Top 20 Bench Awards in the United States in 2022
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 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 - 10 | |
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| 11 | |
| Amount: | $43,547,946.00 |
| Attorneys: | Butch Wagner, Andrew B. Jones, Lawrence Artenian, Daniel M. Kopfman of Wagner, Jones, Kopfman & Artenian LLP ; Stephen R. Cornwell, Renee Turner Sample of Cornwell & Sample LLP; Oliver W. Wanger, Patrick D. Toole, Benjamin C. West of Wanger Jones Helsley PC |
| Case: | Cortina, et al. v. North American Title Co., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul J. Edelstein, Arthur Blyakher of Edelsteins, Faegenburg & Brown LLP |
| Case: | Estate of J.J. v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Wrongful Death, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Negligent Tort, Child Protection |
| State: | New York |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $30,960,920.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Kump, Gregory P. Korn of Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump Holley, LLP |
| Case: | MRC II Distribution Co., Inc., et al. v. Spacey, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $25,235,663.66 |
| Attorneys: | Grant K. Gerleman of Scott H. Palmer, P.C. |
| Case: | Abbott v. Laughlin |
| Type: | Malicious Prosecution, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Reputational Harm |
| State: | Texas |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $24,590,280.19 |
| Attorneys: | Ron Etemi of Etemi Law, LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Martinez v. Vose, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Emergency Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $21,607,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Pajcic, Raymond P. Reid, Benjamin E. Richard of Pajcic & Pajcic P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Isaac v. Ewing, et al. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Wrongful Death, Breach of Duty of Care, Negligent Tort, Day Care Negligence |
| State: | Florida |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Mongeluzzi, E. Douglas DiSandro, Jr. of Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of DiNubile v. Olivieri |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $18,810,296.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter J. Scagnelli of Scagnelli Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Egan v. Gordon |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Intentional Tort, Psychological Injury, Child Abuse |
| State: | New York |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $18,360,395.63 |
| Attorneys: | John W. McLuskey, David M. McDonald of McLuskey, McDonald & Hughes, PA |
| Case: | Nainani v. USA |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Florida |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $18,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven M. Ebner, Jamie B. Wasserman of Shutts & Bowen; Richard C. Wolfe of Wolfe Law Miami; Richard Steinberg of Steinberg & Associates |
| Case: | Sobe USA LLC v. 940 Ocean Drive LLC |
| Type: | Fraud, Landlord-Tenant, Intentional Tort, False Evidence, Wrongful Eviction |
| State: | Florida |
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