Top 10 Bench Awards in the United States in 2022
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 plaintiff's bench awards, including court and arbitration awards, obtained in the United States in the year 2022. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either before a judge or arbitrator in the United States.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $440,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roberto Martinez of Colson Hicks Eidson |
| Case: | Havana Docks Corp. v. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., et al. |
| Type: | Property Rights, Commercial Litigation, Helms-Burton Act |
| State: | Florida |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $230,331,844.46 |
| Attorneys: | Jamal K. Alsaffar, Tom Jacob of Whitehurst, Harkness, Brees, Cheng, Alsaffar, Higginbotham & Jacob PLLC; April A. Strahan, Robert E. Ammons of The Ammons Law Firm LLP; Mark W. Collmer of Collmer Law Group; Daniel D. Barks of Speiser Krause P.C. |
| Case: | Holcombe, et al. v. USA |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Government Negligence, Murder, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Tort, FTCA Violation |
| State: | Texas |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $206,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marsha Levick of Juvenile Law Center; Sol H. Weiss of Anapol Weiss |
| Case: | Wallace v. Powell |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Due Process Violation, Racketeering, Wrongful Imprisonment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $185,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark Ressler, Paul “Tad” O’Connor III, Henry B. Brownstein of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP |
| Case: | SL Green v. HNA Group |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate |
| State: | New York |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $175,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Hueston, Moez Kaba, Allison Libeu, Lauren McGrory Johnson, Sourabh Mishra, Brandon Marsh, Michael Todisco, Julia Haines, Justin Greer, Segun Babatunde, Amber Munoz of Hueston Hennigan LLP |
| Case: | Orange Bang, Inc., et al. v. Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Intellectual Property Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $84,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Catherine Amirfar, Ashika Singh, Tatiana August-Schmidt, Taylor Booth, Moeun Cha, Gabrielle McKenzie, Duncan Pickard, Kate Seifert, Harold Williford of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP |
| Case: | Jane W, et al. v. Thomas |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Personal Injury, Intentional Tort, Psychological Injury, Extrajudicial Killing, Alien Tort Statute, Torture Victim Protection Act |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $79,282,909.44 |
| Attorneys: | Derek A. Schroth, James A. Myers, and Sasha O. Garcia of Bowen|Schroth |
| Case: | Discount Sleep of Ocala, LLC, et al. v. City of Ocala, FL |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Intentional Tort, Tax Appeals |
| State: | Florida |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $73,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alex C. Lakatos, Stephen M. Medlock of Mayer Brown LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Alban v. Maduro Moros, et al. |
| Type: | Conspiracy, Defamation, Murder, Racketeering, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Imprisonment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Torture Victim Protection Act, Kidnapping |
| State: | Florida |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $52,125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dustin A. Pusch, Thomas A. Clare of Clare Locke LLP; Jonathan Harris of Harris St. Laurent LLP; Jeremy Wallison of Wallison & Wallison LLP |
| Case: | Michalow v. D.E. Shaw & Co., LP, et al. |
| Type: | Defamation, Economic Loss, Intentional Tort, Slander, Reputational Harm |
| State: | New York |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $45,146,377.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon S. Reif, Marc S. Ehrlich, Daniel S. Rubin of Reif Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | ADPC, Inc., et al. v. Tellez, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Unfair Business Practices, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
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