Top 10 Verdicts in Washington State in 2023
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in Washington State in the year 2023. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of Washington State.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $857,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Wampold, Felix G. Luna of Peterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna; Keith J. Bruno, Theresa Bowen Hatch of Trial Lawyers For Justice PC |
| Case: | Bard, et al. v. Pharmacia LLC |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Tort, Design Defect, Bodily Injury |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $165,082,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth R. Friedman, Henry G. Jones, Sean J. Gamble, Richard H. Friedman, James A. Hertz, Ronald J. Park of Friedman Rubin PLLP; Colleen Durkin Peterson, Thomas B. Vertetis, Darrell L. Cochran, Andrew S. Ulmer, Alexander G. Dietz of Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala |
| Case: | Heit, et al. v. Pharmacia LLC |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Fraudulent Concealment, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $72,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard Friedman of Friedman Rubin PLLP; Colleen Durkin Peterson of Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala |
| Case: | Clinger, et al. v. Pharmacia LLC |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Design Defect, Bodily Injury |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $21,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond J. Dearie, Jr., Drew V. Lombardi of Dearie Law Group |
| Case: | Anderson v. Gibson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $20,295,701.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ben F. Barcus, Paul Alexander Lindenmuth of Law Offices of Ben F. Barcus & Associates PLLC; Thaddeus Martin IV of Law Office of Thaddeus P. Martin |
| Case: | Sparks v. Harold Lemay Enter., Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Truck Collision, Left Turn Collision |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $18,063,850.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy G. Leyh, Tyler L. Farmer, Randall T. Thomsen, Ariel A. Martinez, Erica R. Iverson of Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen LLP |
| Case: | King Cty. v. Aquatherm GmbH, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Economic Loss, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Defective Product, Consumer Protection, Negligent Tort |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $16,662,511.00 |
| Attorneys: | Toby J. Marshall, Beth E. Terrell, Ryan Tack-Hooper, Eden B. Nordby of Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC; Deborah M. Nelson, Jeffrey D. Boyd of Nelson Boyd PLLC |
| Case: | Ellis, et al. v. University of Washington Police Dept. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Victim Retaliation |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $13,034,186.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vanessa J. Firnhaber Oslund, Ruby K. Aliment of Bergman Oslund Udo Little PLLC |
| Case: | Elmi, et al. v. Brecht, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Consumer Protection, Surgical Error, Unlicensed Activity, Lack of Informed Consent, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Plastic Surgery Malpractice, Bodily Injury |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey Johnson of Johnson Mediation & Legal Services PLLC; Scott Blair, Cassidy Spencer of Brain Injury Law |
| Case: | Thorinson v. Everett Transit |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Quadriplegia, Paralysis Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $4,640,216.00 |
| Attorneys: | David E. Breskin, Cynthia J. Heidelberg of Breskin Johnson & Townsend PLLC |
| Case: | McFarland, et al. v. Evergreen Hosp. Med. Ctr. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
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