Top 10 Personal Injury Verdicts in the United States in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 plaintiff personal injury jury verdicts obtained in the United States 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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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $417,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Karen L. Karavatos, Kevin F. Calcagnie, Cynthia L. Garber, Scot D. Wilson, Paul A. Dagostino, Danielle M. Mayer of Robinson Calcagnie Inc.; Helen E. Zukin of Kiesel Law LLP; Ted G. Meadows, David Dearing, Ryan Beattie of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.; Michelle A. Parfitt of Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP |
| Case: | Echeverria v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Talc Exposure |
| State: | California |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $247,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rachel Lanier, W. Mark Lanier, Lee E. Cirsch, Jason S. Goldstein, Robert E. Leone of The Lanier Law Firm; Jayne Conroy, Laura L. Fitzpatrick of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC; Richard J. Arsenault, Dawn M. Chmielewski, Jennifer M. Hoekstra of Neblett, Beard & Arsenault; Larry P. Boyd, Wayne Fisher, Justin Presnal of Fisher, Boyd, Johnson & Huguenard LLP |
| Case: | Alicea, et al. v. DePuy Orthopaedics., Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product |
| State: | Texas |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $227,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James G. Begley, Harry M. Roth of Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C.; Jeffrey P. Goodman, Robert J. Mongeluzzi of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky PC; Steven G. Wigrizer, Jason S. Weiss of Wapner Newman Wigrizer Brecher & Miller; Elizabeth A. Crawford, Andrew J. Stern of Kline & Specter, P.C. |
| Case: | In Re Market Street Building Collapse |
| Type: | Business Liability, Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Contractor Negligence, Demolition Accident |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $160,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi, Deborah S. Chang, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Paul S. Padda, Joshua Ang, Michael C. Lafia of Paul Padda Law; Ruth L. Cohen, Rachel N. Solow of Cohen & Padda LLP |
| Case: | Moradi v. Nevada Property, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Wrongful Imprisonment, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Nevada |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $154,369,200.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua J. Wagner, Steven T. Vasilaros of Vasilaros Wagner |
| Case: | Klix v. American Taxi Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $150,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Diamond, D. Greg Sakall of Goldberg & Osborne; Brandon L. Bogle, Troy A. Rafferty of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A.; David R. Buchanan of Seeger Weiss LLP; Bill Robins, III of Robins Cloud LLP |
| Case: | Mitchell v. Abbvie Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Pharmacy Malpractice, Product Liability, Intentional Misrepresentation, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Illinois |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $148,190,997.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tara R. Devine, Jeffrey J. Kroll, Patrick A. Salvi, Patrick Salvi, II , Eirene N. Salvi of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard PC |
| Case: | Darden v. City of Chicago |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Maintain, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Illinois |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $140,140,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher A. Seeger, David R. Buchanan of Seeger Weiss LLP; Matthew P. Teague of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. |
| Case: | Konrad v. Abbvie Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Pharmacy Malpractice, Product Liability |
| State: | Illinois |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $131,000,375.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, John A. Kawai of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Terence F. Traverso of The Law Offices of Terence F. Traverso |
| Case: | Blaylock v. SBR Holdings LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | Washington |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $110,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James G. Onder, W. Wylie Blair, Stephanie L. Rados of OnderLaw, LLC; Timothy W. Porter, Patrick C. Malouf, John T. Givens of Porter & Malouf, P.A.; R. Allen Smith of The Smith Law Firm, PLLC; Ted G. Meadows of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. |
| Case: | Slemp v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Conspiracy, Failure to Warn, Negligent Misrepresentation, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Failure to Inform, Talc Exposure |
| State: | Missouri |