Top 20 Construction Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 construction accident 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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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $110,174,972.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel P. O'Toole, Scott Occhiogrosso of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Liciaga v. NYC Transit Authority |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort, Paraplegia, Paralysis Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $32,072,166.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce W. Jacobus Jr. of Jacobus & Fielding |
| Case: | Douglass v. Plowfield, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Paralysis Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $24,849,735.00 |
| Attorneys: | Fredric S. Eisenberg, Daniel J. Sherry, Jr., Kenneth M. Rothweiler, Todd A. Schoenhaus of Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C. |
| Case: | Kalinowski v. ABRA Auto Body & Glass L.P., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $13,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gil Zohar of Law Office of Yuriy Prakhin P.C. |
| Case: | Petrosian v. B&A Warehousing Inc, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $11,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank J. Lombardo of Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP |
| Case: | McGrath v. R.C.P.I. 30 Rock 22234849 LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $9,360,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David C. Wenholz, Sean B. Swords of Wenholz Dow P.C. |
| Case: | Membreno v. City of Austin, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Electrical Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Utility Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $7,677,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James Pagliuca, Andrew L. Chambarry of Gill & Chamas, LLC |
| Case: | Schultz v. Atlas Homes LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $6,683,922.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles E. Wisell of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC |
| Case: | Masmalaj v. New York City Econ. Dev. Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $5,870,283.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis M. Prince, Kevin T. Strong of Prince Law Group |
| Case: | Yahyavi v. Capriati Construction Corp. Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Forklift Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Nevada |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,336.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bethany L. Schneider of Schneider Injury Law; Quynh-Huong Nguyen Davis of Davis Injury Firm |
| Case: | Laguerre v. Cajun Contractors Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Georgia |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,855,280.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Nonnenmacher of Jacob Oresky & Associates PLLC |
| Case: | Encalada v. Riverside Retail LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $4,844,184.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter C. Grenier of Grenier Law Group; Andrew G. Slutkin, Ethan S. Nochumowitz of Silverman Thompson Slutkin White |
| Case: | Estate of Sardis v. Overhead Door Corp. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Fall, Defective Product, Breach of Warranty of Merchantability, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Virginia |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $3,620,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randell C. Roberts, Justin C. Roberts, Frank D. Weedon of Roberts & Roberts |
| Case: | Davis, et al. v Thurston, Owens & Newman, LLC |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Electrical Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,587,064.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen H. Jacobson of Jaroslawicz & Jaros PLLC |
| Case: | Aguaiza v. Manhattanview Terrace Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,959,251.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew W. Siegel of Siegel & Coonerty |
| Case: | Lema v. 37 W. 14th St. Associates LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,579,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gerald H. Clark, Mark W. Morris of Clark Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Silva v. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,343,701.00 |
| Attorneys: | John T. Dooley, Sean M. McMonagle of Law Offices of John T. Dooley, P.C. |
| Case: | O’Connell v. Network Construction Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Trip & Fall, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Hire, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $2,260,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Donna H. Clancy of Clancy Law Firm P.C.; Darren Audino of Bardsley, Benedict + Cholden, LLP; Vincent P. Manning of Manning, Caliendo & Thomson, PA |
| Case: | Bracken v. Torcon Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,804,696.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nelson E. Baez of Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath |
| Case: | Hernandez v. G.S. Obler inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Failure to Supervise, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,262,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David H. Hanchey, Loreta L. Thibodeaux of The Townsley Law Firm; Kenneth Miller of Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers |
| Case: | Echeverry v. Padgett, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Failure to Supervise, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Louisiana |