Top 50 Verdicts in Colorado in 2017
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $60,215,413.00 |
| Attorneys: | James D. Thompson, III, Kathleen B. Spangler, Nicholas N. Shum, Phillip B. Dye, Jr. of Vinson & Elkins LLP; Ericka F. Houck Englert, Michael J. Gallagher of Davis Graham & Stubbs |
| Case: | Antero Res. Corp. v. South Jersey Res. Grp., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David S. Woodruff, Henry R. Miniter of Wahlberg, Woodruff, Nimmo & Sloane L.L.P. |
| Case: | A.R., Pro ami, Rudnicki v. Bianco D.O. |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $3,412,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lance Astrella, Steven L. Prescott of Astrella Law, P.C.; Jason B. Wesoky of Darling Milligan PC |
| Case: | Meadows, et al. v. DCP Midstream |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Property Rights, Natural Resources |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $3,011,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marco F. Bendinelli, Katherine L. Merlin of Bendinelli Law Firm, P.C |
| Case: | Packer v. Avis Budget Car Rental, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Negligent Maintenance |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $2,929,025.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett M. Godfrey, Aaron R. Bakken, Nina E. Prevot of Godfrey Johnson, P.C. |
| Case: | Orion Air Grp. Holdings v. The Travelers Indem. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc Harden, Kurt M. Zaner of Zaner Harden Law LLP |
| Case: | Ahilo v. Kliem |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $2,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul Maxon of The Law Office of Paul Maxon; Mary J. Lowrey, Sarah J. Parady of Lowrey Parady, LLC; Amy D. Trenary of Appeal to Justice, L.L.C. |
| Case: | Hayes v. Skywest Airlines |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $2,258,278.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy M. Darby of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP; Kurt W. Hallock of Law Office of Kurt W. Hallock |
| Case: | Williams v. Genesis Fin. Techs. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Conversion, Quantum Meruit |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $2,105,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven A. Shapiro, Marlo J. Greer, A. Craig Fleishman, Angela E. McGraw of Shapiro Winthers P.C. |
| Case: | A.A., Pro ami v. Hines M.D. |
| Type: | Delayed Childbirth Delivery, Delayed Treatment, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $1,772,878.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean M. Dormer, Kevin C. Harpring of Dormer Harpring, LLC |
| Case: | Kate v. Dillon Companies |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip and Fall |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Overton, Richard J. Gleason of Overton Law Firm |
| Case: | Dildine v. Saxon |
| Type: | Invasion of Privacy, Sexual Harassment, Emotional Distress, Mental Abuse |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $1,605,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel S. Foster, Laura M. Martinez of Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP |
| Case: | Garcia v. Colorado Cab Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $1,526,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jake C. Eisenstein, Benjamin T. Norton, Paul Fisher, Kimberly L. Koehler of Fisher & Associates P.C. |
| Case: | Labriola v. Southwest Plaza, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip and Fall |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $1,386,151.00 |
| Attorneys: | Karen L. Spaulding, Andrew Glenn of Beatty & Wozniak, P.C. |
| Case: | Bill Barrett Corp. v. YMC Royalty Co., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $1,350,972.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elliot Singer, Kurt M. Zaner of Zaner Harden Law LLP |
| Case: | Grothe v. Lamar, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $1,182,266.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason W. Jordan, Ross E. Herington, Lars F. Bergstrom of Jordan Law |
| Case: | Roach v. Kiewit New Mexico Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,150,033.00 |
| Attorneys: | James K. Vucinovich of Rossi Vucinovich PC |
| Case: | Nestor v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,104,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason W. Jordan, John D. Halepaska of Jordan Law; Robert J. Manning of Manning Law |
| Case: | Casaretto v. Geico Casualty Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,085,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Travis S. Young, Patricia A. Meester, Patric LeHouillier of Franklin D. Azar & Associates P.C. |
| Case: | Pacheco v. Little, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $990,455.00 |
| Attorneys: | James H. Chalat, Evan P. Banker of Chalat Hatten & Banker PC; Sean Olson of Olson Law Firm LLC |
| Case: | Seto v. Fraterelli M.D. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Surgical Error, Unnecessary Surgery |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $928,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian A. Murphy of The Murphy Law Firm L.L.C.; Paul M. Duda of Bachus & Schanker, LLC |
| Case: | Weaver v. Solis, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Caplis, Michael McNally, Babar Waheed of Dan Caplis Law |
| Case: | Murphy v. Ward Alternative Energy |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $806,523.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ross I. Ziev of Wahlberg, Woodruff, Nimmo & Sloane L.L.P.; Daniel J. Caplis of Dan Caplis Law |
| Case: | Haste v. SCL Health - Front Range |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip and Fall |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George J. Nichols of George J. Nichols III, P.C. |
| Case: | Murway v. Fee, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $779,590.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mari Newman, Michael P. Fairhurst, Darold W. Killmer of Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP |
| Case: | Smith v. Town of Kremmling, Colo, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Personal Injury, False Arrest, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $580,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Keith Killian, Andrew S. Petroski of Killian Davis Richter & Mayle PC. |
| Case: | Romero v. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $568,810.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Weiss of Weiss Law LLC |
| Case: | Thomas v. Diaz-Sabas, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $538,774.00 |
| Attorneys: | David W. Krivit, Darin L. Schanker of Bachus & Schanker, LLC |
| Case: | Esquibel v. Mease |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $512,600.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua D. Stoll, Jennifer A. Simpson of The Paul Wilkinson Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Davis v. Barton, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $460,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James N. Thomaidis, Jonathan T. Lieber, D. Elizabeth Wills of Gersh & Thomaidis, LLC |
| Case: | Crew Tile Distrib. v. Porcelanosa, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Malicious Prosecution, Tortious Interference, Unjust Enrichment, Quantum Meruit, Abuse Of Process |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer C. Robinson of Robinson & Associates Law Office, LLC |
| Case: | Chavez v. State of Colorado, Department of Ed |
| Type: | Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $394,494.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rebecca B. Albano of Law Office of Rebecca Albano, LLC |
| Case: | Mcmahon v. Gallegos |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cornell Johnson of The Law Office of Cornell Johnson, P.C. |
| Case: | Crum v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $331,849.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randall J. Paulsen of Scott Armitage, PC |
| Case: | Moore v. Martin |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $330,257.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sandra L. Hagen, Robert D. Wilhite of Sawaya, Rose, McClure & Wilhite, P.C. |
| Case: | Wade v. Elitch Holdings |
| Type: | Business Liability, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Training |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $318,153.00 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Warner of Wadsworth Warner Conrardy, P.C |
| Case: | Teamsters Local Union No. 357 v. Estes, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unjust Enrichment, Quantum Meruit |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Remington W. Fang of Bachus & Schanker, LLC; R. Keith Fuicelli, Amanda Francis of Fuicelli & Lee, P.C. |
| Case: | Bailey v. Hoover, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Brain Injury |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph R. Winston of Winston Law Firm; Benjamin M. Wegener of Wegener Scarborough Younge & Hockensmith LLP |
| Case: | Sloan v. Maria's Bookshop |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $205,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dustin Bergman of Bachus & Schanker, LLC |
| Case: | Hixson v. Gustus |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. Martin of Gordon Melun Maton LLP |
| Case: | Carpenter v. Big R. of Pueblo Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip and Fall, Brain Injury |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $196,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven P. Johnston of Bachus & Schanker, LLC |
| Case: | Lloyd v. Dowlen, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $172,904.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason D. Levy of Cook, Bradford & Levy, LLC |
| Case: | Dortch v. Reynolds |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $164,487.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kelli Riley of Riley Law LLC |
| Case: | Merida v. Super Quality Cleaners LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $152,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter R. Bornstein of Law Offices of Peter R. Bornstein |
| Case: | Damian v. Garcia, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conspiracy, Unjust Enrichment, Quantum Meruit |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $145,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David R. Eason, Bruce E. Rohde of EasonRohde L.L.C |
| Case: | Ostenso v. Davidson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $144,480.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rachel E. Ellis of Livelihood Law, LLC |
| Case: | Garcia v. Ensign U.S. Drilling |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $124,981.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert F. Pribila, R. Jerome Aquino, Tim L. Fields, Bethany A. Pribila of Pribila, Aquino, & Fields P.C. |
| Case: | Fako v. Farmers Insurance Exchange |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Brain Injury |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $120,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley S. Freedberg of The Law Office of Bradley S. Freedberg, P.C.; Nathaniel J. Thompson of Law Office of Nathaniel J. Thompson |
| Case: | Carter v. Davidson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Legal Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Professional Negligence, Wrongful Death, Conversion |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $115,329.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cynthia E. Wellbrock of Law Office of Cynthia E. Wellbrock, LLC |
| Case: | Wedgwood v. Overlook Mine Sand & Gravel |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Quantum Meruit |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $112,700.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter R. Bornstein of Law Offices of Peter R. Bornstein |
| Case: | Lackas & Helton v. Envtl. Demolition Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |