Top 50 Verdicts in New York in 2024
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in New York State in 2024. The list is composed of various types of cases that were tried to a verdict before a state or federal jury in New York. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| 11 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Verdicts in New York in 2024 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $14,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew G. Meier of Rosenbaum & Rosenbaum, P.C. |
| Case: | Kasnecovic v. Lamm |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Pedestrian Accident |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $12,166,409.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles E. Wisell, Michael A. Marando of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC |
| Case: | Gomez-Martinez v. NYC Transit Authority, et al |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Mass Transit Accident, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Bus v. Bicycle Accident |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $10,414,398.80 |
| Attorneys: | Linda Alba Masin, Thomas V. Lomino of Alba & Masin PLLC |
| Case: | Arcuri Sr. v. San Brook Contracting Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Professional Malpractice, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain, Electrical Injury, Construction Defect, Contractor Negligence, Occupational Injury, Residential Premises Liability, Survival Action |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $10,323,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph M. Lichtenstein of Law Offices of Joseph Lichtenstein, PC |
| Case: | Lee v. Lehman, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $10,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank Kelly of Gorayeb & Associates PC |
| Case: | Cordova v. Conelle Constr. Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Scaffolding Accident, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Leslie D. Kelmachter, Ariella Colman of Silver & Kelmachter, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Pessolano v. Richmond Univ. Med. Ctr., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Medication Error, Inadequate Care, Failure to Monitor, Lack of Informed Consent, Survival Action |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Lauterborn, Erica Ryan Moskowitz of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, PC |
| Case: | Buckheit, as Admin. of Williams Estate v. Golden, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Negligent Supervision, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Elder Abuse, Premature Discharge, Survival Action, Nursing Home Malpractice |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $9,318,620.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter S. Thomas of Peter S. Thomas, P.C. |
| Case: | Miranda v. Curry, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accident, Permanent Disability, Truck v. Car Accident |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eleni Coffinas of Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo PC |
| Case: | Safir v. Kaplan, M.D., et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Failure to Treat, Inadequate Care, Failure to Inform, Failure to Test, Bodily Injury, Radiology Malpractice |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $7,647,400.00 |
| Attorneys: | Evan M. LaPenna of LaPenna Law; Brian J. Vannella of Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek |
| Case: | Dominguez v. Silvershore Props. 96 LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall, Ladder Accident, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph S. Bavaro, Carolyn M. Caccese of Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro LLP |
| Case: | Michaels v. Baiji Chinman Gohil, MD |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Inadequate Care, Bodily Injury |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew V. Buchsbaum of Friedman, James & Buchsbaum LLP |
| Case: | Goss v. Sealift Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Admiralty Law, Jones Act, Maritime Injury, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $6,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Johnson L. Atkinson of Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek |
| Case: | Reyes v. NYC Transit Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accident, Bus v. Car Accident, Rear-end Collision |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sarah Green, Alan S. Ripka of Alan Ripka & Associates, LLP |
| Case: | Ismail, et al. v. Amin, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Inadequate Care, Failure to Refer, Failure to Test, Bodily Injury |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Letitia James, Monica Connell, Emily Stern, James Sheehan, Jonathan Conley, Erin Kandel, Jonathan Lester, Alexander Mendelson, Steve Shiffman, Daniel Sugarman, Stephen Thompson, William Wang of Office of the New York State Attorney General |
| Case: | People of the State of New York v. NRA |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Fraud, Unjust Enrichment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Commercial Litigation, Failure to Disclose |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $6,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cassandra Rohme, Gregory A. Nahas of Liakas Law, PC |
| Case: | Estate of Tillman v. Sorrentino, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Racial Profiling, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Unreasonable Search & Seizure, Death in Custody, Extrajudicial Killing, Spoliation of Evidence, Police Corruption, Bodily Injury, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Survival Action |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $6,117,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles E. Wisell, Michael A. Marando of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC |
| Case: | Ferreira v. Volmar Constr. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Accident, Rear-end Collision, Neurological Injury |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $6,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eliot M. Wolf, Marvin D. Fuhrman of Wolf & Fuhrman |
| Case: | Estate of Flores v. NYC Health and Hosps. Corp. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Government Negligence, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Surgical Error, Survival Action |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $5,889,714.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen Z. Williamson of Law Office of Stephen Z. Williamson, PLLC |
| Case: | Hernandez-Tobon v. Tan Realty 67 LLC |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Retail Premises Liability |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $5,699,716.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory E. Keller, Carol S. Shahmoon of Shahmoon Keller PLLC |
| Case: | Jakubiak v. Quantumscape Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Economic Loss, Negligent Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Commercial Litigation |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $5,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy C. Keller, Gregory P. Krull of Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP |
| Case: | LG 55 Doe v. Grasso |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Sexual Battery, Sexual Assault & Battery, Child Sexual Abuse |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen B. Kahn of Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek |
| Case: | Burgess v. Little Wolf Cabinet Shop Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Truck v. Car Accident, Sideswipe Collision |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William Ricigliano, Frank Filopei, Shanna M. Bailey of Ricigliano and Filopei, P.C. |
| Case: | Highsmith v. Oyster Bay, et al |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Single-Vehicle Accident, Brachial Plexus Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Pedestrian Accident, Public Premises Liability |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $4,930,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Liakas, Nicholas E. Liakas of Liakas Law, PC |
| Case: | Dicarlo v. NYC Transit Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident, Bus v. Pedestrian Accident, Neurological Injury |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $4,503,600.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard Schatz, Lora H. Gleicher of Silbowitz, Garafola, Silbowitz & Schatz LLP |
| Case: | DeJesus v. Home Depot USA Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Retail Premises Liability |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Johnson L. Atkinson, Nicholas Elefterakis, Stephen B. Kahn, Andrew Levinson, Harris J. Zakarin, Jeffrey B. Bromfeld of Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek |
| Case: | Nunez v. 678 St. Marks Mgmt., LLC |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Eye Injury, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Work Premises Liability |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $4,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph S. Bavaro, Carolyn M. Caccese of Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro LLP |
| Case: | Sessa v. Peconic Bay Med. Ctr., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Failure to Treat, Premature Discharge, Amputation, Bodily Injury |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $4,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Terrence E. McCartney, Austin T. Osborn, Rhett E. Wallace of McCartney Stucky LLC |
| Case: | Alicea v. Gorilla Ladder Co., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Fall, Defective Product, Equipment Malfunction, Ladder Accident, Strict Liability, Brachial Plexus Injury, Design Defect, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $4,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew S. Goldwasser of Ciano & Goldwasser, LLP; Greg G. Gutzler, F. Franklin Amanat of Dicello Levitt LLC |
| Case: | Doe 1, et al. v. United States Twirling Assoc., Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Misrepresentation, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Training, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $4,170,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen Z. Williamson of Law Office of Stephen Z. Williamson, PLLC |
| Case: | Bailey v. Gabrielli Trucking Leasing LLC., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accident, Truck v. Car Accident, Sideswipe Collision, Left Turn Accident |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arthur Salmon of J.r. Wyatt Law |
| Case: | Adames v. Public Serv. Truck Renting Inc. et al |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accident, Truck v. Car Accident |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $3,810,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert F. Danzi, John R. Danzi of Danzi Law Partners, LLP |
| Case: | Elliott v. Matano |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Failure to Inform, Lack of Informed Consent, Bodily Injury |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $3,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas P. Vincent Gonchar of Krentsel Guzman Herbert LLP |
| Case: | Nunez v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury |
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