Top 20 Medical Malpractice Verdicts in the United States in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 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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| 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 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $3,151,774.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew C. Meyer of Lubin & Meyer P.C. |
| Case: | Antonio v. Medlock |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Negligent Tort, Neurosurgery Malpractice |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 12 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. Martin of Law Office of Matthew Scott Martin L.L.C.; Cheryl Louise Trine of Cheryl Louise Trine Law Firm |
| Case: | Moncher v. Percival |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Negligent Tort, Amputation |
| State: | Colorado |
| 12 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ernest Buonocore of Shapiro Law Offices, PLLC |
| Case: | Appleyard v. Tigges |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $2,855,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rachel O’Neal of Law Office of Rachel F. O’Neal d/b/a O’Neal Law Firm |
| Case: | Ziady v. St. Onge Carneiro, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Oregon |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $2,725,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel H. Gilberg of Daniel H. Gilberg, Attorney at Law |
| Case: | Estate of Daniels v. Jerome, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,107,966.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary Silverstein of Rosenberg, Minc, Falkoff & Wolff L.L.P. |
| Case: | Best v. Vaynman, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Lack of Informed Consent, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,002,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elliott Tiomkin of Law Offices of Elliott N. Tiomkin |
| Case: | Babbitt v. Emoto, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Negligent Tort, Failure to Test |
| State: | California |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary D. Ginsberg of Ginsberg & O'Connor, PC |
| Case: | Wacker v. Magasiny, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,621,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Hammer, Lindsay Boese of The Deters Law Firm P.S.C. |
| Case: | Atwood, et al. v. Durrani, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Unnecessary Surgery, Lack of Informed Consent, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Ohio |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,520,645.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nora Hovsepian of Law Office of Nora Hovsepian; Jamie Keeton of Schlichter & Shonack LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Lahiji v. Providence Little Co. of Medical Center-Torrance, et al. |
| Type: | Hospital Malpractice, Negligent Supervision, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Inadequate Care, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert V. Fallarino, Gerhardt M. Nielsen, Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard of Pegalis & Erickson LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Hernandez v. Shah, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Medication Error, Negligent Tort, Failure to Test |
| State: | New York |