Top 50 Work Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 plaintiff's work accident 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: | $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 |