Top 20 Civil Rights Violation Verdicts in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 plaintiff's civil rights violation 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: | $33,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dale K. Galipo, Hang D. Le of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; Robert D. Conaway of Law Office of Robert D. Conaway |
| Case: | Archibald v. County of San Bernardino |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 2 | |
| 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 |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $17,175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan I. Loevy, Sean C. Starr, Steven Art, Anand Swaminathan, Rachel Brady of Loevy & Loevy; Locke E. Bowman, Alexa Van Brunt of Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center |
| Case: | Rivera v. Guevara, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Wrongful Conviction, Intentional Tort, Abuse of Process, Emotional Distress, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence |
| State: | Illinois |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elizabeth Wang, Mark Loevy-Reyes of Loevy & Loevy; Michael B. Pasternak of Michael B. Pasternak, Attorney at Law; Brett Murner of The Law Office of Brett Murner |
| Case: | Wheatt, et al. v. City of East Cleveland |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Failure to Disclose |
| State: | Ohio |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $14,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew D. Brinckerhoff, Earl S. Ward, Samuel J. Shapiro of Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP |
| Case: | Collado v. City of NY, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct |
| State: | New York |
| 9 | |
| 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 |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $13,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Pinter-Brown v. The Regents of The University of California |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin I. Aarons, Shannon H.P. Ward of The Aarons Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Meadowcroft, et al. v. Silverton Partners, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 12 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Nick Brustin, Alexandra Lampert, Meghna Philip of Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP; Kate L. Chatfield of Kate L. Chatfield |
| Case: | Trulove v. Police Officer D'Amico, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Personal Injury, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, Intentional Tort, Psychological Injury, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence |
| State: | California |
| 12 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Levant of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP |
| Case: | Boozer v. Waltman, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Malicious Prosecution, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Police Misconduct, False Evidence, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Reputational Harm |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sonal Bhatia, Edward "E.E." Keenan of Keenan & Bhatia, LLC |
| Case: | McGaughy v. Laclede Gas Company, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Missouri |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $8,008,817.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nancy L. Abrolat, Shahane A. Martirosyan, Edward E. Kim, Melvin L. Felton of Abrolat Law PC |
| Case: | Gruzalski, et al. v. Federal Express Corp. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $7,974,539.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason S. Bell, Warren R. Paboojian, Adam B. Stirrup of Baradat & Paboojian, Inc. |
| Case: | Ortiz v. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Defamation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Reputational Harm |
| State: | California |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $7,020,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer A. Shoemaker, Alina Nadir of Underberg & Kessler |
| Case: | Small v. NY State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Psychological Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Ashlee Albies of Albies & Stark, LLC; Michael E. Rose, Beth Creighton of Creighton & Rose, PC |
| Case: | Flores-Haro, et al. v. City of Hillsboro, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Personal Injury, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Oregon |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $6,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Burton of The Law Offices of John Burton; Daniel J. Haus of The Haus Law Firm LLC; Kirk R. Presley, Matthew A. McCoy of Presley & Presley, LLC |
| Case: | Masters v. Police Officer Runnels |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Unreasonable Search and Seizure, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Missouri |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $6,433,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sonal Bhatia, Edward "E.E." Keenan of Keenan & Bhatia, LLC |
| Case: | Hartmann v. Astellas Pharma US Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Missouri |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $6,314,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura C. Mattiacci, Kevin Console, Caren N. Gurmankin, Ortal (Tuli) Mendelawe of Console Mattiacci Law L.L.C |
| Case: | Middlebrooks v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, National Origin Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Pennsylvania |