Number 1 Verdicts in the United States in 2021
We are pleased to present to you the list of the largest – in each applicable case type (category) – plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in the United States in the year 2021. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried in either state or federal courts of the Nation.
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| $301,040,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Craig M. Sico of Sico, Hoelscher & Harris LLP; John T. Flood of John T. Flood, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Kindred v. Beer Belly's Sports Bar |
| No. 1 in: * | Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death |
| $2,175,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Morgan Chu, Ben Hattenbach, Alan Heinrich, Amy Proctor, Ian Washburn, Babak Redjaian, Dominik Slusarczyk, Charlotte Wen, Jordan Nafekh of Irell & Minella; J. Mark Mann, G. Blake Thompson, Andy Tindel of Mann Tindel Thompson |
| Case: | VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement |
| $1,002,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Curry G. Pajcic, Betsy Cardenas, Bob Link, Benjamin E. Richard of Pajcic & Pajcic P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Dzion v. AJD Business Services Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck Accident |
| $352,772,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Randall O. Sorrels, Alexandra Farias-Sorrels of Sorrels Law P.C.; David M. Gunn, Erin Huber of Beck Redden L.L.P.; Harvey Brown, H. Victor Thomas of The Lanier Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Cruz v. Allied Aviation Fueling Co. of Houston Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Paraplegia |
| $222,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | S. Scott West of The West Law Firm; Jason A. Itkin, Cory Itkin of Arnold & Itkin, LLP |
| Case: | Most v. Team Industrial Services Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Occupational Injury |
| $200,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Donald R. Fountain, Julie H. Littky-Rubin, Ben J. Whitman of Clark Fountain La Vista Prather & Littky-Rubin, LLP; Drew Ashby, Maxwell K. Thelen of The Ashby Firm |
| Case: | Estate of R.P.B. v. Malibu Boats, LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Product Liability, Watercraft Accident |
| $185,150,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Sean J. Gamble, Richard H. Friedman, James A. Hertz, Henry G. Jones of Friedman Rubin PLLP |
| Case: | Erickson v. Pharmacia, LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Toxic Exposure |
| $156,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Batya F. Forsyth, Megan Oliver Thompson, Anthony J. Dutra of Hanson Bridgett L.L.P. |
| Case: | McWhinney Holding Company, LLLP, et al. v. G. Dan Poag, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| $155,413,344.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Carney Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Leo Livshits, Mahru Madjidi, Griselda Rodriguez, Mark Lim, William Reed of Shegerian & Associates |
| Case: | Rudnicki v. Farmers Insurance Exchange |
| No. 1 in: * | Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| $152,290,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John M. Jackson of Jackson Walker L.L.P.; Daniel C. Winston, G. Mark Edgarton, Robert Z. Shames of Choate, Hall & Stewart L.L.P.; Maria Wyckoff Boyce, Cristina Espinosa Rodriguez, Jillian C. Beck of Hogan Lovells US LLP; Michael E. Jones of Potter Minton P.C. |
| Case: | ResMan LLC v. Karya Property Management LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Contract |
| $136,900,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence A. Organ, Navruz Avloni, Cimone A. Nunley of California Civil Rights Law Group; J. Bernard Alexander of Alexander Krakow + Glick L.L.P. |
| Case: | Diaz v. Tesla Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Race Discrimination |
| $120,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey J. Humphries, Brian J. Lee, Brian K. McClain of Morgan & Morgan |
| Case: | Rodgers v. Stormant, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Government Negligence |
| $113,850,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Richard D. Daly, John S. Black of Daly & Black PC |
| Case: | Costello v. Mutual of Omaha Life Ins. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Insurance Bad Faith |
| $91,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Eric Fong, Kenneth McEwan, Emma Aubrey of Fong Law |
| Case: | Tisdale v. Apro LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Assault & Battery, Premises Liability, Negligent Security |
| $90,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David Williams, Virginia Watson Williams of Williams & Williams Attorneys at Law; Gedney M. Howe IV of Law Offices of Gedney M. Howe, III, PA; Robert Wyndham of Wyndham Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Garvin v. Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Electrical Injury |
| $85,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Frederick H. Shiver of Curtis Law Group |
| Case: | Shockey v. Local Public House LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Gunshot Wound |
| $75,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | E. Desmond Hogan, Catherine E. Stetson, W. David Maxwell, Elizabeth 'Liz' C. Lockwood of Hogan Lovells US LLP; Elliot Sol Abrams of Cheshire Parker Schneider, PLLC |
| Case: | McCollum, et al. v. Robeson County, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Police Misconduct |
| $67,107,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Edmund Davis of Law Office of Edmund Davis; Charles Medearis of Law Office of Charles Medearis |
| Case: | Estate of Nobles v. Egal, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Excessive Force, Police Brutality |
| $49,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel R. Baradat, Warren R. Paboojian, Adam B. Stirrup of Baradat & Paboojian Inc. |
| Case: | Merlo v. Bassi, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Professional Malpractice, Paramedic Malpractice |
| $49,640,094.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Khail A. Parris, R. Rex Parris, Eric N. Wilson, Bruce L. Schechter of Parris Law Firm; Ibiere N. Seck of Seck Law PC |
| Case: | Bejar, et al. v. Lopez |
| No. 1 in: * | Motorcycle Accident |
| $44,618,042.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michelle Simpson Tuegel of The Simpson Tuegel Law Firm; Ed Blizzard, Anna Greenberg of Blizzard Law |
| Case: | Dawson v. Hilton Management LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Sexual Assault |
| $43,051,020.38 | |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth J. Allen, Otto J. Shragal, Bryan L. Bradley of Kenneth J. Allen Law Group L.L.C. |
| Case: | Kroft v. Viper Trans, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Quadriplegia |
| $43,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alex Alvarez of The Alvarez Law Firm |
| Case: | Lipp v. Philip Morris USA Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Tobacco |
| $42,002,750.00 | |
| Attorneys: | G. Verne Goodsell, Nathan R. Oviatt of Goodsell Oviatt Law Firm |
| Case: | Johnson v. United Parcel Service Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Workers' Compensation |
| $38,937,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ognian A. Gavrilov of Gavrilov & Brooks; John R. Garner of Garner & Associates; Erika M. Gaspar of Law Office of Erika M. Gaspar |
| Case: | Gundersen v. Edward D. Jones & Co. LP, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Cyberstalking, Defamation |
| $36,181,725.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Josh Russ, Allison Cook, Andrew WirmaniofReese Marketos LLP |
| Case: | USA v. Tilton, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | False Claims Act |
| $34,770,292.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Weltchek, Nathan Hopkins, Megan Burns of Weltchek Mallahan & Weltchek |
| Case: | Biggs v. MedStar Health, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Delayed Treatment, Hospital Malpractice, Cerebral Palsy |
| $34,107,628.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Johnson of Johnson, Vorhees & Martucci; Bradley L. Bradshaw of Brad Bradshaw M.D. J.D. L.C. |
| Case: | B.K., Pro Ami Chittenden v. Coxhealth |
| No. 1 in: * | Birth Injury, Overmedication |
| $32,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Scott Frost of Frost Law Firm PC; Bonnie Steinwolf, Kush Shukla of Meirowitz & Wasserberg |
| Case: | Weist v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Asbestos Exposure |
| $26,600,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Arthur G. Zack, Melissa A. Brennan of Feinberg, Campbell & Zack PC; Andrew Abraham, Martin Sabounjian, Harrison Lebov of Keches Law Group |
| Case: | Rooney v. White - Skanska - Consigli J.V. |
| No. 1 in: * | Construction Accident, Scaffolding Accident |
| $26,100,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Patrick J. Cullan, Joseph P. Cullan of Cullan & Cullan LLC |
| Case: | V.M., Pro Ami v. Nebraska Pediatric Practice Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Premature Discharge |
| $25,653,015.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey S. Gleason, Jamie R. Kurtz, Jason W. Pfeiffer, Munir Meghjee, Nathaniel Moore, Haynes Hansen, Jaime Wing of Robins Kaplan LLP |
| Case: | RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc., et al. v. Hospital Partners, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Health Care Fraud, Insurance Fraud |
| $21,600,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Garo Mardirossian, Lawrence D. Marks of Mardirossian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Smith v. MV Transportation Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bicycle Accident |
| $20,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John F. 'Jack' Denove of Cheong & Denove; Jacqueline del Valle Vitti Frederick, Sunny Hawks of Frederick Law Firm |
| Case: | Fear, et al. v. Geiger, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Animal Attack |
| $17,287,063.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Adam J. Berger, Lindsay L. Halm, Jamal N. Whitehead, Rebecca J. Roe of Schroeter Goldmark & Bender; R. Andrew Free of Law Office of R. Andrew Free; Devin T. Theriot-Orr of Open Sky Law PLLC |
| Case: | Nwauzor, et al. v. GEO Group Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Class Action, Unpaid Wages |
| $15,556,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | James J. McEldrew, Daniel Purtell, John J. Coyle, Marcus A. Washington, Matthew Richards of McEldrew Young Purtell Merritt |
| Case: | Meszaros v. SEPTA |
| No. 1 in: * | Railroad Accident |
| $13,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Susan Kang Gordon of Law Office of Susan Kang Gordon; Jennifer Fiore of Fiore Achermann, ALC; Jody Moore of Johnson Moore |
| Case: | Ledesma, et al. v. Mariner Health Care, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Nursing Home Malpractice |
| $12,622,239.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel K. Kramer, Teresa Johnson of Kramer Trial Lawyers APC; Stuart B. Esner, Kathleen J. Becket, Andrew N. Chang of Esner, Chang & Boyer |
| Case: | Acosta v. Mas Realty LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object |
| $10,837,527.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christopher T. Nace, Barry J. Nace, Matthew A. Nace of Paulson & Nace P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | A.H., Pro Ami v. Raleigh General Hospital, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Ob-Gyn Malpractice |
| $10,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | J. Bradley Smith, Paul Tharp of Arnold & Smith, PLLC |
| Case: | Grier v. Gray, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | School Safety |
| $10,314,174.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Marc G. Pera of Crandall & Pera Law LLC; John D. Holschuh Jr. of Santen & Hughes; Todd B. Naylor of Goldenberg Schneider LPA |
| Case: | Simon v. Larreategui, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Defective Medical Device |
| $10,197,178.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mark A. Stang of Stang Law Firm; Lee H. Rubin, Abigail M. Bartine of Mayer Brown L.L.P. |
| Case: | Mizrachi v. Ordower, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Legal Malpractice |
| $10,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | S. Luke Largess of Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen PLLC |
| Case: | Duvall v. Novant Health Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Gender Discrimination |
| $9,734,820.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Shanin Specter, Kila B. Baldwin, Garabet M. Zakeosian of Kline & Specter P.C. |
| Case: | Brassloff v. Judy, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Surgical Error |
| $9,461,797.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Lucas J. Kaster, James H. Kaster, Matthew A. Frank of Nichols Kaster PLLP |
| Case: | Sanders v. BNSF Railway Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Whistleblower Retaliation |
| $8,422,373.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana Wang Wells of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith |
| Case: | Bertone v. County of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Constructive Discharge |
| $8,030,003.00 | |
| Attorneys: | James Puga, Molly Greenblatt, Alex Wilschke, Nathaniel E. Deakins of Leventhal Puga Braley, PC |
| Case: | Roudybush v. Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Delayed Childbirth |
| $8,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Seth A. Harris, Sheri E. Holland of Burns & Harris |
| Case: | Caver v. ABCNY Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Slip & Fall |
| $7,443,369.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christopher L. Hendricks, David A. Fox, Russel S. Gold, Joanna L. Fox of Fox Law A.P.C. |
| Case: | Firtat v. Pivka |
| No. 1 in: * | Aviation Accident |
| $6,772,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christopher C. Romeo, Michael Grabara of Thurmond Kirchner & Timbes, PA |
| Case: | Steurer v. Lacy, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Elevator Accident |
| $4,593,948.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Henry W. Tanner Jr. of The Law Firm of Henry Tanner LLC; Reginald Stockman of Stockman Law Firm |
| Case: | Hunter v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Age Discrimination |
| $4,155,851.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Justin L. Groen, Joseph L. Messa, Jr. of Messa & Associates; John R. Padova of The Padova Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | J.Y., Pro Ami v. Katowitz, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Unnecessary Surgery |
| $4,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David S. Gladish, Mark J. Schocke of Law Office of David Gladish P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Damore v. Indiana State Police, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| $3,700,001.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Peter S. Mackey, Peter F. Burns of Burns, Cunningham & Mackey, P.C.; Charles L. Miller, Jr., of Charles L. Miller, Jr., P.C.; George W. Finkbohner, III, Steven L. Nicholas, Joseph D. Steadman of Cunningham Bounds, LLC |
| Case: | The Solid Waste Disposal Authority of the City of Mobile, AL v. WM Mobile Bay Environmental Center, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Rights |
| $3,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John H. Norton, Kathryn A. Spencer of Norton & Norton P.C. |
| Case: | Ngandu v. Quincy Tractor L.L.C. |
| No. 1 in: * | Forklift Accident |
| $3,273,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Austin T. Brown, Michael P. Moran, Devan Hill, Brian McClain of Morgan & Morgan P.A. |
| Case: | Sandoval v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company |
| No. 1 in: * | Uninsured Motorist |
| $3,040,285.87 | |
| Attorneys: | Ady A. Goss, Brian K. McClain, Ryan P. Rudd of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Sallies v. Rodriguez |
| No. 1 in: * | Underinsured Motorist |
| $2,300,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Darren J. Spielman, Alexander D. Brown of The Concept Law Group, P.A. |
| Case: | Lifecell IP Holding, LLC, et al. v. Cosmedique, LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Copyright Infringement |
| $2,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John D. Kassel, Theile B. McVey, Jamie Rae Rutkoski of Kassel McVey Attorneys at Law |
| Case: | Lovelace v. Billman, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Dental Malpractice |
| $1,762,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Bradford R. Sohn of The Brad Sohn Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Escano-Reyes v. Gaddis, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Prison Negligence |
| $1,526,312.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mark T. Packo, Michael B. Westheimer of Ged Lawyers L.L.P. |
| Case: | Lopez v. Florida Power & Light Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Ladder Accident |
| $1,524,987.50 | |
| Attorneys: | David J. Matulewicz-Crowley, Joshua L. Mallin of Weg & Myers, P.C.; Anthony V. Narula of AXS Law Group, PLLC |
| Case: | Astor Global, LLC v. Lally, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Insurance Broker Malpractice |
| $1,091,240.82 | |
| Attorneys: | Richard Benrubi of Benrubi Law, P.A. |
| Case: | American Builders Ins. Co. v. Southern-Owners Ins. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Subrogation |