Top 50 Verdicts in New York in 2016
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $775,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Evan J. Werbel, Julie B. Rubenstein, Macey Reasoner Stokes, Michael Calhoon, R. Stan Mortenson, Richard P. Sobiecki of Baker Botts LLP |
| Case: | Liberty Media Corp., et al. v. Vivendi Universal S.A., et al. |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $183,261,737 |
| 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 |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $50,000,000 |
| 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 |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $43,742,400 |
| Attorneys: | Alan M. Shapey of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC |
| Case: | Tirpack v. 125 North 10 LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $22,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan D. Belasky, James C. Long, Jr., John Ryan, Michael A. Macrides, Rachel Lanier, Seth A. Dymond of Belluck & Fox LLP |
| Case: | Gondar v. AO Smith Water Products, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Asbestos Exposure; Product Liability |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $20,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas A. Wise of Weitz & Luxenberg |
| Case: | Harding v. Czmielewski, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $19,200,000 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua D. Kelner, Robert S. Kelner of Kelner & Kelner |
| Case: | Cabazza vs. NYCTA |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Train Passenger |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $19,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Roger L. Mandel of Lackey Hershman; Domenico Minerva, John A. Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan; Jean S. Martin of Law Office of Jean Sutton Martin, PLLC |
| Case: | Fuentes, et al. v. UniRush, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Consumer Fraud |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $15,750,000 |
| Attorneys: | Brett D. Katz, Jeffrey A. Mitchell, Judith R. Cohen of Browne George Ross LLP; Don Abraham, Erin W. Burns, of Dickstein Shapiro LLP |
| Case: | Tiffany & Co. v. Costco Wholesale Corp. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $15,175,000 |
| Attorneys: | Eric Sanders of The Sanders Firm, PC |
| Case: | Jackson v. The City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation; Race Discrimination |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $13,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Peter S. Thomas of Law Offices of Peter S. Thomas, PC; Daniel A. Thomas of Law Offices of Daniel A. Thomas, PC; Paul J. Edelstein of The Edelsteins, Faegenburg & Brown LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Diciervo v. Brooklyn Bottling Corp. et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Truck Accident |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $13,262,707 |
| Attorneys: | Duane R. Morgan of Morgan, Levine, Dolan, PC |
| Case: | Barry vs. NYC MTA, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Work Accident; Workplace Safety |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $12,863,308 |
| Attorneys: | David T. McTaggart, William B. Pollard, III of Duane Morris LLP |
| Case: | Federal Ins. Co. v. Mertz |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $12,777,047 |
| Attorneys: | Devon Reiff, James J. McCrorie, Kenneth Sacks, Kevin G. Lillis of Sacks and Sacks LLP |
| Case: | Burns v. 1 Bryant Park LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $12,759,661 |
| Attorneys: | Edmond C. Chakmakian, Joseph P. Militello of Law Offices of Edmond C. Chakmakian, PC |
| Case: | Couillard v. The Shaw Group Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Workplace Negligence |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $12,535,261 |
| Attorneys: | Emil L. Samuels of Kelner & Kelner |
| Case: | Tarpley v. New York City Transit Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Bus Accident |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Danny R. Kraft, Jr. of Weitz & Luxenberg |
| Case: | Cooney v. Amchem Products, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Asbestos Exposure; Product Liability |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $11,600,000 |
| Attorneys: | Laura M. Jordan, Margie A. Soehl, Margie E. Soehl of Powers & Santola, LLP |
| Case: | Orr v. Bell MD, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Delayed Diagnosis; Medical Malpractice |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $10,346,656 |
| Attorneys: | Jay W. Dankner of Dankner, Milstein, PC |
| Case: | Dion vs. NYCTA |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Train Passenger Accident; Premises Liability |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $9,817,115 |
| Attorneys: | David H. Mayer, James J. McCrorie, Joseph P. Carfora, Kenneth Sacks of Sacks and Sacks LLP |
| Case: | Ronald Gorman v. NYC DOT et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $9,315,000 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph M. Lichtenstein of Joseph M. Lichtenstein PC |
| Case: | Enriquez v. Garabedian |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Failure to Diagnose; Medical Malpractice |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $9,100,000 |
| Attorneys: | Adam Deutsch, Adam E. Deutsch, Jennie L. Shatynski of Morelli Alters LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Canterino v. Kalapatapu et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher F. Holbrook, Steven J. Schwartzapfel of Schwartzapfel Lawyers PC |
| Case: | San Giorgio, et al. v. Americon Construction Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Work Accident; Workplace Negligence |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $6,894,132 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas E. Tzaneteas of Law Office of Stephen H. Frankel |
| Case: | Toussaint v. Ocean Avenue Apartment Associates LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $6,400,000 |
| Attorneys: | Michael P. Vessa and Kenneth B. Wilensky of Vessa & Wilensky PC |
| Case: | LaRosa v. Madden |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Motorcycle Accident |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $6,250,000 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan C. Fox, William N. Papain of Belluck & Fox LLP |
| Case: | Geritano vs. AAO Smith Water Products Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Asbestos Exposure; Product Liability |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel P. O'Toole, Frederick C. Aranki of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Kupiec v. The Morgan Contracting Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Workplace Safety |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Adam E. Deutsch, David L. Sobiloff of Morelli Law Firm |
| Case: | Mai v. Attia |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Pedestrian Accident |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $5,100,000 |
| Attorneys: | Paul J. Edelstein of The Edelsteins, Faegenburg & Brown LLP; Christopher J. Albee, Joseph Votto of Votto & Cassata, LLP |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Yashpal Arya, MD, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $5,100,000 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew M. Laskin, Joel H. Robinson of Robinson & Yablon PC |
| Case: | Latter v. Bey J. Augustus Ideal Supply Company, Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | James J. McCrorie of Law Offices of James J. McCrorie; Jacob Oresky of Jacob Oresky & Associates PLLC |
| Case: | Lopez v. 550 Adler Realty RL LLC, et. al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Work Accident; Workplace Negligence |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $4,916,699 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis G. O'Hara of O'Hara, O'Connell & Ciotoli |
| Case: | Ray v. Stockton |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $4,780,000 |
| Attorneys: | Heather E. Myers, Olga Siamionava of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos PC; John D. Pontisakos of Pontisakos & Rossi PC |
| Case: | Malla v. Pioneer & King |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Workplace Negligence |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $4,599,487 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Hurwitz, David H. Perecman, Peter D. Rigelhaupt, Rudolf B. Radna of The Perecman Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Darcy v. SL Green Realty Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Premises Liability |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $4,561,753 |
| Attorneys: | Judith A. Livingston of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore |
| Case: | Friedlander v. The Kingston Hospital, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $4,393,040 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. Gorayeb, Gregory S. Gastman, John M. Shaw, Peter D. Suglia of Gorayeb & Associates PC |
| Case: | Jorquera v. Fannwood Estates |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Premises Liability |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $4,050,000 |
| Attorneys: | Dario Perez of LaRock & Perez LLP |
| Case: | Clarke v. 750-760 Pelham Pkwy Owner LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Premises Liability |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $4,003,025 |
| Attorneys: | Jason T. Herbert of Krentsel & Guzman LLP |
| Case: | Richichi v. CVS Pharmacy, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Trip and Fall; Premises Liability |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Elliot H. Taub of The Taub Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Guaman v. 1963 Ryer Realty Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Work Accident; Workplace Negligence |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph M. Lichtenstein of Joseph M. Lichtenstein PC; Daniel G. Tronolone of Tronolone & Surgalla PC |
| Case: | Ferguson v. Bennett, M.D. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Delayed Diagnosis; Medical Malpractice |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $3,889,000 |
| Attorneys: | Adam S. Handler of Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, LLP |
| Case: | Smart v. MTA Bus |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Bus Accident |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $3,650,000 |
| Attorneys: | John D. Zaremba of Zaremba Brown PLLC |
| Case: | Zubrick v. Guardian Services Industries, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Negligence |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $3,609,743 |
| Attorneys: | Judd F. Kleeger of Hecht Kleeger & Damashek, PC |
| Case: | Nunez v. NYCTA, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Bus Accident |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $3,433,000 |
| Attorneys: | Domingo R. Gallardo, June D. Reiter of Catalano, Gallardo & Petropoulos LLP |
| Case: | Novak v. Restaurant Depot Enterprises LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $3,323,330 |
| Attorneys: | Alan D. Voos of Maxwell Murphy LLC; Daniel T. Lukasik of Bernhardi and Lukasik PLLC |
| Case: | Mecca v. Buffalo Niagara Convention Center Management Corporation |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $3,295,582 |
| Attorneys: | Glenn P. Dolan of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC |
| Case: | Dacaj v. NYCTA |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $3,200,000 |
| Attorneys: | Brittany A. Russell, James C. Long, Jr., Joseph W. Belluck, Lanier, Rachel Lanier of Belluck & Fox LLP |
| Case: | Shays v. A.O. Smith Water Products, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Asbestos Exposure; Product Liability |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $3,167,000 |
| Attorneys: | Alan S. Ripka of Alan Ripka & Associates, LLP; Lorenzo Tasso of Mallilo & Grossman |
| Case: | Acevedo, et al. vs. MTA |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley D. Marble, Eric M. Shelton, Nelson E. Schule, Jr., Timothy M. Hudson of Brown Chiari LLP |
| Case: | Brzezniak v. Sorrentino, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $2,993,000 |
| Attorneys: | David H. Perecman of The Perecman Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Ksepka v. City of New York |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Premises Liability |