Top 20 Verdicts in Florida in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 plaintiff's jury verdicts* obtained in Florida in the year 2018. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of Florida.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $109,760,930.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kennan G. Dandar, Thomas J. Dandar of Dandar & Dandar PA |
| Case: | Carter v. University of South Florida Health, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Ob-Gyn Malpractice, Negligent Tort |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $70,560,050.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam D. Horowitz of Horowitz Law; Bradley J. Edwards, Brittany Henderson of Edwards Pottinger LLC |
| Case: | Baca v. Island Girl, Ltd. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Rape, Sexual Assault, Workplace Safety, Negligent Security, Negligent Tort, Admiralty Law, Jones Act |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $49,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas E. Leiter of The Leiter Group |
| Case: | Buck-Leiter Palm Ave Development v. City of Sarasota |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $41,965,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alex Alvarez, Phillip E. Holden of The Alvarez Law Firm; Gary M. Paige of Gordon & Partners, P.A.; Celene Humphries, Maegen Peek Luka, Thomas J. Seider of Brannock & Humphries |
| Case: | Estate of Schlefstein v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co |
| Type: | Deceptive Trade Practices, Failure to Warn, False Advertising, Fraudulent Concealment, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Tobacco, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $37,951,887.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daryl D. Parks, Anthony D. Thomas of Parks and Crump, LLC; Roosevelt Randolph, Linje Rivers of Knowles & Randolph, PA |
| Case: | Vickers v. DZE Corp. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $27,437,306.00 |
| Attorneys: | P. Hutchison Brock of Brock Law, LLC |
| Case: | Emerson v. Lambert |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $26,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eleanor T. Barnett, Glen H. Waldman, Jeffrey R. Lam of Waldman Barnett, P.L.; Angel A. Cortinas of Gunster |
| Case: | Cohen, et al. v. Williams Island Property Owners’ Assoc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Property Rights, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $25,910,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Frank Melton II, C. Richard Newsome, William C. Ourand, Milette E. Webber of Newsome Melton Law Firm; David C. Gibbs of Gibbs Law Firm, PA; Christine D. Spagnoli of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP; Celene Humphries, Maegen Peek Luka of Brannock & Humphries |
| Case: | Estate of Salliotte v. Ford Motor Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Cort Frohlich, Christopher E. Frohlich, Brian M. Beason of Frohlich, Gordon & Beason Law Firm; C. Richard Newsome of Newsome Melton Law Firm; Maegen Peek Luka of Brannock & Humphries |
| Case: | Estate of Dougherty v. WCA of Florida |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $20,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Susan S. Carlson, Ervin A. Gonzalez , Deborah J. Gander, Maureen E. Lefebvre of Colson Hicks Eidson; Tonya J. Meister of Meister Law, LLC |
| Case: | Spearman v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Failure to Maintain, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Admiralty Law, Jones Act |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $19,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric D. Roslansky, Steven C. Ruth of The Ruth Law Team; Celene Humphries, Thomas J. Seider of Brannock & Humphries |
| Case: | Estate of Graffeo v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. |
| Type: | Conspiracy, Deceptive Trade Practices, Failure to Warn, False Advertising, Fraudulent Concealment, Product Liability, Tobacco, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Breach of Duty of Care, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $17,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward H. Zebersky of Zebersky Payne; Stuart N. Ratzan, G. Scott Vezina, Stuart J. Weissman of Ratzan Law Group; George R. Baise of George R. Baise Jr., P.A.; Charles M. Auslander, John G. Crabtree, Brian C. Tackenberg of Crabtree & Auslander |
| Case: | Estate of Gloger v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al. |
| Type: | Conspiracy, Deceptive Trade Practices, Failure to Warn, False Advertising, Fraudulent Concealment, Product Liability, Tobacco, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $15,502,880.00 |
| Attorneys: | Julie H. Littky-Rubin , Donald R. Fountain Jr., W. Hampton Keen, L. Jason Cornell of Clark, Fountain, La Vista, Prather & Littky-Rubin, LLP |
| Case: | Letterman v. National Truck Center, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $15,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Heather N. Barnes of The Yerrid Law Firm |
| Case: | Knoth v. Belhadj |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Gross Negligence, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $13,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kathryn E. Barnett, Katherine M. Massa, Keith R. Mitnik, Gregory D. Prysock, Antonio Luciano, Jr., Jason Gichner, Nicholas P. Panagakis of Morgan & Morgan, PA; Celene Humphries, Maegan P. Luka, Thomas J. Seider, Steven Brannock of Brannock & Humphries |
| Case: | Estate of Brown v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. |
| Type: | Conspiracy, Deceptive Trade Practices, Failure to Warn, False Advertising, Fraudulent Concealment, Product Liability, Tobacco, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $13,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert F. Spohrer, Matthew Spohrer of Spohrer Dodd |
| Case: | Crawford v. ITW Food Equipment Group, LLC |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven H. Schulman, Joseph L. Sorkin, Jennifer L. Woodson, Saurabh Sharad, Christine D. Doniak, Ruben H. Munoz, Jason Weil, Erica A. Moran, Zak Franklin of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; David Rudovsky of Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP; Ilana Tabacinic of Akerman LLP; Paul L. Hoffman of Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP |
| Case: | Mamani, et al. v. Sanchez Berzain, et al. |
| Type: | Intentional Tort, Extrajudicial Killing, Alien Tort Statute, Torture Victim Protection Act |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $9,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Philip Freidin, Jonathan E. Freidin of Freidin Brown, P.A.; Kimberly L. Boldt, Mario R. Giommoni of Boldt Law Firm, P.A. |
| Case: | Hooten v. Pediatrix Med. Group of FL, et al. |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Delayed Diagnosis, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Inadequate Care, Eye Injury, Negligent Tort, Ophthalmology Malpractice |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $8,723,265.00 |
| Attorneys: | Reginald A. Mathis of Reginald A. Mathis, LLC; Bruce Jacobs of Jacobs Legal |
| Case: | Nealy v. Cosmic Corp. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Personal Injury, Workplace Safety, Negligent Security, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Tort |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Jagolinzer, James L. Ferraro of The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A. |
| Case: | Delisle v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. & Crane Co., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $7,984,037.00 |
| Attorneys: | Fred A. Cunningham, Gregory Yaffa of Domnick Cunningham & Whalen |
| Case: | Whitney v. Mercury Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
* This and other lists of plaintiff's jury verdicts, in our publication, may occasionally include a small number of counter- and/or cross-plaintiff's jury verdicts.