P. Boyle of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C. |
| Case: | Jones v. Miller MD, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Anesthesia; Medical Malpractice |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $661,216.00 |
| Attorneys: | David G. McConkie, John R. Torbet, Hans C. Tuft of Torbet, Tuft & McConkie, LLC |
| Case: | Garcia v. Schlipf, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Failure to Warn; Workplace Safety |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $620,200.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean M. Dormer of Dormer Law, LLC; Lain A. Lawrence of Lawrence Law Firm |
| Case: | Milam v. Fry |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $580,826.00 |
| Attorneys: | Valissa A. Tsoucaris of Tsoucaris Law, LLC |
| Case: | Kaufman's Men's Wear v. Doan, et al. |
| Type: | Theft; Fraud & Misrepresentation; Unjust Enrichment |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $553,272.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jake C. Eisenstein, Benjamin T. Norton of Fisher & Associates P.C. |
| Case: | Chattuck V. Patel |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $544,784.00 |
| Attorneys: | Harry Griff of Griff, Larson, Laiche & Wright |
| Case: | Morris v. Geovic Mining Corp. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Unpaid Wages |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $531,264.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew R. Groves of Groves Law, LLC |
| Case: | 3939 Williams Building Corp. v. Nguyen, et al. |
| Type: | Property Damage; Breach of Contract; Construction |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc Harden, Wyatt M. Cox, Ashley P. Fetyko of Zaner Harden Law LLP |
| Case: | Rahe v. American Family Mut. INS. CO. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Underinsured Motorist |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna L. Burr of Law Office of Anna L. Burr, LLC |
| Case: | Calahatian v. Lindsay, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $462,822.00 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Dansky, Daniel S. Foster of Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP |
| Case: | Ham v. Schwarz, MD, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Surgery; Medical Malpractice |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $427,850.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Abrams of Abrams and Associates LLC |
| Case: | Carmichael v. Solera National Bank, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Workplace Negligence |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $398,707.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrea Ahn, Scott P. Sinor of Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Case: | Dorsey & Whitney v. RegScan |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $391,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David E. McDivitt, Edward Lomena of McDivitt Law Firm P.C |
| Case: | Jackson v. Scott |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $367,801.00 |
| Attorneys: | David W. Edgar, John M. Edgar, Matthew J. Limoli of Edgar Law Firm LLC |
| Case: | Nanda v. Phillips 66 Co. |
| Type: | Property Damage; Breach of Contract; Misrepresentation |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David L. Worstell of Worstell & Associates |
| Case: | Christensen v. Manhattan West Condominium Association |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Slip and Fall; Premises Liability |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $348,672.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason T. Sandene of Bell & Pollock, PC |
| Case: | Leamon v. Lay, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $318,700.00 |
| Attorneys: | Phillip B. Chupik, Phillip E. Stackhouse of Metier Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Wiegand v. Meyer |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Motorcycle Accident |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sander N. Karp, Gregory S. Russi, James F. Fosnaught of Karp Neu Hanlon, PC |
| Case: | Porter v. American Family Mutual Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Underinsured Motorist |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $266,357.00 |
| Attorneys: | James B. Lapin of Lapin & Lapin, PC |
| Case: | Ninteman v. Avila |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dog Bite |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $258,375.00 |
| Attorneys: | David O. Hansen of Kumpf Charsley & Hansen, LLC |
| Case: | Cunningham v. Torres |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $220,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc Harden, Wyatt M. Cox of Zaner Harden Law LLP |
| Case: | Mortensen v. American Family Mutual Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Underinsured Motorist |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $210,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cameron Lucke, Heather D. Campbell of Sawaya, Rose, McClure & Wilhite, P.C. |
| Case: | Hiltz v. Jones |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $208,650.00 |
| Attorneys: | Emory G. Allen, Murray I. Weiner, Trevor J. Young of Mulliken Weiner Berg & Jolivet, P.C. |
| Case: | Ctr. for Excellence in Higher Educ. v. Brittan |
| Type: | Fraud; Negligent Misrepresentation |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Wilhite, Sandra L. Hagen of Sawaya, Rose, McClure & Wilhite, P.C. |
| Case: | Ramirez v. Lena |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Reeves D. Whalen, Peter W. Burg, Steven G. Greenlee, Graham D. Hersh of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C. |
| Case: | Conklin v. Metro Mix |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger J. Lucas of The Law Office of Roger J. Lucas, LLC |
| Case: | Bell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Underinsured Motorist |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $171,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. Shows, Jonathan Stine of The Paul Wilkinson Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Forfar v. Wal-Mart Stores |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Slip and Fall; Premises Liability |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael D. Evans of The Evans Firm; Janet D. Chafin of Jackson Walker L.L.P |
| Case: | Staybright Electric of Colo. v. Foulk |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Gender Discrimination; Workplace Negligence |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Theodore Hess, Kristin Bohman of Ted Hess & Associates, LLC, |
| Case: | Rojo v. Aspen Skiing CO. L.L.C. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Disability Discrimination |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $129,585.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark A. Herber of Flanders, Elsberg, Herber & Dunn, LLC |
| Case: | Distefano v. Schmitt |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $126,609.00 |
| Attorneys: | Saskia A. Jordan, Laura A. Menninger, Ty Cheung Gee of Haddon, Morgan and Foreman PC |
| Case: | Vavrinyuk v. Varlamov |
| Type: | Malicious Prosecution; Assault and Battery |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $120,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin M. Wegener of Younge & Hockensmith, PC |
| Case: | Marso v. Godsman, et al. |
| Type: | Real Property; Breach of Contract |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $116,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Stageman of Daniel Stageman, PC |
| Case: | Laurie Courtney v. Ricky Bastian |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $114,646.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chad P. Hemmat, Ethan A. McQuinn, Jason G. Alleman of Anderson, Hemmat & McQuinn L.L.C. |
| Case: | Bermudez v. American Family Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Underinsured Motorist |