Top 10 Verdicts in the United States in 2019

Top 10 Verdicts in the United States in 2019We 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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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
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