Top 10 Verdicts in the United States in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 plaintiff's jury verdicts 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 Verdicts in the United States in 2019) you have also made the list of Top 20 Verdicts in the United States in 2019.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas R. Kline of Kline & Specter, P.C.; Jason A. Itkin of Arnold & Itkin, LLP; Stephen A. Sheller of Sheller, PC |
| Case: | Murray v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Pharmacy Malpractice, Product Liability, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Defective Drug |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $2,055,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Miller, Curtis G. Hoke, David J. Dickens, Jeffrey Travers, Nancy Guy Armstrong Miller of The Miller Firm, LLC; R. Brent Wisner, Michael L. Baum, Pedram Esfandiary of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC; Mark Burton of Audet & Partners, LLP; Steven J. Brady of Brady Law Group |
| Case: | Pilliod v. Monsanto Co. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | California |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $1,127,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey S. Weikum of Pagel Weikum Law Firm; Thomas A. Dickson of Dickson Law Office; Chad C. Nodland of Chad C. Nodland, P.C. |
| Case: | Monson v. Morsette |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | North Dakota |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $1,065,919,400.00 |
| Attorneys: | John A. DiLorenzo, John F. McGrory, Jr., Aaron K. Stuckey of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP |
| Case: | County of Linn v. State of Oregon, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action |
| State: | Oregon |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $925,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory S. Dovel, Simon Franzini, Jonas Jacobson, Julien Adams of Dovel & Luner LLP; Rafey S. Balabanian, Eve-Lynn J. Rapp, Lily E. Hough of Edelson PC; Scott F. Kocher, Stephen J. Voorhees of Forum Law Group LLC |
| Case: | Wakefield v. ViSalus Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Invasion of Privacy, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, TCPA Violation |
| State: | Oregon |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $752,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Morgan Chu, Alan J. Heinrich, Maclain Wells, Elizabeth C. Tuan of Irell & Manella LLP; Sarah A. Geers, Andrea Jeffries of Jones Day |
| Case: | Juno Therapeutics Inc. et al. v. Kite Pharma Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $740,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy D. Friedman, C. David Durkee of Downs Law Group, PA |
| Case: | Tatlici v. Tatlici |
| Type: | Defamation, Economic Loss, Intentional Tort, Reputational Harm, Libel |
| State: | Florida |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $700,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott W. Leeds, Channa Lloyd of The Cochran Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Doty v. Rodriguez, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Conspiracy, Murder, Wrongful Death, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $495,123,680.00 |
| Attorneys: | John M. Phillips, Kirby Johnson of Law Offices of Phillips & Hunt |
| Case: | Estate of McCoy v. Wade, et al. |
| Type: | Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Florida |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $325,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerome H. Block, Alexandria Awad, John P. Guinan of Levy Konigsberg LLP; Christian H. Hartley, Suzanne Ratcliffe of Maune, Raichle, Hartley, French and Mudd, LLC |
| Case: | Olson v. Brenntag North America Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Talc Exposure, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | New York |