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 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $280,065,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon Peak, Christopher B. McDaniel, Ramsey B. Prather, Joel O. Wooten of Butler Wooten & Peak LLP; LaRae D. Moore of Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, PC |
| Case: | Estate of Madere v. Greenwich Ins. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
| State: | Georgia |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $267,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott A. Bursor, L. Timothy Fisher, Yeremey O. Krivoshey of Bursor & Fisher, P.A. |
| Case: | Perez v. Rash Curtis & Associates |
| Type: | Class Action, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, TCPA Violation, Debt Collection |
| State: | California |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $229,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith D. Forman, Mary M. Koch, Sarah L. Smith of Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & Offutt LLC |
| Case: | Byrom v. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Delayed Childbirth, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Ob-Gyn Malpractice, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Maryland |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $222,216,159.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lewis E. Hudnell, III of Hudnell Law Group P.C.; Jonathan T. Suder, Corby R. Vowell, Dave R. Gunter of Friedman Suder & Cooke PC |
| Case: | Opticurrent L.L.C. v. Power Integrations Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $202,230,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dereck G. Capaz, Laura Turbe Capaz of Capaz Law Firm Tampa Personal Injury Attorneys & Car Accident Lawyers; Andres N. Oliveros of Andres N. Oliveros, P.A. |
| Case: | Garcia v. Espildora |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $200,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason G. Sheasby, Lisa S. Glasser, Tony Rowles, Andrew J. Strabone, Benjamin Manzin-Monnin of Irell & Manella LLP |
| Case: | USAA v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Texas |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $176,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alistair B. Dawson, Alex B. Roberts, Garrett S. Brawley of Beck Redden LLP |
| Case: | Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Quanta Storage Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Antitrust Violation, Conspiracy, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Price Fixing |
| State: | Texas |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $157,445,439.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brittany C. Barron, Steven J. Hammer, Scott P. Schlesinger, Jonathan R. Gdanski of Schlesinger Law Offices, PA |
| Case: | Estate of Caprio v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al. |
| Type: | Fraudulent Concealment, Product Liability, Tobacco, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Florida |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $155,190,264.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rodger D. Smith II, Michael J. Flynn of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP; Bradford J. (Jim) Badke, Sona De, Ching-Lee Fukuda, Julie L. Hsia, Sue Wang, Saurabh Prabhakar, Gwen Hochman Stewart, Caroline Bercier of Sidley Austin LLP |
| Case: | Bayer Healthcare LLC v. Baxalta Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Commercial Litigation, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Delaware |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $151,791,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Greg Allen, Kendall Dunson, LaBarron N. Boone of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.; William J. Gamble of Gamble Gamble Calame & Jones, LLC |
| Case: | Smith v. Ford Motor Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Paralysis Injury, Design Defect |
| State: | Alabama |