Top 10 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 plaintiff's labor & employment jury verdicts obtained in the United States in the year 2018. 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 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2018) you have also made the list of Top 20 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2018.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $113,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary K. Burger, Jr. of Burger Law; Michael J. Flannery, Katherine Van Dyck of Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP |
| Case: | Hootselle, et al. v. Missouri Department of Corrections |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Missouri |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $44,514,226.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gerald S. Leeseberg, John A. Markus, Craig S. Tuttle of Leeseberg & Valentine |
| Case: | Metts v. Nationwide Children's Hospital, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Failure to Treat, Failure to Report, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Medical Laboratory Negligence |
| State: | Ohio |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $31,089,793.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Mark I. Lim of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Rael v. Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $28,817,045.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Ketchmark, Scott A. McCreight, Ben H. Fadler of Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. |
| Case: | Brovont v. KS-I Medical Services P.A., et al. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Missouri |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $28,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher P. Thorman, Daniel Petrov of Thorman Petrov Group |
| Case: | Katz v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Ohio |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $28,213,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allison MacLellan of MacLellan Law Firm |
| Case: | Toussaint v. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $18,641,959.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joann F. Rezzo, Louis Chip Edleson of Edleson & Rezzo |
| Case: | Tilkey v. Allstate Insurance Company |
| Type: | Defamation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Reputational Harm |
| State: | California |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $16,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond J. Sterling, Carol A. Laughbaum of Sterling Attorneys at Law, P.C.; Deborah L. Gordon of Law Offices of Deborah L. Gordon |
| Case: | Khalaf v. Ford Motor Co., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Michigan |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $14,708,630.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jere L. Beasley, Larry A. Golston, Jr., W. Daniel “Dee” Miles, III of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. |
| Case: | USA v. Nagel Enterprises Inc., et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower Retaliation, Kickback, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Alabama |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $13,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gabrielle M. Vinci of Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP; Megan S. Goddard of Goddard Law, PLLC; Nathaniel K. Charny of Charny & Wheeler P.C. |
| Case: | Mayo-Coleman v. American Sugar Holdings Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Psychological Injury |
| State: | New York |