Top 50 Work Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018

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1
Amount: $76,000,000.00
Attorneys: Michael S. Ketchmark, Scott A. McCreight, Ben H. Fadler of Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C.
Case: Estate of Ford v. Ford Motor Co.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort
State: Missouri
2
Amount: $44,370,000.00
Attorneys: Byron C. Alfred, Vuk S. Vujasinovic of VB Attorneys
Case: Estate of Barron v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp., et al.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort
State: Texas
3
Amount: $39,744,010.00
Attorneys: Kyle Findley, Kala F. Sellers, Adam D. Lewis of Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Case: Figgs v. Georgia-Pacific Wood Products South, et al.
Type: Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Burn Injury, Defective Product, Equipment Malfunction, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability
State: Texas
4
Amount: $37,835,259.23
Attorneys: Ian D. Pinkert, Jay Halpern, Ernesto L. Santos, Jr. of Halpern Santos & Pinkert, P.A.; Jonathan Halperin, Andrew Lucchetti, Isaac A. McBeth of Halperin Law Center; L. Steven Emmert of Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy
Case: Benedict v. Hankook Tire, et al.
Type: Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Defective Product, Strict Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Quadriplegia
State: Virginia
5
Amount: $32,700,000.00
Attorneys: Jessica Dean, Kevin W. Paul of Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP; Bill Graham of Wallace & Graham
Case: Finch v. BASF Catalysts LLC
Type: Asbestos Exposure, Breach of Warranty, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability
State: North Carolina
6
Amount: $30,000,000.00
Attorneys: David R. Shoop of Shoop | A Professional Law Corp.; Donald G. Liddy of Liddy Law Firm
Case: Anaya v. General Equipment Co.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Product Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability
State: California
7
Amount: $27,278,615.00
Attorneys: Nicholas Elefterakis, Oliver R. Tobias of Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek; Steven Smith of Law Office of Steven Smith, PC
Case: George v. Unicorn Construction Enterprises Inc., et al.
Type: Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State: New York
8
Amount: $22,000,000.00
Attorneys: Gail S. Kelner, Robert S. Kelner, Emil L. Samuels of Kelner & Kelner
Case: MA v. Kensington Homes L.L.C.
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Failure to Supervise, Negligent Tort
State: New York
9
Amount: $21,620,018.00
Attorneys: Joseph A. Power Jr., James I. Power, Sean M. Houlihan of Power Rogers & Smith, L.L.P.
Case: Wood v. Navistar Inc., et al.
Type: Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Fall, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability
State: Illinois
10
Amount: $20,341,845.00
Attorneys: Lawrence P. Biondi of Law Offices of Lawrence P. Biondi
Case: Pimenta v. 1504 CIA L.L.C., et al.
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Failure to Supervise, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort
State: New York
11
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
State: Florida
12
Amount: $16,939,255.00
Attorneys: Matthew Maiorana, Jonny Kool of Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool L.L.P; Stuart M. Dweck of Stuart M. Dweck, Attorney at Law
Case: Morocho v. Doran Construction Corp.
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort
State: New York
13
Amount: $15,991,200.00
Attorneys: Kurt M. Zaner, Sarah T. McEahern, Joshua R. Yeager of Zaner Harden Law LLP
Case: Warembourg v. Excel Electric
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Failure to Maintain, Electrical Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort
State: Colorado
14
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
State: Florida
15
Amount: $15,343,753.00
Attorneys: Paula M. Jossart of Jossart Law Office, LLC
Case: Kowalewski v. BNSF Railway Co.
Type: Personal Injury, Toxic Exposure, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, FELA, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Failure to Disclose
State: Minnesota
16
Amount: $15,280,000.00
Attorneys: Daniel J. Kaiser, Mariam L. Hafezi of Kaiser Law
Case: Smith v. Retail Project Managers, Inc., et al.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort
State: Illinois
17
Amount: $15,228,000.00
Attorneys: Lawrence P. Biondi of Law Offices of Lawrence P. Biondi
Case: Dias v. Blue Sea Construction Co., et al.
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Negligent Tort
State: New York
18
Amount: $11,003,576.00
Attorneys: Gregory P. DiLeo, Benjamin W. Gulick of Law Offices of Gregory P. DiLeo, APLC; Caleb H. Didriksen, Alex A. Lauricella, Erin Bruce Saucier, Carl A. "Trey" Woods of Didriksen, Saucier & Woods, PLC; Mark E. Young of Plauche Maselli Parkerson; Tony M. Clayton of Clayton, Fruge & Ward Law
Case: Duplessis v. Turner, et al.
Type: Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Negligent Hiring, Failure to Supervise, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State: Louisiana
19
Amount: $11,000,000.00
Attorneys: Kenneth J. Allen, Otto J. Shragal of Kenneth J. Allen Law Group
Case: Estate of Ogiego v. AFI and Central
Type: Construction Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Crane Accident, Negligent Tort
State: Illinois
20
Amount: $8,615,127.00
Attorneys: Joseph P. Carfora, Steven R. Payne of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP
Case: Rivera v. Home Depot, et al.
Type: Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall, Burn Injury, Defective Product, Electrical Injury, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability
State: New York
21
Amount: $8,000,000.00
Attorneys: Ben F. Galloway of Owen, Galloway & Myers, Attorneys at Law
Case: Williams v. The Manitowoc Co. Inc., et al.
Type: Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability
State: Mississippi
22
Amount: $7,000,000.00
Attorneys: Pressley W. Henningsen, Benjamin P. Long, Brian C. Ivers of RSH Legal
Case: Estate of Ganka v. Clark
Type: Construction Accident, Negligent Supervision, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Training, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort
State: Iowa
23
Amount: $6,689,094.00
Attorneys: John J. Nonnenmacher of Jacob Oresky & Associates PLLC
Case: Areco v. 214 Franklin LLC, et al.
Type: Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort
State: New York
24
Amount: $6,000,000.00
Attorneys: Derek C. Johnson, Arthur C. Johnson, Jennifer Middleton, Marilyn A. Heiken of Johnson Johnson Lucas & Middleton PC
Case: Wagner v. Brewer & Brewer, Inc., et al.
Type: Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort
State: Oregon
25
Amount: $5,753,863.00
Attorneys: Jacqueline B. Doherty of The Doherty Law Firm; Richard J. Sullivan, Thomas P. Kelley of Sullivan & Sullivan, LLP
Case: Carpenter v. Delta Design & Construction Inc.
Type: Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Failure to Supervise, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort
State: Massachusetts
26
Amount: $5,415,812.00
Attorneys: Richard W. Weston, Connor D. Robertson of Weston | Robertson
Case: Edwards v. Mcelliotts Trucking, L.L.C., et al.
Type: Falling Object, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Forklift Accident, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention
State: West Virginia
27
Amount: $5,080,000.00
Attorneys: Nelson G. Wolff, Andrew J. Scavotto of Schlichter Bogard & Denton; Steven B. Garner of Strong Garner Bauer P.C.
Case: Mitchell v. BNSF Railway Co.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Failure to Maintain, FELA, Negligent Tort
State: Missouri
28 (tie)
Amount: $5,000,000.00
Attorneys: Kevin T. Glasheen of Glasheen, Valles & Inderman
Case: Contreras v. Biad Chili Ltd., et al.
Type: Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Brain Injury, Fall, Forklift Accident, Negligent Tort
State: New Mexico
28 (tie)
Amount: $5,000,000.00
Attorneys: Peter C. Wetherall of Wetherall Group, Ltd.; Brent W. Coon of Brent Coon & Associates; James A. Morris, Jr. of Morris Law Firm
Case: Gibbons v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Failure to Maintain, FELA, Negligent Tort
State: Nevada
29
Amount: $4,500,000.00
Attorneys: Patrick K. Bader, Jacob C. Murov of Bader & Murov, LLC
Case: Estate of Johnson v. Osage Marine Services Inc.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Drowning Accident, Negligent Tort, Admiralty Law, Jones Act
State: Missouri
30
Amount: $4,271,300.00
Attorneys: Blake R. David, Jerome H. Moroux of Broussard & David
Case: Bayard v. Cameron Inc.
Type: Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort
State: Louisiana
31
Amount: $4,250,000.00
Attorneys: John M. O'Brien of John M. O'Brien & Associates PC
Case: Laborer v. Desilva Gates Construction
Type: Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Entrustment, Loader Accident, Negligent Tort
State: California
32
Amount: $3,855,754.42
Attorneys: Donny A. Owens of Morgan & Morgan, PA
Case: Turner v. Piney Branch Motors
Type: Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort
State: Florida
33
Amount: $3,844,749.00
Attorneys: Jacob Oresky, John J. Nonnenmacher of Jacob Oresky & Associates PLLC
Case: Leon v. East Harlem Council for Human Servs., et al.
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Demolition Accident, Negligent Tort
State: New York
34 (tie)
Amount: $3,820,000.00
Attorneys: Jeffrey S. Weikum of Pagel Weikum Law Firm
Case: Decker v. I.E. Miller Services, Inc.
Type: Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Failure to Train, Crane Accident, Negligent Tort
State: South Dakota
34 (tie)
Amount: $3,820,000.00
Attorneys: Kevin J. McNamara of Kevin J. McNamara Law Offices, P.C.
Case: Martin v. Hartwig Transit, Inc.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Forklift Accident, Negligent Tort
State: Illinois
35
Amount: $3,743,000.00
Attorneys: David H. Mayer of Sacks & Sacks LLP
Case: Regan v. City of New York, et al.
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Negligent Tort
State: New York
36
Amount: $3,729,565.00
Attorneys: Thomas J. Dinopoulos of Babanikas, Ziedman & King, P.C.
Case: Cleveland v. Bradford Steele Co. Inc., et al.
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Failure to Supervise, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability
State: Massachusetts
37
Amount: $3,698,118.00
Attorneys: Max Michael Menard of Max Michael Menard, Attorney At Law
Case: Thibodeaux v. J.M. Drilling L.L.C.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Fall, Negligent Tort
State: Louisiana
38
Amount: $3,610,000.00
Attorneys: Frank J. Valdez of Law Office of Frank J. Valdez
Case: Hernandez v. Jensen, et al.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Tort, Negligent Discharge
State: California
39
Amount: $3,500,000.00
Attorneys: Raymond D. McElfish, Neda L. Lotfi, Evgenia Terehova, Adnan Fakih of McElfish Law Firm; Bob B. Khakshooy of Law Offices of Bob B. Khakshooy
Case: Flores v. Anderson Hay & Grain Co. Inc.
Type: Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Defective Product, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort
State: California
40
Amount: $3,380,000.00
Attorneys: Steven R. Browning , Keith Maynard of Spohrer Dodd
Case: Conklin v. RT Engineering
Type: Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Defective Product, Failure to Maintain, Equipment Malfunction, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability
State: Florida
41
Amount: $3,239,000.00
Attorneys: Steven W. Hale, W. Taylor Hale of Hale Law Firm
Case: Hale v. Wood Group PSN Inc., et al.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall, Crane Accident, Negligent Tort
State: Louisiana
42
Amount: $3,000,000.00
Attorneys: Clifford W. Horwitz of Horwitz, Horwitz and Associates Ltd.
Case: Soraghan v. Chicago Palm, Inc.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip and Fall, Work Accident, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort
State: Illinois
43
Amount: $2,847,500.00
Attorneys: Teresa A. Johnson, Daniel K. Kramer of Kramer Holcomb Sheik LLP
Case: Salazar v. Cannon Constructors
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort
State: California
44
Amount: $2,646,973.73
Attorneys: Robert A. Kahn, Jonathan Roven of Kahn Roven, LLP
Case: Elliott v. Connect the Dots, et al.
Type: Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Fall, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Tort
State: California
45
Amount: $2,630,000.00
Attorneys: William J. McMahon, Richard A. Haydu of Hoey & Farina, P.C.
Case: Hopkins v. Union Pacific Railroad
Type: Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Trip and Fall, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, FELA, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort
State: Illinois
46
Amount: $2,502,782.00
Attorneys: T. Dean Malone, Michael T. O'Connor of Law Offices of Dean Malone
Case: Davis v. AAA Cooper Transportation, et al.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Defective Product, Failure to Maintain, Forklift Accident, Psychological Injury, Equipment Malfunction, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability
State: Texas
47 (tie)
Amount: $2,400,000.00
Attorneys: John G. Simon, Kevin M. Carnie Jr., Patrick McPhail of The Simon Law Firm, P.C.
Case: Norman v. JLG Industries Inc.
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Defective Product, Forklift Accident, Strict Liability
State: Missouri
47 (tie)
Amount: $2,400,000.00
Attorneys: Thomas P. Markovits of Mirman, Markovits & Landau, P.C.
Case: Campbell v. St. Barnabas Hospital
Type: Personal Injury, Trip and Fall, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State: New York
48
Amount: $2,313,754.00
Attorneys: Michael Hall, III, Mike Hall, Sr., Anju Suresh, Raymond J. Konz of Hall Law, P.A.
Case: Wolbeck v. Custom Waste Irrigation, et al.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Defective Product, Emotional Distress, Equipment Malfunction, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability
State: Minnesota
49
Amount: $2,249,472.00
Attorneys: Joel Krissman of Krissman & Silver LLP
Case: Lacy v. Manson Construction Co.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Slip and Fall, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Admiralty Law, Jones Act
State: California
50
Amount: $2,175,547.00
Attorneys: Christopher W. Bowman, William G. Jungbauer, John D. Magnuson of Yaeger & Jungbauer Barristers, PLC
Case: Wooten v. B.N.S.F. Railway Co.
Type: Personal Injury, Retaliation, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Termination, FELA, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort
State: Montana
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