Top 50 Occupational Injury Verdicts in the United States in 2023
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| Visit: | Top 20 Occupational Injury Verdicts in the United States in 2023 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd G. Rosen, Jocelyn A. Santana of Goldberg & Rosen P.A. |
| Case: | Daye v. Fireworks Lady & Co. LLC |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Negligent Maintenance, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Fall from Height |
| State: | Florida |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $9,864,571.54 |
| Attorneys: | Benny Agosto, Jr., Lena Laurenzo, Jon Agosto of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner |
| Case: | Anthony v. Genie Industries, Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Design Defect, Occupational Injury |
| State: | Mississippi |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $9,620,940.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Jeffrey Goodman, Samuel B. Dordick of Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC |
| Case: | Tomascik v. Terex Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Equipment Malfunction, Design Defect, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $8,874,741.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick DeBlase, Aileen Huang, John Heubeck, Campbell Filmer of DeBlase Brown Eyerly LLP |
| Case: | Metzger, et al. v. J‐M Manufacturing Co., Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Wrongful Death, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury |
| State: | California |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $7,411,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles E. Soechting, Jr., Albert Oganesyan of Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC |
| Case: | Whitmire v. Hildebrand & Sons Trucking, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident, Truck v. Pedestrian Collision |
| State: | California |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $7,297,700.86 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. McKenzie of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin; Samuel B. Dordick, Jeffrey P. Goodman of Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC |
| Case: | Hernandez v. SEPTA, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael O. Pansini, Adam C. Davis of Pansini & Mezrow PC |
| Case: | Stanley, et al. v. Lowe's Home Centers LLC |
| Type: | Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $6,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Scott Campbell of Shiver Hamilton Campbell LLC |
| Case: | Loeza v. Exacta Workforce Solutions, LLC |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Forklift Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Amputation, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| State: | Georgia |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $6,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott E. Perry of Cahill & Perry PC |
| Case: | Torres v. Metro-North R.R. Co. |
| Type: | Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, FELA , Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $5,920,924.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter S. Thomas of Peter S. Thomas PC |
| Case: | Sanchez v. 74 Wooster Holding LLC |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Slip & Fall, Work Accident, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture |
| State: | New York |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $4,881,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. Gorayeb, Stuart Pobereskin of Gorayeb & Associates PC |
| Case: | Mayorquin v. Carriage House Owners Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height |
| State: | New York |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $4,785,168.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gerald H. Clark, Lazaro Berenguer of Clark Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Hoiland v. AJD Constr. Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard J. Sullivan, Thomas P. Kelley of Sullivan & Sullivan, L.L.P. |
| Case: | Carroll v. Sports Syst. Unltd., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Breach of Warranty of Merchantability, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Jeffrey P. Goodman, Samuel B. Dordick of Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC |
| Case: | Blake, et al. v. Home Depot USA, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Contractor Negligence, Demolition Accident, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $4,305,664.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jared W. Capps of Daspit Law Firm |
| Case: | Brown v. BNSF Ry. Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, FELA , Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Texas |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $4,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin J. Moskowitz of Gorayeb & Associates PC |
| Case: | Velazquez v. 104 Ashburton Ave. LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Burn Injury, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Hand Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $3,970,894.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Graziani of Sisneros Graziani LLP; Ted W. Pelletier of Law Office of Ted W. Pelletier |
| Case: | Velasquez v. Ridge Tool Co., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Defective Product, Equipment Malfunction, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Amputation, Design Defect, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Work Equipment Failure |
| State: | California |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $3,472,142.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark L. Venardi, Martin Zurada, Mark Freeman of Venardi Zurada LLP |
| Case: | Ponte v. DPR Construction |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Failure to Maintain, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Work Premises Liability |
| State: | California |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Scaffolding Accident, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Fall from Height |
| State: | New York |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $2,848,779.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Wagner of John C. Wagner Law Offices PC |
| Case: | Estate of Griffith v. Kulper, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Failure to Train, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Fall from Height |
| State: | Iowa |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nelson G. Wolff, Matthew R. Strauser of Schlichter Bogard LLP |
| Case: | Overfield v. BNSF Railway Co. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, FELA , Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury |
| State: | Missouri |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $2,741,296.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott Occhiogrosso of Block O'Toole & Murphy LLP |
| Case: | Valerio v. Eaton Elec. Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J.L. King II, Ben Hancock of The King Firm |
| Case: | Newson v. Champion |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accident, Truck v. Pedestrian Collision |
| State: | Georgia |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Alexander Heroy, Jennifer Michelle Houti of James, Mcelroy & Diehl, PA |
| Case: | Plyler v. Cox Brothers Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort, Amputation, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury |
| State: | North Carolina |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $2,259,117.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. Gorayeb of Gorayeb & Associates PC |
| Case: | Villalta, et al. v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Scaffolding Accident, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Fall from Height, Knee Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christine G. Benedum of Weber, Gallagher, Simpson, Stapleton, Fires & Newby LLP; Mark W. Tanner, Peter M. Newman of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig |
| Case: | Ruth, et al. v. Miller Brothers |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Falling Object, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Contractor Negligence, Excavator Accident, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $2,218,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vuk S. Vujasinovic, Job Tennant of VB Attorneys; Mark D. Press of Ansel & Miller, LLC |
| Case: | Moak v. Skanska USA Civil SE, Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Watercraft Accident, Work Accident, Negligent Tort, Admiralty Law, Jones Act, Maritime Injury, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,941,083.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. Gorayeb of Gorayeb & Associates PC |
| Case: | Orellana v. Mo-Hak Assocs. LLC |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Ladder Accident, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height, Knee Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $1,778,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel I. Reich, Jeffrey F. Laffey, V. P. Bucci of Laffey, Bucci & Kent LLP |
| Case: | Gallagher v. 1760 Market Street LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Failure to Maintain, Electrical Injury, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Work Premises Liability |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,611,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James J. McEldrew, Daniel Purtell of McEldrew Purtell |
| Case: | Shuler v. SEPTA |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Failure to Maintain, FELA , Electrical Injury, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Work Premises Liability |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,583,923.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jackson R. Pahlke of Connelly Law Offices PLLC; Michael P. Salazar of Salazar Law Office |
| Case: | Lukinich v. Northwest Boring Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Falling Object v. Worker Collision |
| State: | Washington |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Hedge, S. Russ Copeland of Hedge Copeland, P.C.; Richard W. Fuquay of Fuquay Law Firm |
| Case: | Harrington v. Barry Graham Oil Svc., LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture |
| State: | Alabama |