Top 10 Verdicts in New Jersey in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 plaintiff and cross-claimant jury verdicts obtained in New Jersey in the year 2017. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Verdicts in New Jersey in 2017) you have also made the list of Top 20 Verdicts in New Jersey in 2017.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $51,040,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen G. Console, Laura C. Mattiacci, Emily R. Derstine Friesen of Console Mattiacci Law L.L.C |
| Case: | Braden v. Lockheed Martin Corp. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Starr of Jarve Kaplan Granato Starr, LLC |
| Case: | Burgos-Bonilla v. Diorio, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Hospital Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Report |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $17,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul A. Lauricella, Slade H. McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Lauricella |
| Case: | Heaney v. Jersey Shore University Medical Center, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Slater of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman LLC |
| Case: | Elizabeth Hrymoc v. Ethicon |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Defective Medical Device, Pelvic Mesh Complications |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $11,824,911.00 |
| Attorneys: | Drake P. Bearden Jr. of Costello & Mains, LLC |
| Case: | Pritchett v. State of New Jersey |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $11,049,639.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carol L. Forte, Brian E. Mahoney of Blume, Forte, Fried, Zerres & Molinari, P.C. |
| Case: | Fava v. Moss, M.D., et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Treatment, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Cottle, Perry M. Adair, Sanjay Kurian, Matthew Meyers, Vincenzo M. Mogavero, Martin C. Cabalar of Becker & Poliakoff PA |
| Case: | Port Imperial Condominium Ass’n. vs. K. Hovnanian At Port Imperial Urban |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Consumer Fraud, Construction Defect |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregg A. Stone of Kirsch, Gelband & Stone, P.A. |
| Case: | Dickens v. Irvington Board of Education, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip and Fall |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $6,008,404.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua Van Naarden of Ross Feller Casey, LLP |
| Case: | Howlen, et al. v. Burbella M.D., et al. |
| Type: | Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Professional Negligence, Wrongful Death, Paramedic Malpractice, Premature Discharge |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $5,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott A. Parsons of O'Connor, Parsons, Lane & Noble L.L.C |
| Case: | Polt v. Kroon, M.D. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Unnecessary Surgery |