Top 50 Bench Awards in the United States in 2023
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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 2023. 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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| 11 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Verdicts in the United States in 2023 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $10,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randi McGinn of McGinn, Montoya, Love & Curry; Zoe Littlepage of Littlepage Booth; Deborah S. Chang of Athea Trial Lawyers |
| Case: | Michaud, et al. v. USA |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort, FTCA Violation, Public Premises Liability |
| State: | Utah |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $10,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kristen Gibbons Feden of Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky |
| Case: | Martinez, et al. v. Kelly, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Harassment |
| State: | New York |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $10,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura F. Sedrish of Jacoby & Meyers |
| Case: | Carlton v. Cisneros, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Mass Transit Accident, Amputation, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| State: | California |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zane A. Privette of Privette Law Office |
| Case: | Estate of Ridenoure v. Nugent |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Missouri |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $8,390,763.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen M. Bruckner, Patrick S. Cooper, Katherine A. McNamara of Fraser Stryker PC, LLO; Kirk Lavengood, James Talcott, JoAnna DeWald of Northern Natural Gas Company |
| Case: | Northern Natural Gas Co. v. Centennial Resource Prod. LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation, Natural Resources |
| State: | Nebraska |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $6,339,675.35 |
| Attorneys: | Carlos A. Kelly, Douglas B. Szabo, Shannon M. Puopolo of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. |
| Case: | Southwest Waste Svcs, LLC v. Desoto Recycling & Disposal, LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Florida |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $6,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Zabetian, Tom Vertanous of Martinian & Associates |
| Case: | Dominguez v. Mental Health Center |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Sexual Assault, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $6,103,756.42 |
| Attorneys: | Michael N. Kreitzer, Jennifer Junger of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. |
| Case: | 84 Shopping Corp. v. Bru's Room Bird Road, LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Fraud, Fraud in the Inducement, Landlord-Tenant, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Bad Faith |
| State: | Florida |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. O'Brien of O'Brien & Ford, PC |
| Case: | Sexual Abuse Victims v. Roth |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Child Abuse, Sexual Battery |
| State: | New York |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel K. Allen, Eric S. Brock of Allen Legal; Ellen Babb of Babb Law Firm |
| Case: | Anthony, et al. v. Steelman |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Protect, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $5,952,458.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert M. Novack of Law Office of Robert M. Novack |
| Case: | Platt v. Frustaci |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Intentional Tort, Eye Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $5,278,142.42 |
| Attorneys: | Darren J. Quinn of Law Offces of Darren J. Quinn |
| Case: | Talavera Hair Products, Inc. v. Taizhou Yunsung Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd., et al. |
| Type: | Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $5,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Zarco, Robert Einhorn, Mary Nikezic of Zarco Einhorn Salkowski |
| Case: | Therapies 4 Kids Inc. v. Santoro, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Deceptive Trade Practices, Economic Loss, Unfair Competition, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Florida |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $4,973,217.43 |
| Attorneys: | Amanda Waide, Jamie S. George of Alston & Bird, LLP |
| Case: | Electrolux Home Products v. Whitesell Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Georgia |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $4,466,882.23 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond W. Mort of The Mort Law Firm, PLLC; Robert E. Kinney of Law Offices of Robert E. Kinney |
| Case: | Counsel Holdings, Inc. v. Jowers |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Texas |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $4,360,750.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry W. Lee, Kristen M. Agnew, Nicholas Rosenthal of Diversity Law Group PC; William L. Marder of Polaris Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Palomino v. Northrop Grumman Sys. Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| State: | California |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $4,110,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank Campese Jr. of Frank Campese Jr. P.C. |
| Case: | Arreguin v. Kingsing |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Impaired Driving Accident, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Collision |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $4,079,759.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan M. Henry of Cramer & Anderson LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Dery v. Hamer |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Pedestrian Collision |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $4,075,431.94 |
| Attorneys: | Carol Gillam, Sara Heum of The Gillam Law Firm |
| Case: | Erhart v. BofI Federal Bank |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan L. Chaikin of Chaikin Law Firm PLLC; Scott W. Weinstein of Scott Weinstein, PLLC; William D. Marler, R. Drew Falkenstein of Marler Clark, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Billman v. Big Olaf Creamery, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Food Poisoning, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Florida |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $3,976,551.00 |
| Attorneys: | Morris E. Cohen, Lee A. Goldberg, Limor Wigder of Goldberg Cohen LLP |
| Case: | Focus Prods. Grp. Int'l LLC, et al. v. Kartri Sales Co. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Unfair Competition, Intentional Tort, Trademark Infringement, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | New York |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $3,653,917.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard A. Staggard of Farah and Farah PA |
| Case: | Johnson v. McDonald, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| State: | Florida |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Luis Salazar, Sandra Mejia of Salazar Law |
| Case: | Valia Trading Corp. v. Elite Catch Grp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Florida |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $3,485,840.00 |
| Attorneys: | Maria C. Janoski of Janoski Law |
| Case: | Estate of Roberson v. Desper |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $3,333,523.00 |
| Attorneys: | AnnMarie Alexander, Kerry A. Tarpey of Tarpey & Alexander, LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Gaudette v. Allsop |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $3,304,832.00 |
| Attorneys: | James M. Burd, Edward M. O'Brien of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP; Warren E. Gluck, Duvol M. Thompson, Elliot A. Magruder, Richard A. Bixter Jr., Michael T. Boardman of Holland & Knight LLP |
| Case: | Grayiel v. AIO Holdings LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Conspiracy, Economic Loss, Fraud, Fraudulent Conveyance, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Natural Resources |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $3,127,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | John David Reed, Ronald L. Holmes, Kevin C. Moran of Holmes Firm PC |
| Case: | Pfluger v. White |
| Type: | Defamation, Economic Loss, Intentional Tort, Slander, Reputational Harm, Libel |
| State: | Texas |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $3,105,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Terrance J. Thompson of Law Offices of Terrance J. Thompson |
| Case: | Moctezuma v. Walmart, Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| State: | California |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $2,995,997.20 |
| Attorneys: | Jorge P. Gutierrez, Jr. of The Gutierrez Firm; Philip D. Parrish of Philip D. Parrish, P.A. |
| Case: | Gordon v. USA |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, FTCA Violation, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| State: | Florida |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $2,993,787.11 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Panish, Daniel Dunbar, Nadine Khedry of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Rosen v. Rentfrow |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| State: | California |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $2,757,222.00 |
| Attorneys: | Buck Hollister, Zoltan A. Papp of Hollister Legal Services PLLC |
| Case: | Matula Family LP v. Los Arboles Tulum LP, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Fraud in the Inducement, Unjust Enrichment, Promissory Note, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Texas |
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