Top 50 Work Accident Settlements in the United States in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 work accident settlements obtained in the United States in the year 2020. The list is comprised of cases filed either in a state or federal court, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit.
In the context of this list, a work accident refers to an incident of severe injury or death sustained by a worker, due to the negligence of the employer, who failed to provide a safe workplace environment (dangerous physical condition or inadequate security on the premises, unmaintained or poorly maintained equipment, defective or lack of protective gear or equipment, etc.), or due to a negligent act of a co-worker.
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| Visit: | Top 20 Work Accident Settlements in the United States in 2020 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $2,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey A. Block, Daniel M. Seiden of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Mendez v. 1211 Redfern Avenue, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacob J. Rivas of Law Office of Jacob J. Rivas |
| Case: | Gibson v. Allied Waste Services of North America LLC |
| Type: | Business Liability, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Design Defect |
| State: | California |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Murphy, Michael J. Hurwitz of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Clemente v. GHP 145 Huguenot Delaware, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $2,195,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Joseph Donahue, Jeffrey A. Block of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Velasquez v. Mosdos Meharam Brisk |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Slawek W. Platta, Brandon Cotter of Platta Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Sekula v. Planedge Union Free School District, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Slawek W. Platta, Brandon Cotter of Platta Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Ciborowski v. Mineola 150 LLC |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Slawek W. Platta, Brandon Cotter of Platta Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Lata v. Grace Church School, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Elizabeth A. Bailey of Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Shaud v. Altec Industries, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Wachlarz of Shulman & Hill P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Spencer v. Clarendon Holding Co., Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Work Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Evan M. Foulke of Foulke Law Offices |
| Case: | Boggs v. Tishman Construction Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Hurwitz, David Perecman of The Perecman Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Sanclemente v. The New York Racing Assoc. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Scaffolding Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Hurwitz, Steven B. Dorfman of The Perecman Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Quito v. Samaritan Foundation, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Fall, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd J. Krouner of Law Office of Todd J. Krouner, P.C. |
| Case: | Martinez v. 10th Avenue Hospitality Group |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pat James Crispi of Keogh Crispi P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Singh v. Surrey Hotel Assoc., LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven B. Dorfman of The Perecman Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | White v. 301 west 46 Street Owners, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven B. Dorfman, Peter D. Rigelhaupt of The Perecman Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Birro v. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Hurwitz of The Perecman Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | McCutchen v. 43-25 Hunter LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Fall, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Ratkowitz, Michael A. Gallardo of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Zhindon v. Prestige Building Co. LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Scaffolding Accident, Electrical Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Wachlarz of Shulman & Hill P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Tursunov v. Bedford Housing Development Fund Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Neil R. Rosen of Rosen, Louik & Perry PC |
| Case: | Estate of Mollura v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain, Utility Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michaelangelo Matera of The Matera Law Firm |
| Case: | Moretti v. Reilly Windows and Doors |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $1,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Davis, Zachariah Hansen of The Arns Law Firm |
| Case: | Duenas v. Smith Co. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Zaragoza Gutierrez v. Southern Fireplace Distributors |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erica C. Colon, Adam M. Hurwitz of The Perecman Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Pena v. Northern & Parsons, LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $860,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Albert Villegas of Law Office of Domingo Garcia PC |
| Case: | Mendoza v. Action Logistics and Exel |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Forklift Accident, Negligent Tort, Amputation |
| State: | Texas |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert G. Hicks of Javerbaum, Wurgaft, Hicks, Kahn, Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C. |
| Case: | Sanchez-Oronzor, et al. v. United Same Day Delivery |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Forklift Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | K. Anderson Franco of de la Pena & Holiday LLP |
| Case: | Perez v. Cal-Con Pumping Inc. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Ratkowitz, Michael A. Gallardo of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Medina v. River Point Properties LLC |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Slawek W. Platta, Brian J. Vannella of Platta Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Opalinski v. The City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $725,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan Schlossberg of Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP |
| Case: | Zabielski v. Lippolis, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Brian Kramer of Law Office of R. Brian Kramer; Estela Richeda of Law Office of Estela Richeda |
| Case: | Mercado v. Alvarez, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven G. Kmiec of Kmiec Law Offices S.C |
| Case: | Roman-Pacheco v. Keystone Riverview, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Danielle M. Schroder, Hayley I. Archer of Hawks Quindel S.C. |
| Case: | Askey v. Castillo, et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $620,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew J. DuPont, Sharice S. Wallace of Locks Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Sparrow v. Radiator Specialty Co., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Fraud, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Melissa M. Baxter of Rossetti & DeVoto, P.C. |
| Case: | Kibler v. CS Builders LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Hurwitz, Sagar Chadha of The Perecman Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Collado v. PGREF I 1633 Broadway Land, LP, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $425,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Greg M. Kohn of Nagel Rice, LLP |
| Case: | Girao v. Kemsco Equipment Co., Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $425,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Stengel of Eager, Stengel, Quinn & Sofilka |
| Case: | Estate of Koser v. Fulmer, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Russell Ragland of Law Office of G. Russell Ragland |
| Case: | Ortiz-Cabrales v. BMW of Manhattan, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Work Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $294,456.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randell Johnson of Law Office of Wm. Randell Johnson; J. Mark Scarbrough of J. Mark Scarbrough P.C |
| Case: | Olvera v. City Wide Building Serv. L.L.C. |
| Type: | Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $280,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pat James Crispi of Keogh Crispi P.C. |
| Case: | Figueroa-Fontalvo v. Tishman Construction Corp. of NY |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $280,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Susan E. Hutchison, Christopher E. Stoy of Hutchison & Stoy P.L.L.C |
| Case: | Moore v. Providential Land Development L.P., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Burn Injury, Electrical Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $275,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thadd J. Llaurado, Keith Stachowiak of Murphy & Prachthauser S.C. |
| Case: | Berendt v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Work Accident, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sameer Chopra, Alex Nocerino of Chopra & Nocerino |
| Case: | Hernandez Villatoro v. Ambrosino, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |