Number 1 Verdicts in the United States in 2016
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| $3,014,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey T. Thomas, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Samuel G. Liversidge of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Mark E. Ferguson, Philip S. Beck, Sean W. Gallagher of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP |
| Case: | Hewlett-Packard Company v. Oracle Corporation |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Contract |
| $2,640,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Elizabeth Govaerts, Vince Powers of Powers Law |
| Case: | Estate of Thomas v. State of Nebraska |
| No. 1 in: * | Murder, Rape, Wrongful Death |
| $2,540,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Calvin P. Griffith, Stephanie E. Parker of Jones Day |
| Case: | Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Gilead Sciences Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement |
| $1,041,361,648.00 | |
| Attorneys: | W. Mark Lanier of The Lanier Law Firm; Richard J. Arsenault of Neblett, Beard & Arsenault; Jayne Conroy of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC; Khaldoun A. Baghdadi of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger |
| Case: | Andrews., et al. v. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligent Misrepresentation, Personal Injury, Product Liability |
| $775,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael Calhoon, R. Stan Mortenson, Evan J. Werbel, Julie B. Rubenstein, Macey Reasoner Stokes, Richard P. Sobiecki of Baker Botts LLP |
| Case: | Liberty Media Corp., et al. v. Vivendi Universal S.A., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Securities Fraud |
| $183,261,737.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Vito A. Cannavo of Sullivan Papain Block Mcgrath & Cannavo P.C. |
| Case: | Stolowski, et al. v. 234 E 178th St LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Premises Liability, Workplace Safety |
| $142,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Crain of Crain Lewis Brogdon, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Lytle v. Hat Ballou Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligent Supervision, Wrongful Termination |
| $140,100,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth G. Turkel, Shane B. Vogt, Christina R. Ramirez of Bajo Cuva Cohen & Turkel PA; Charles J. Harder, Jennifer J. McGrath, Douglas E. Mirell, Sarah E. Luppen of Harder Mirell & Abrams LLP |
| Case: | Terry Bollea v. Gawker Media |
| No. 1 in: * | Invasion of Privacy |
| $125,168,202.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Diana S. Diskin of Law Offices of Gary A. Dordick; Mark K. Flores of Crane Flores LLP |
| Case: | Briones v. Zink |
| No. 1 in: * | Car Accident |
| $120,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Anthony C. Valiulis, David A. Eisenberg, Melinda J. Morales of Much Shelist, PC; Michael I. Kanovitz, Scott R. Rauscher of Loevy & Loevy |
| Case: | County of Cook v. AIG, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | False Claims Act, Fraudulent Concealment |
| $108,913,521.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gilbert S. Keteltas, Robert G. Abrams of BakerHostetler LLP; Edward H. Tricker of Woods & Aitken LLP |
| Case: | Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. v. ConAgra Foods Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Indemnification |
| $70,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jason A. Itkin, Cesar Tavares of Arnold & Itkin, LLP; Thomas R Kline, Christopher A. Gomez, Kristen Loerch Sipala of Kline & Specter, P.C.; Brian J. McCormick Jr., Stephen A. Sheller of Sheller, PC |
| Case: | A.Y., Pro Ami v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Pharmacy Malpractice |
| $70,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christy G. Lea, Hans L. Mayer, John B. Sganga, Jr., John W. Holcomb, Joshua Stowell, Mark A. Speegle of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear; Randall T. Weeks, Jr. of Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP; Robert J. Kaler of Holland & Knight LLP |
| Case: | CardiAQ Valve Technologies v. Neovasc Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Deceptive Trade Practices |
| $61,587,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daryoosh Khashayar of Khashayar Law Group; Kambiz Adibzadeh of Adibzadeh Law Firm; Deborah A. Wolfe of Wolfe Legal Group P.C. |
| Case: | Asbaghi v. Nydegger |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Legal Malpractice |
| $58,289,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David J. Semelsberger, James C. Allen, Jessica S. Taylor of Allen Semelsberger & Kaelin, LLP |
| Case: | Miguel Aranda, et al. v. Terrace View Partners, LP, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Rights |
| $54,938,864.58 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel M. Kopfman, Lawrence M. Artenian of Wagner, Jones, Kopfman & Artenian LLP |
| Case: | Bryan v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Disability Discrimination |
| $53,852,558.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jason A. Gibson, Casey L. Jordan of The Gibson Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Garcia v. Manhattan Vaughn JVP |
| No. 1 in: * | Construction Accident |
| $53,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Douglas J. Raymond, Jack M. Beam, Matthew M. Patterson of Beam & Raymond; Geoffrey N. Fieger of Fieger Law PC |
| Case: | I.E. v. University of Chicago Med. Ctr. |
| No. 1 in: * | Birth Injury, Hospital Malpractice |
| $51,448,174.77 | |
| Attorneys: | Caleb H. Didriksen of Didriksen, Saucier, Woods & Pichon, PLC; Tony M. Clayton of Clayton, Fruge & Ward Law |
| Case: | Marable v. Empire Truck Sales of Louisiana LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck Accident |
| $41,956,474.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas D. Roebig, Jr., Wilfried H. Florin, Shaun M. Cummings of Florin Roebig; Frank Miller of Caglia & Miller |
| Case: | Osmond vs. Applebee's, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Dram Shop Liability |
| $40,407,446.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Smith of K&L Gates LLP; John F.Olsen of The Law Office of John F. Olsen |
| Case: | NuWave Investment v. First Advantage Litigation Consulting LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Defamation |
| $38,630,344.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Phillip Robinson of Consumer Law Center LLC; Scott C. Borison of Legg Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Finch v. LVNV Funding LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Consumer Fraud |
| $36,630,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Kevin S. Ernst of Ernst & Marko Law; Dean Elliott of Law Office of Dean Elliott PLC |
| Case: | Jennings v. Fuller |
| No. 1 in: * | Excessive Force |
| $33,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alex Alvarez of The Alvarez Law Firm; Gary M. Paige of Gordon & Doner |
| Case: | Purdo v. R.J. Reynolds, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Tobacco |
| $32,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Denyse F. Clancy, Joseph D. Satterley of Kazan, McClain, Satterly & Greenwood |
| Case: | Tyler v. American Optical Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Asbestos Exposure |
| $31,222,486.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Richard E. Fradette of Beliveau, Fradette & Gallant, P.A.; Lauren S. Irwin of Upton & Hatfield LLP |
| Case: | McPadden v. Wal-Mart Stores East L.P. |
| No. 1 in: * | Gender Discrimination |
| $30,545,655.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel S. Weinstock, G. Scott Vezina, Carolyn M. Chopko of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP; Jed D. Manton, Yvonne S. Godfrey of Harris Penn Lowry LLP |
| Case: | Louis v. Hearin, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Delayed Diagnosis |
| $30,035,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Cameron Jehl of Jehl Law Group PLLC; Kenneth L. Connor of Connor & Connor, LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Pierce v. Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Nursing Home Malpractice |
| $28,100,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Maren L. Chaloupka of Chaloupka, Holyoke, Snyder, Chaloupka & Longoria, PC |
| Case: | Dean v. Smith |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Conviction |
| $28,000,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jared I. Ross, Neal W. Hirschfeld of Greenspoon Marder, PA |
| Case: | Manzano v. Carey Royal Ramn Mortuary |
| No. 1 in: * | Tortious Interference |
| $27,018,940.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Charles I. Kampinski of McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman; Kent B. Schneider of Kent B. Schneider Co., LLC |
| Case: | Soberay v. Greyhound Lines Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus Accident |
| $25,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | James A. Ardaiz, John G. Michael, Peter G. Fashing of Baker Manock & Jensen PC |
| Case: | Rio Mesa Holdings L.L.C. v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company |
| No. 1 in: * | Insurance Bad Faith |
| $24,921,994.82 | |
| Attorneys: | Katie Mesner-Hage of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder PC |
| Case: | Schneider v. Southern Connecticut Vascular Center, LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Diagnose |
| $23,665,931.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Donald G. Liddy, Paula J. Khehra of Liddy Law Firm; Nicholas M. Hutchinson, Thomas J. Johnston of Johnston & Hutchinson LLP |
| Case: | Guilmette v. City of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Motorcycle Accident |
| $21,897,283.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Duane C. Miller, Michael D. Axline, Daniel Boone, Justin M. Massey, Dave E. Blum, Bryan B. Barnhart, Tracey L. O'Reilly of Miller, Axline & Sawyer |
| Case: | City of Clovis v. Shell Oil Company |
| No. 1 in: * | Pollution |
| $21,657,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Haytham Faraj of Law Offices of Haytham Faraj PLLC |
| Case: | Danielle Laws v. Chen |
| No. 1 in: * | Moped Accident |
| $20,750,817.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew K. Clarke, Richard S. Yugler, Robert B. Hopkins of Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP; Timothy M. McCloskey of McCloskey & Roberson L.L.P; Thomas W. Bingham, Jeffrey C. Jones of Krutch Lindell Bingham Jones, PS |
| Case: | Cavner v. Continental Motors |
| No. 1 in: * | Aviation Accident |
| $20,450,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dennis E. Egan of Popham Law Firm, P.C.; Kevin Baldwin of Baldwin & Vernon, LLC |
| Case: | Miller v. American Family Mutual Insurance |
| No. 1 in: * | Pregnancy Discrimination |