Top 20 Civil Rights Violation Verdicts in the United States in 2022
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 civil rights violation verdicts obtained in the United States in the year 2022. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of the United States.
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| 1 - 10 | |
| Visit: | Top 10 Civil Rights Violation Verdicts in the United States in 2022 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $21,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adante Pointer, Patrick Buelna of Pointer & Buelna LLP; Melissa Nold of Nold Law; John Burris of Law Offices of John Burris |
| Case: | Mondragon v. City of Fremont |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | California |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $14,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy Macdonald, Matthew J. Douglas, Edwin Aro, R. Reeves Anderson, Diana Sterk of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP; Makeba Rutahindurwa, Elizabeth Wang of Loevy & Loevy |
| Case: | Epps, et al. v. City and County of Denver, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, First Amendment Violation, Police Brutality, Failure to Train, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Colorado |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Leslie F. Levy, Sharon R. Vinick, Katherine L. Smith of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP |
| Case: | M.Z. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Sexual Battery |
| State: | California |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $11,763,148.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ralph T. Gibson of Gibson Perryman Law Firm |
| Case: | Boddie v. The Chemours Co. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Tennessee |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $10,370,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Wilson, Richard Hunnicutt, Roger L. Turk of Thomas J. Henry Law, PLLC |
| Case: | Amador v. Vasquez, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Texas |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles C. Eblen, Brandon K. Gutshall, Lindsey K. Heinz of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Hill v. Bentley, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Denial of Medical Care, Death in Custody |
| State: | Missouri |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $8,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Fisher, Jane Fisher-Byrialsen of Fisher & Byrialsen, PLLC |
| Case: | Whitson v. Hanna |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Personal Injury, Sexual Assault, Wrongful Imprisonment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct |
| State: | Colorado |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $6,984,515.00 |
| Attorneys: | Victoria M. Arends, David A. Lunceford of Lunceford Law Firm LLC |
| Case: | Caster v. Jackson Cty., et al. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | Missouri |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wayne C. Felle of The Law Offices of Wayne C. Felle, P.C. |
| Case: | Ortiz v. Stambach |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Intentional Tort, Police Misconduct, False Evidence |
| State: | New York |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $6,402,613.00 |
| Attorneys: | Julie Gafkay of Gafkay Law; Debra A. Fried of Freid Gallagher Taylor & Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Amenson v. State of Michigan |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion |
| State: | Michigan |
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| Visit: | Top 50 Civil Rights Violation Verdicts in the United States in 2022 |