Top 50 Bench Awards in the United States in 2022
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 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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| Visit: | Top 20 Verdicts in the United States in 2022 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $15,947,659.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ricardo Echeverria, Kristin Hobbs of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Jameson v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith |
| State: | California |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $14,218,321.11 |
| Attorneys: | Robert R. Michael, Gregory K. Wells, Andrew J. Hall of Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP |
| Case: | Harris-Reese v. USA |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Surgical Error, Anesthesia Error, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Maryland |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $11,608,941.00 |
| Attorneys: | April A. Strahan, Robert E. Ammons of The Ammons Law Firm LLP |
| Case: | Holcombe v. USA |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Government Negligence, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Emotional Distress, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, FTCA Violation |
| State: | Texas |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $10,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy Lally, Chad Hummel, David Carpenter, Eric Schwartz, Waqas Akmal of Sidley Austin LLP |
| Case: | DBD Credit Funding LLC v. Kaufman, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $10,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin King of Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas Mortensen; Deborah Chang of Athea Trial Lawyers; Frank Penney, Joshua Boyce of Frank Penney Injury Lawyers PC; Randi McGinn of McGinn Montoya Love & Curry PA |
| Case: | Michaud, et al. v. USA |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort, FTCA Violation |
| State: | Utah |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $10,350,709.00 |
| Attorneys: | E. William Leckerling III of Lisman Leckerling, P.C. |
| Case: | Montague v. Lewis |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Vermont |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $10,205,904.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dylan Dordick, Keith D. Griffin, Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; Bradley Spear, Paul Spear of Spear Law Firm |
| Case: | Jasso v. Hurtado |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $9,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Michaels, Travis Eagan, Kseniya Stupak of MLG Attorneys at Law |
| Case: | Starre v. March, et al. |
| Type: | Cyberstalking, Defamation, Economic Loss, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Reputational Harm |
| State: | California |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $6,967,483.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Powers of Burford Perry |
| Case: | WCW Houston Properties LLC v. Texas REIT LLC |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Property Rights, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate |
| State: | Texas |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $6,691,436.76 |
| Attorneys: | Chris R. Youtz of Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger PLLC |
| Case: | Fortis Advisors v. Internet Brands |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Washington |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $5,688,029.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher A. Glaser of Jackson & Campbell PC |
| Case: | Capitol Hill Grp. v. DCA Capitol Hill LTAC LLC et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $5,642,223.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer M. Lipinski of Gordon & Partners PA |
| Case: | Cunningham, et al. v. Enterprise Financial Development Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Florida |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $5,164,600.38 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick W. Lawlor of Lawlor & Associates |
| Case: | Alonso v. Burke Contracting Group, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Burn Injury, Electrical Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Amputation, Occupational Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $5,135,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam T. Dougherty of Feller & Wendt LLC; Bradford Beilly of Beilly & Strohsahl |
| Case: | Rivera v. Marcum, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain, Drowning Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon L. Peak, Christopher B. McDaniel of Peak Wooten McDaniel & Colwell LLP; J. Benjamin Finley, N. Nickolas Jackson of The Finley Firm, PC |
| Case: | Jennings v. GKC 2020 Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Security, Failure to Maintain, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Georgia |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $4,792,693.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jamal K. Alsaffar, Laurie Higginbotham, Tom Jacob of Whitehurst, Harkness, Brees, Cheng, Alsaffar, Higginbotham & Jacob PLLC; Stanley Bernstein, George L. LeGrand of LeGrand & Bernstein |
| Case: | Solis v. USA |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Government Negligence, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, FTCA Violation |
| State: | Texas |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $4,715,062.00 |
| Attorneys: | Monte Sharits, Alan L. Lane, Matthew L. Lindsay, Hannah L. Hungate, Bryant E. Crooks of Odom Law Firm PA |
| Case: | Estate of Kolpek v. USA |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Government Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, FTCA Violation |
| State: | Arkansas |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $4,091,894.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett T. Reynolds of Brett Reynolds & Associates P.C. |
| Case: | Colbath v. USA |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Government Negligence, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Gunshot Wound, Emotional Distress, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, FTCA Violation |
| State: | Texas |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $3,640,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert E. Kinney of Kinney Recruiting; Raymond W. Mort, III of The Mort Law Firm, PLLC; Tristan C. Loanzon of Loanzon LLP |
| Case: | MWK Recruiting Inc. v. Jowers |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Unfair Competition, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Texas |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $3,217,204.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph M. Schreiber, Erik A. Knockaert of Schreiber Knockaert PLLC |
| Case: | Brown v. USA |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Government Negligence, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, FTCA Violation |
| State: | Texas |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $3,210,033.87 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew J. Moak of Shunnarah Injury Lawyers, PC |
| Case: | Bryant, et al. v. Addie, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Emergency Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| State: | Alabama |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $3,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett T. Reynolds of Brett Reynolds & Associates P.C. |
| Case: | Workman v. USA |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Government Negligence, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Gunshot Wound, Emotional Distress, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, FTCA Violation |
| State: | Texas |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $2,518,129.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael E. Medina, Steven Weinberger of Davis Miles McGuire Gardner PLLC; Nathaniel B. Preston of Warnock Mackinlay Law P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Stone, et al. v. NALMAT, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| State: | Arizona |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $2,218,445.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin Peter Shein, John P. Kopesky, Bethann Schaffzin Kagan of Shein Law Center, Ltd. |
| Case: | Estate of Constantine v. Lenox Instrument Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Premises Liability, Toxic Exposure, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $2,160,783.00 |
| Attorneys: | George Zumbano, Jake D. Becker of Lamb McErlane P.C. |
| Case: | Thorson, et al. v. EDDW LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unjust Enrichment, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $2,019,494.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. De Castro, Arthur D. Morrow of De Castro & Morrow, LLP |
| Case: | Creal v. Nasiri |
| Type: | Defamation, Economic Loss, Tortious Interference, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Reputational Harm, Libel |
| State: | California |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel E. Rhynhart, Lauren E. O’Donnell of Blank Rome LLP |
| Case: | PCA Emstar Holdings LP v. Keystone Quality Transp. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,980,116.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Grant Cook of Cook Law Firm |
| Case: | Davidson v. Molina-Johnson |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Wrongful Imprisonment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Mental Abuse, Harassment, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Oregon |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,893,810.00 |
| Attorneys: | James W. McCormick, John R. Christensen, Neil Stubbs of Evergreen Personal Injury Counsel |
| Case: | Solle v. Hillcrest Homes, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Washington |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,856,971.56 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas Heath Wooten of DC Law, PLLC; Rusty A. Payton of Payton Legal Group LLC; Adam J. Feuer of Law Offices of Adam J. Feuer |
| Case: | Albeck v. Ocwen Loan Servicing |
| Type: | Consumer Fraud, Personal Injury, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury |
| State: | Illinois |