Number 1 Verdicts in New York in 2023
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the largest – in each applicable case type (category) – plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in New York in the year 2023. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of New York.
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| $121,668,263.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ben B. Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf |
| Case: | Lee v. Westchester Cty. Health Care Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | All Practice Areas, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury |
| $100,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert Corp of Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP |
| Case: | Sexual Abuse Victim v. King |
| No. 1 in: * | Child Sexual Abuse |
| $54,235,187.24 | |
| Attorneys: | David F. Klein, Mark J. Plumer, Richard P. Donoghue, John Chamberlain, Jeffrey W. Mikoni of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP |
| Case: | Citgo Petroleum Corp. v. Ascot Underwriting Ltd. |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| $53,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christina R. Mercado of Block O'Toole & Murphy LLP |
| Case: | Moonsammy v. Mecca Contracting |
| No. 1 in: * | Construction Accident, Contractor Negligence, Paralysis Injury, Occupational Injury, Fall from Height |
| $38,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brandon Perlman, Ilya Kharkover, Pierre Ratzki of Weitz & Luxenberg PC |
| Case: | Maffei v. Burnham LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Asbestos Exposure, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure |
| $35,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Frederick K. Brewington, Albert Darnell Manuel III, Leah Elizabeth Jackson, Stephanie Michelle Platt, Cobia Malik Powell, Oscar Holt III of the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington; Gregory Calliste, Jr. of Phillips & Associates, PLLC; Scott A. Korenbaum of Scott A. Korenbaum, Esq. |
| Case: | Gonzalez, et al. v. County of Suffolk, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Police Brutality, Death in Custody |
| $23,560,765.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Peter S. Thomas of Peter S. Thomas PC |
| Case: | Carbone v. MTA Bus Co., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Mass Transit Accident, Bus v. Car Collision |
| $22,985,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | William Schwitzer of William Schwitzer & Associates PC |
| Case: | Davis v. James, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Bus Collision |
| $19,774,079.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Peter S. Thomas of Law Office of Peter S. Thomas PC |
| Case: | Dojce v. 1302 Realty Co. LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Premises Liability, Work Premises Liability, Defective Work Equipment |
| $11,618,129.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Fitzgerald of Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti PC |
| Case: | Lupia v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Railroad Accident, FELA |
| $11,266,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Hilary J. Orzick, Susan K. Crumiller, Chloe Liederman of Crumiller PC |
| Case: | Europe v. Equinox Holdings Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Gender Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination |
| $11,036,539.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Terrence James Cortelli of StolzenbergCortelli LLP |
| Case: | Flores v. BW 138 South Main Street LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object, Falling Object v. Worker Collision |
| $10,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Elliot B. Sinel, Krystle E. Rodriguez of Sinel & Olesen, PLLC; James K. Greenberg of James Greenberg, PC |
| Case: | Estate of Clarke v. Ramapo Manor Nursing Center Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Nursing Malpractice, Bed Sores |
| $10,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Zullo, Michael G. Glass of Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo LLP |
| Case: | D'Souza v. Balar, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Surgical Error |
| $8,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Evan Goldberg, Morgan A. Corley of Trolman Glaser Corley & Lichtman PC |
| Case: | Garcia v. NYCTA, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Slip & Fall, Public Premises Liability |
| $7,558,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Bradley R. Lawrence of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez Winograd LLP |
| Case: | Arroyo v. Royal Flush of NY II Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Pedestrian Accident, Truck v. Pedestrian Collision |
| $7,365,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Andrew G. Meier of Burns & Harris |
| Case: | Reaves v. Western Beef Props., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Retail Premises Liability |
| $7,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John P. Fischer, Jordan S. Redavid of Fischer Redavid, PLLC |
| Case: | Estate of Pace v. Crouse Health Hosp., Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Erroneous Treatment |
| $7,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan C. Reiter of Law Firm of Jonathan C. Reiter |
| Case: | Wang, et al. v. Du, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Ophthalmology Malpractice |
| $6,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Keith Mitnik, Nick Russo, Gennady Voldz, Justin Meserole, Eli Wagschal of Morgan & Morgan |
| Case: | Fergile v. Payne, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Scooter Accident, Bus v. Scooter Collision |
| $6,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | I. Bryce Moses of Wingate, Russoti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin |
| Case: | Martinez v. Allstate Power Vac, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Pedestrian Collision |
| $6,028,559.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Blaine H. Bortnick of Rasco Klock Perez & Nieto LLC |
| Case: | Delvecchio v. Asnis Dental PLLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Age Discrimination |
| $5,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Roberta A. Kaplan, Michael Ferrara of Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP |
| Case: | Carroll v. Trump |
| No. 1 in: * | Defamation, Adult Sexual Abuse |
| $4,150,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Martin J. Moskowitz of Gorayeb & Associates PC |
| Case: | Velazquez v. 104 Ashburton Ave. LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Burn Injury |
| $4,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Joseph L. Ciaccio of Napoli Shkolnik, PLLC |
| Case: | Schaller v. Taddeo |
| No. 1 in: * | Birth Injury, Psychiatric Malpractice |
| $3,700,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Karen Goldberg Sager of Goldberg Sager & Associates |
| Case: | Deas v. Vermont Car Limo Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Car Collision |
| $3,435,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Johnson L. Atkinson of Harris, Keenan & Goldfarb PLLC |
| Case: | Inniss v. 751 St. Marks LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Residential Premises Liability, Falling Object v. Tenant Collision |
| $3,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Richard M. Winograd of Ginarte, Gonzalez & Winograd LLP |
| Case: | Terrazas v. United Talmudical Acad. of Kiryas Joel Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Scaffolding Accident |
| $2,110,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Bill Hamel of Subin Associates LLP |
| Case: | Encarnacion v. St. Barnabas Hosp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Healthcare Premises Liability |
| $2,053,721.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Joshua Ram of The Ram Law Group PC |
| Case: | J.A. v. Smiles Around US II Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Day Care Negligence |
| $2,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alexander Bespechny of Law Offices of Alexander Bespechny |
| Case: | Larrea v. Sanitation Salvage Corp., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Truck Collision |
| $1,941,083.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. Gorayeb of Gorayeb & Associates PC |
| Case: | Orellana v. Mo-Hak Assocs. LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Ladder Accident |
| $1,925,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Joel Rudin, David Rudin of The Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin; Michael Bloch, Ben White, Cristina Alvarez of Bloch & White LLP |
| Case: | Fraser v. City of New York, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Due Process Violation, Abuse of Process, False Evidence |
| $1,850,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael Cukor, Vincent McGeary of McGeary Cukor LLC |
| Case: | Dynamite Mktg. Inc. v. Wowline Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement |
| $1,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Scott Goldman of Scott Goldman PC |
| Case: | Lozano v. U.S. Merch. Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bicycle Accident |
| $1,735,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Innessa Melamed Huot, Camilo M. Burr of Faruqi & Faruqi LLP; Joshua Beldner of Tilton Beldner LLP |
| Case: | Ruderman v. Law Office of Yuriy Prakhin PC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Disability Discrimination |
| $1,611,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Eric C. Goldman of Hecht Kleeger & Damashek, PC |
| Case: | Ramos v. 110 Bennett Ave., LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Trip & Fall |
| $1,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Neal A. Bass of Hecht, Kleeger & Damashek PC |
| Case: | Williams v. Leprechaun Lines Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus v. Passenger Accident |
| $1,264,286.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Melinda Koster, Alexandra Harwin, David Sanford, Jeremy Heisler, Kate MacMullin, Michael Lockman of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP |
| Case: | Robinson v. De Niro, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Constructive Discharge |
| $1,103,750.00 | |
| Attorneys: | James F. Wilkens of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath Coffinas & Cannavo PC |
| Case: | Mirabel v. Greentek Living LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Demolition Accident |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Russell McHugh of Sacco & Fillas LLP |
| Case: | Agathocleous v. 795 Fifth Ave. Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Hotel Premises Liability |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Lauriano Guzman Jr. of Law Office of Lauriano Guzman Jr. PC |
| Case: | Herrera-Amador v. Lee, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Malicious Prosecution |
| $750,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gregory D. Bellantone of Tannenbaum, Bellantone & Sliver PC |
| Case: | Beharry v. Marin |
| No. 1 in: * | Ob-Gyn Malpractice |
| $700,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Anthony D. Dougherty of Archer & Greiner PC |
| Case: | Fusco v. Town of Colonie |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Damage, Real Estate |
| $605,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | B. Shamus O'Donniley of B. Shamus O'Donniley Esq. PLLC |
| Case: | St. Helen-Nardella, et al. v. Khamcy, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Imprisonment, Landlord-Tenant, Wrongful Eviction |
| $500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jordan K. Merson of Merson Law PLLC |
| Case: | Employee v. Yaghoubian, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Workplace Sexual Harassment |
| $350,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Peter S. Thomas of Peter S. Thomas PC |
| Case: | Torres v. Nolan, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| $350,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ira M. Newman, Maria Morano of Sanocki, Newman & Turret LLP |
| Case: | Serino v. Tehrani, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Plastic Surgery Malpractice |
| $263,187.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Joshua M. Gillette of Gillette & Izzo Law Office PLLC |
| Case: | Estate of Wicks v. County of Onondaga, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Prison Brutality |
| $225,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Philip G. Pizzuto of PGP Law Group LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Balbi v. MV Pub. Transp. Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | NEMT Vehicle Accident |
| $200,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew Haicken of Haicken Law PLLC |
| Case: | Markel v. Nicolosi |
| No. 1 in: * | Impaired Driving Accident |