Top 10 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2018

Top 10 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2018We 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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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
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