Top 20 Bench Awards in the United States in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 plaintiff bench awards 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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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $102,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry W. Lee, Kwanporn Mai Tulyathan of Diversity Law Group PC; Dennis S. Hyun of Hyun Legal, APC; William 'Bill' L. Marder of Marder Employment Law |
| Case: | Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $77,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Monique Olivier of Olivier Schreiber & Chao LLP; Emily Thiagaraj, Alison Kosinski of Kosinski and Thiagaraj, LLP |
| Case: | Bernstein, et al. v. Virgin America Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $70,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alton G. Burkhalter, Daniel J. Kessler, Keith E. Butler of Burkhalter Kessler Clement & George LLP; Douglas L. Johnson, Neville L. Johnson, James T. Ryan, Ronald P. Funnell of Johnson & Johnson LLP |
| Case: | Foxcroft Productions Inc., et al v. Universal City Studios LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Baizer, David Neiman of Baizer Kolar Neiman P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Villasenor v. Oelerich |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $41,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Conroy, Siannah Collado Boutte of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Jake D. Finkel of Law Offices of Jake D. Finkel, APC |
| Case: | Estate of Kasian v. Leibel |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Wrongful Death, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $35,199,277.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason A. Neville of The Spence Law Firm, LLC; Scott P. Klosterman, Amy M. Iberlin of Williams Porter Day & Neville PC |
| Case: | APMTG Helium LLC v. Denbury Onshore LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Wyoming |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $31,874,964.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven Goldberg, Ivan L. Kallick, Richard J. Maire Jr., Benjamin G. Shatz, Kishan H. Barot of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP |
| Case: | Schrage v. Schrage |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conversion, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $25,014,158.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander M. Schack, Natasha N. Serino, Shannon F. Nocon of Schack Law Group |
| Case: | Gunther v. Alaska Airlines Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $23,218,106.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Anthony J. Garilli of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Palla v. L M Sports, Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Watercraft Accident, Emotional Distress, Motorboat Accident, Negligent Tort, Admiralty Law |
| State: | California |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $18,938,352.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Scanlon, Martin Healy Jr., David P. Huber of Healy Scanlon Law Firm |
| Case: | O’Donnell v. Ropeway Design, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Strict Liability, Amputation |
| State: | Illinois |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $18,235,470.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc E. Rohatiner, Jason M. Flom, Edward E. Weiman, Max N. Wellman of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP |
| Case: | Silverlake Park LLC v. First Capital Real Estate Investments LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| State: | California |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $12,299,173.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Battipaglia, Kevin Potere, Michelle Ranello, Kenneth G. Roberts of Duane Morris LLP |
| Case: | Shah v. 20 East 64th St. LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Indemnity, Property Damage, Nuisance, Commercial Litigation, Trespass, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $11,756,221.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Kruckemeyer of The Kruckemeyer Law Firm |
| Case: | Abdallah v. Control & Applications L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conspiracy, Fraud, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Texas |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $11,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth J. Ronan, John E. Schwencke of Lavalle, Brown & Ronan |
| Case: | Doe v. Haspel, et al. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Child Abuse |
| State: | Florida |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $10,013,990.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert K. Fricke, Joachim P. Cox, Abigail M. Holden of Cox Fricke LLP |
| Case: | Aldis v. USA |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Failure to Monitor, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Hawaii |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $8,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Levine of Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo, LLP |
| Case: | Pesce v. Mahoney |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $8,363,581.00 |
| Attorneys: | Boris Bernstein, Tonino Sacco of Sacco & Fillas LLP |
| Case: | Rajkumar v. Yacoob |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | New York |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $7,314,894.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph N. Akrotirianakis, Matthew H. Dawson, Matthew V.H. Noller of King & Spalding LLP |
| Case: | Huynh v. Quinstar Technology Inc. |
| Type: | Commercial Litigation, Shareholder Dispute |
| State: | California |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $7,290,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Isaac of Koenigsberg & Associates Law Offices |
| Case: | Macklin v. Altfest Auto Leasing Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, School Bus Accident, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $7,260,531.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kathryn D.Z. Domin, Ira G. Rivin, Golsa Honarfar, Mary C. Brady of Rutan & Tucker, LLP |
| Case: | Tarwater v. McCormick |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Tortious Interference, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |