Top 10 Bench Awards in the United States in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 plaintiff bench awards obtained in the United States in the year 2019. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried in one of the Nation's state or federal courts.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Bench Awards in the United States in 2019) you have also made the list of Top 20 Bench Awards in the United States in 2019.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $102,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry W. Lee, Kwanporn Mai Tulyathan of Diversity Law Group PC; Dennis S. Hyun of Hyun Legal, APC; William 'Bill' L. Marder of Marder Employment Law |
| Case: | Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $77,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Monique Olivier of Olivier Schreiber & Chao LLP; Emily Thiagaraj, Alison Kosinski of Kosinski and Thiagaraj, LLP |
| Case: | Bernstein, et al. v. Virgin America Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $70,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alton G. Burkhalter, Daniel J. Kessler, Keith E. Butler of Burkhalter Kessler Clement & George LLP; Douglas L. Johnson, Neville L. Johnson, James T. Ryan, Ronald P. Funnell of Johnson & Johnson LLP |
| Case: | Foxcroft Productions Inc., et al v. Universal City Studios LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Baizer, David Neiman of Baizer Kolar Neiman P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Villasenor v. Oelerich |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $41,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Conroy, Siannah Collado Boutte of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Jake D. Finkel of Law Offices of Jake D. Finkel, APC |
| Case: | Estate of Kasian v. Leibel |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Wrongful Death, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $35,199,277.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason A. Neville of The Spence Law Firm, LLC; Scott P. Klosterman, Amy M. Iberlin of Williams Porter Day & Neville PC |
| Case: | APMTG Helium LLC v. Denbury Onshore LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Wyoming |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $31,874,964.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven Goldberg, Ivan L. Kallick, Richard J. Maire Jr., Benjamin G. Shatz, Kishan H. Barot of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP |
| Case: | Schrage v. Schrage |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conversion, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $25,014,158.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander M. Schack, Natasha N. Serino, Shannon F. Nocon of Schack Law Group |
| Case: | Gunther v. Alaska Airlines Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $23,218,106.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Anthony J. Garilli of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Palla v. L M Sports, Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Watercraft Accident, Emotional Distress, Motorboat Accident, Negligent Tort, Admiralty Law |
| State: | California |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $18,938,352.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Scanlon, Martin Healy Jr., David P. Huber of Healy Scanlon Law Firm |
| Case: | O’Donnell v. Ropeway Design, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Strict Liability, Amputation |
| State: | Illinois |