Top 10 Medical Malpractice Verdicts in the United States in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 medical malpractice verdicts obtained in the United States in the year 2020. 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 Medical Malpractice Verdicts in the United States in 2020) you have also made the list of Top 20 Medical Malpractice Verdicts in the United States in 2020.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Friedman, Friedman & Friedman |
| Case: | Estate of Fernandez v. Baptist Health Medical Group Orthopedics L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Lack of Informed Consent, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Florida |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $10,838,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brendan B. Lupetin, Gregory R. Unatin and Jerry I. Meyers of Meyers Evans Lupetin & Unatin LLC |
| Case: | Miller v. Biggs, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $6,333,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond Mariani of Raymond L. Mariani, P.C.; James Puga, Molly Greenblatt, Alex Wilschke of Leventhal & Puga |
| Case: | Blatchley v. St. Anthony Summit Medical Center |
| Type: | Business Liability, Delayed Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Colorado |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $6,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan K. Merson of Merson Law P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Njinga v. Alexiades, et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Medical Malpractice, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Unnecessary Surgery, Lack of Informed Consent, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $5,872,150.00 |
| Attorneys: | H. Briggs Bedigian, Michael M. McCubbin of Gilman & Bedigian L.L.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Mason v. University of Maryland Medical System Corp. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice, Negligent Supervision, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Monitor, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Maryland |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $5,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Glendell D. Nix, Jacob Diesselhorst, Andy J. Campbell of Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst P.L.L.C |
| Case: | Lewis v. Warren Clinic Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Oklahoma |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $4,086,004.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael V. Baxter, William Zoeller of Schuler, Halvorson, Weisser, Zoeller & Overbeck P.A |
| Case: | Estate of Sanford v. Vedere, et al. |
| Type: | Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Surgical Error, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Monitor, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Florida |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam Deutsch of Fiedler Deutsch, LLP |
| Case: | Olken v. Zajac |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Lack of Informed Consent, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James Wilkens of Sullivan, Papain, Block, McGrath & Cannavo P.C.; Mark L. Bodner of Mark L. Bodner P.C. |
| Case: | Torgut v. The New York and Presbyterian Hospital |
| Type: | Business Liability, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Failure to Treat, Failure to Refer, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $3,207,759.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas P. Cella of Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald |
| Case: | Cockayne v. The Bristol Hospital, et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Connecticut |