Top 50 Verdicts in the United States in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 plaintiff's jury 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: | $1,108,042,349.00 |
Attorneys: | James R. Asperger, Kevin P.B. Johnson, Todd M. Briggs of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP |
Case: | California Institute of Technology v. Broadcom Ltd. |
Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
State: | California |
2 | |
Amount: | $854,565,576.00 |
Attorneys: | Mike De Vries, Gianni Cutri, Adam Alper, Pat Carson, Leslie Schmidt, Ben Herbert, Adam Kaufmann, Joshua Simmons of Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
Case: | Syntel Sterling Best Shores Mauritius Limited v. Trizetto Group Inc. |
Type: | Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
State: | New York |
3 | |
Amount: | $787,300,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Chris Panatier of Simon Greenstone Panatier; Christopher Placitella, Harry Roth of Cohen Placitella & Roth; Moshe Maimon of Levy Konigsberg |
Case: | Barden, et al. v. Johnson & Johnson |
Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Talc Exposure, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
State: | New Jersey |
4 | |
Amount: | $585,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Morgan Chu, Alan J. Heinrich, Elizabeth C. Tuan of Irell & Manella LLP; Andrea W. Jeffreis, Luke J. Burton of Jones Day |
Case: | Juno Therapeutics Inc. v. Kite Pharma Inc. |
Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
State: | California |
5 | |
Amount: | $506,200,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Mike McCool, Theodore Stevenson III, Holly E. Engelmann, Erik B. Fountain, Steven J. Pollinger, Kevin L. Burgess, Christine M. Woodin, Seth Hasenour, Samuel F. Baxter, Jennifer Leigh Truelove, Jonathan Yim, Christopher P. McNett of McKool Smith P.C.; Jason G. Sheasby, Hong Zhong, Elliot Z. Chen, Ingrid M. Haslund Petersen, Andrew J. Strabone of Irell & Manella L.L.P; David T. DeZern, Jared Hoggan, Jill Bindler of Gray Reed & McGraw L.L.P |
Case: | Optis Wireless Tech. L.L.C., et al. v. Apple Inc. |
Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
State: | Texas |
6 | |
Amount: | $502,848,848.00 |
Attorneys: | Bradley W. Caldwell, J. Austin Curry, Hamad M. Hamad, Christopher S. Stewart, Daniel R. Pearson, John F. Summers of Caldwell Cassady & Curry; T. John Ward Jr. of Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC |
Case: | VirnetX Inc. v. Apple Inc. |
Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
State: | Texas |
7 | |
Amount: | $375,263,109.00 |
Attorneys: | Robert Scott Cox, Talley Kaleko, Law Offices of Robert Scott Cox; Benjamin L. Crump, Parks & Crump L.L.C |
Case: | Washington v. Top Auto Express, Inc. |
Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | Florida |
8 | |
Amount: | $265,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Billy R. Randles, Beverly T. Randles, Angela M. Splittgerber of Randles & Splittgerber L.L.P.; Brett A. Davis, Tracey F. George, L. Benjamin Mook of Davis George Mook L.L.C. |
Case: | Bader Farms Inc., et al. v. Monsanto Co., et al. |
Type: | Conspiracy, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Property Damage, Intentional Tort, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Design Defect |
State: | Missouri |
9 | |
Amount: | $236,836,876.00 |
Attorneys: | Adam Adler, Courtland L. Reichman, Ariel Green, Jennifer Estremera, Joachim B. Steinberg, Shawna L. Ballard, Kate M. Falkenstien, MIchael G. Flanigan, Christine E. Lehman, Jaime F. Cardenas-Navia, Wesley Lanier White, Khue V. Hoang, Sarah O. Jorgensen of Reichman & Jorgensen L.L.P.; Gary J. Toman of Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial; Julie M.K. Siegal, Paul D. Clement of Kirkland & Ellis L.L.P.; Kenneth L. Dorsney of Morris James L.L.P. |
Case: | Cirba v. VMware |
Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
State: | Delaware |
10 | |
Amount: | $150,876,732.00 |
Attorneys: | Albert Thomas Morris, Angela Williams, Elspeth A. England of United States Department of Justice |
Case: | Aldridge v. Cain, et al. |
Type: | False Claims Act, Qui Tam, Unjust Enrichment, Health Care Fraud, Intentional Tort |
State: | Mississippi |
11 | |
Amount: | $115,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Ted Buck, Anne Bremner, Evan Bariault of Frey Buck, P.S. |
Case: | Cox v. State of Washington |
Type: | Government Negligence, Murder, Negligent Supervision, Wrongful Death, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Negligent Tort, Child Protection |
State: | Washington |
12 | |
Amount: | $102,792,510.00 |
Attorneys: | Robert C. Bunt, Charles Ainsworth of Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth P.C.; Jason G. Sheasby, Ben Hattenbach, Anthony Rowles, Lisa S. Glasser, Andrew J. Strabone of Irell & Manella L.L.P. |
Case: | USAA v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. |
Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
State: | Texas |
13 | |
Amount: | $67,441,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Robert P. Wilson, Marco Crawford, Reggie Blakely of The Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry |
Case: | Camacho v. Stewart Builders Inc., et al. |
Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Forklift Accident, Negligent Tort |
State: | Texas |
14 | |
Amount: | $50,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Jon C. Conlin, F. Jerome Tapley, Nina Herring, Mitchell Theodore from Cory Watson, PC |
Case: | Abbott v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. |
Type: | Business Liability, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Toxic Exposure, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
State: | Ohio |
15 | |
Amount: | $38,625,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Benjamin P. Cloward, Ian C. Estrada of Richard Harris Law Firm |
Case: | Estate of Salazar v. Sportsman’s Royal Manor LLC |
Type: | Business Liability, Negligent Supervision, Wrongful Death, Negligent Security, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention |
State: | Nevada |
16 | |
Amount: | $38,164,263.00 |
Attorneys: | Timothy S. Trecek, Jesse B. Blocher, Elissa M. Bowlin, Susan R. Tyndall of Habush Habush & Rottier |
Case: | Vanderventer v. Hyundai Motors Co., et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Negligent Tort, Paraplegia, Paralysis Injury, Design Defect |
State: | Wisconsin |
17 | |
Amount: | $36,400,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Elizabeth Mann, Vincent J. Connelly of Mayer Brown L.L.P. |
Case: | Claassen v. Solar Trust of America LLC, et al. |
Type: | Defamation, Economic Loss, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Negligent Interference, Negligent Tort, Reputational Harm |
State: | California |
18 | |
Amount: | $33,639,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Art Anderson of Winstead PC |
Case: | Trinity East Energy, LLC v. City of Dallas, Texas |
Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Inverse Condemnation, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort |
State: | Texas |
19 | |
Amount: | $32,262,489.00 |
Attorneys: | Thomas E. Patterson, Jefferey O. Katz, Michael D. Haeberle of Patterson Law Firm L.L.C.; Troy L. Moore of Ballenger & Moore Co., L.P.A.; Thomas Anastos of Anastos Law, LLC |
Case: | RevoLaze, LLC v. Dentons US LLP, et al. |
Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Legal Malpractice, Negligent Misrepresentation, Professional Malpractice, Negligent Tort |
State: | Ohio |
20 | |
Amount: | $31,211,012.00 |
Attorneys: | Susan E. Morrison, Jeremy D. Anderson, Douglas E. McCann, Frank E. Scherkenback, Jason M. Zucchi, Michael J. Kane, William R. Woodford, James Huguenin-Love of Fish & Richardson P.C. |
Case: | Wasica Finance GmbH, et al. v. Schrader International Inc., et al. |
Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
State: | Delaware |
21 | |
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 |
22 | |
Amount: | $26,750,000.00 |
Attorneys: | James W. Gustafson, Jr. of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley; Gary M. Paige of Gordon & Partners, P.A. |
Case: | Estate of Duignan v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. |
Type: | Conspiracy, Fraudulent Concealment, Product Liability, Tobacco, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Strict Liability |
State: | Florida |
23 | |
Amount: | $25,656,686.00 |
Attorneys: | Ryan Saba, Robert Karwin, Tyler Vanderpool of Rosen Saba LLP |
Case: | Tusant v. City of Hemet |
Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
State: | California |
24 | |
Amount: | $21,513,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Denis M. Delja of The Dunnion Law Firm |
Case: | Maclovio v. Brewer |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury, Quadriplegia, Paralysis Injury |
State: | California |
25 | |
Amount: | $21,029,363.00 |
Attorneys: | R. Shane Lazenby of Lazenby Law Group L.L.C. |
Case: | Estate of Holland v. Cypress Insurance Co., et al. |
Type: | Business Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
State: | Georgia |
26 | |
Amount: | $18,273,040.00 |
Attorneys: | Benjamin A. A. Russell of Associates & Bruce L. Scheiner |
Case: | Cox v. Jason's Grading, Inc., et al. |
Type: | Assault & Battery, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Intentional Tort |
State: | Florida |
27 | |
Amount: | $18,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Jonathan M. Ritter, S. Edmond El Dabe of ElDabe Ritter Trial Lawyers; Joshua E. Ritter of Werksman, Jackson & Quinn LLP |
Case: | Estate of Shen v. Hershel |
Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
State: | California |
28 | |
Amount: | $17,100,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Lawrence A. Kellogg, Jason Kellogg, and Marcelo Diaz-Cortez of Levine Kellogg, et al. |
Case: | Schmitt v. Zecca, et al. |
Type: | Conspiracy, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
State: | Florida |
29 | |
Amount: | $13,478,106.00 |
Attorneys: | Leon R. Russell of The Russell Law Firm; R. Douglas Gentile of Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes; Frank G. Giunta of Giunta Law, P.C.; Cynthia Hollingsworth of Hollingsworth Walker |
Case: | Cook v. Valentine |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Brain Injury, Strict Liability, Design Defect |
State: | Texas |
30 | |
Amount: | $13,426,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Christopher Madeksho of Madeksho Law; Alexandra Caggiano, Phillip Chu of Weinstein Caggiano |
Case: | Budd v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc. |
Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Strict Liability |
State: | Washington |
31 | |
Amount: | $13,205,841.00 |
Attorneys: | David B. Weinstein, Matthew E. Coveler, Emily J. Bogenschutz of Weinstein Tippetts & Little L.L.P.; Travis C. Barton, Jordan K. Mullins of McGinnis Lochridge L.L.P |
Case: | Daewoo Intl. Corp. v. Atlas Tubular L.L.C. |
Type: | Breach of Contract |
State: | Texas |
32 | |
Amount: | $13,200,395.50 |
Attorneys: | Adaline J. Hilgard, Jonah D. Mitchell, and Christopher J. Pulido of Reed Smith LLP; Robert W. Thielhelm, Jr., of Baker & Hostetler LLP |
Case: | Siemens Energy, Inc. v. Midamerica C2L Inc. |
Type: | Breach of Contract |
State: | Florida |
33 | |
Amount: | $13,150,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Andrew J. Thomas, Susan J. Kohlmann, Alison I. Stein of Jenner & Block LLP |
Case: | Kaffaga v. Steinbeck |
Type: | Breach of Contract, Tortious Interference, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
State: | California |
34 | |
Amount: | $13,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Steve Garner of Strong Garner Bauer P.C. |
Case: | Church v. CNH Industrial America L.L.C. |
Type: | Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Loader Accident, Strict Liability, Design Defect |
State: | Missouri |
35 | |
Amount: | $12,625,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Jeffrey L. Needle of Jeffrey L. Needle Attorney at Law; Susan B. Mindenbergs of Law Office of Susan B. Mindenbergs |
Case: | Johnson v. Albertsons LLC |
Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
State: | Washington |
36 | |
Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Eric S. Rosen of Rosen Injury Law, P.A.; Catherine C. Darlson of Kelley Uustal Trial Attorneys |
Case: | McHugh v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. |
Type: | Conspiracy, Fraudulent Concealment, Product Liability, Tobacco, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Strict Liability |
State: | Florida |
37 | |
Amount: | $12,195,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Richard A. Cook, Bryan Tisch, Brandon Yosha of Yosha Cook & Tisch |
Case: | Simmons v. Indianapolis Power & Light |
Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Electrical Injury, Negligent Tort |
State: | Indiana |
38 | |
Amount: | $12,028,395.00 |
Attorneys: | Kendel W. Grooms, Donald K. Campbell III, Parker L. Spaulding of Campbell & Grooms P.L.L.C.; Jerry Kelly of Kelly Law Firm P.A. |
Case: | Zero Grade Farms, et al. v. Agri-Petroleum Sales L.L.C., et al. |
Type: | Breach of Contract, Conspiracy, Deceptive Trade Practices, Fraud, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Civil Theft, Commercial Litigation, Constructive Fraud |
State: | Arkansas |
39 | |
Amount: | $11,929,722.00 |
Attorneys: | Brent P. Frederick, Michael T. Beckers of Frederick & Beckers L.L.C. |
Case: | Brown v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., et al. |
Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
State: | Louisiana |
40 | |
Amount: | $10,845,000.00 |
Attorneys: | George J. Stephan, C. Dana Hobart, Robert S. Addison, Jr., Mancy Pendergrass, Pooya Sohi, David Mark of Buchalter |
Case: | Fantasy Cookie Corp., et al. v. Rothman, et al. |
Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Quantum Meruit, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
State: | California |
41 | |
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 |
42 | |
Amount: | $10,600,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Seth A. Harris, Alison R. Keenan, Blake G. Goldfarb of Burns & Harris |
Case: | Barragan v. NYCTA, et al. |
Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
State: | New York |
43 | |
Amount: | $10,560,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Alex Alvarez, Michael A. Alvarez of The Alvarez Law Firm |
Case: | Principe v. Morris USA Inc. |
Type: | Conspiracy, Deceptive Trade Practices, Failure to Warn, False Advertising, Fraudulent Concealment, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Tobacco, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Tort, Design Defect |
State: | Florida |
44 | |
Amount: | $10,556,490.00 |
Attorneys: | Ricardo Echeverria, Kristin Hobbs of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP; Stuart Chandler of Chandler Law |
Case: | Singh, et al. v. Capay Inc. |
Type: | Business Liability, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Forklift Accident, Negligent Tort, Amputation |
State: | California |
45 | |
Amount: | $10,250,272.00 |
Attorneys: | Langdon ‘Trey’ Smith and Michael Gomez of Jim S. Adler & Associates; Francisco Guerra, IV of Watts Guerra LLP; R. Louis Bratton of The Bratton Firm, P.C. |
Case: | Espinoza, et al. v. John Christner Trucking LLC, et al. |
Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | Texas |
46 | |
Amount: | $10,094,668.00 |
Attorneys: | Robert N. Gellatly, David M. Beninger, Andrew Hoyal, Patricia Anderson of Luvera Law Firm; Robert A. Clifford, Kevin P. Durkin, Sean P. Driscoll of Clifford Law Offices P.C. |
Case: | Linton v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. |
Type: | Business Liability, Deceptive Trade Practices, Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Brain Injury, Intentional Tort, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Inform, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort |
State: | Washington |
47 | |
Amount: | $9,703,400.00 |
Attorneys: | William R. Skolnick, Andrew H. Bardwell, Adam R. Strauss of Skolnick & Joyce, P.A. |
Case: | Mobile Diagnotic Imaging Inc. v. Hooten, et al. |
Type: | Breach of Contract, Conspiracy, Tortious Interference, Conversion, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Civil Theft, Breach of Confidentiality |
State: | Minnesota |
48 | |
Amount: | $9,689,948.00 |
Attorneys: | Steven R. Levin of Levin, Riback, Adelman & Flangel P.C. |
Case: | Estate of Ware v. Home Opportunity L.L.C. |
Type: | Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
State: | Illinois |
49 | |
Amount: | $9,661,233.00 |
Attorneys: | David D. Guiley, Daniel L. Hightower of Daniel L. Hightower P.A. |
Case: | Searcy v. Brunelle |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Dangerous Instrumentality |
State: | Florida |
50 | |
Amount: | $9,500,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Jordanna Thigpen, Neville Johnson, Jordan Gonzales, Douglas Johnson of Johnson & Johnson LLP; Bassil Hamideh of The Hamideh Firm |
Case: | Hubert Hansen IP Trust v. Coca Cola Co. |
Type: | Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement, Intentional Tort, Trademark Infringement, Commercial Litigation |
State: | California |