Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in New York in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 personal injury verdicts obtained in New York State in 2025. 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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| 1 - 10 | |
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| 11 | |
| Amount: | $31,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew G. Finkelstein of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP |
| Case: | Burley v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Bodily Injury |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $28,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Spencer Durland of Hoover & Durland LLP; Ross E. Firsenbaum, Gideon Hanft, Phoebe Silos, Erin Hughes, Trena M. Riley, Melissa Zubizarreta, Ryanne Perio of WilmerHale; Joel B. Rudin, David Rudin, Partha Sharma of The Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin PC |
| Case: | Walker v. Erie County, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Government Negligence, Malicious Prosecution, Personal Injury, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Wrongful Prosecution, Abuse of Process, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Unreasonable Search & Seizure, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $25,462,588.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth B. Goldblatt of Goldblatt & Associates PC |
| Case: | Nevins v. Great Escape Theme Park |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Permanent Disability, Entertainment Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $22,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas E. Liakas of Liakas Law, PC |
| Case: | Hossain v. MTA |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall Accidents, Brain Injury, Fall Accidents, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Torts, Mass Transit Accidents, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Amputation/Limb Loss, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Fall from Height, Permanent Disability, Train v. Pedestrian Accidents, Neurological Injury, Common Carrier Liability, Bodily Injury, Traumatic Amputation |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $19,222,880.80 |
| Attorneys: | Brian M. Brown, Helina Manesis of Zaremba Brown PLLC; John D. Zaremba of Zaremba Brown PLLC; Brian J. Isaac, |
| Case: | Begonja v. RXR Construction Services, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall Accidents, Ladder Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $14,820,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles E. Wisell, Michael A. Marando, Joshua Block of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC |
| Case: | Greaves v. NE Conference Corp. of Seventh-day Adventist |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Scaffolding Accidents, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability, Bodily Injury |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $13,333,802.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wayne A.J. Wattley of Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek |
| Case: | Rodrigues v. 100 Elm Ave LLC |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Ladder Accidents, Amputation/Limb Loss, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height, Permanent Disability, Work Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Traumatic Amputation, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Tear |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $12,172,294.11 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel G. Ecker, Nicholas E. Tzaneteas of Lever & Ecker, PLLC |
| Case: | Guayara v. Honey Do Men Gutters Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall Accidents, Negligent Maintenance, Ladder Accidents, Contractor Negligence, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $10,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan K. Merson, Giovanna Mabile of Merson Law PLLC |
| Case: | Mcvawcc-Doe v. Town Of Cortlandt, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Sexual Battery, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Sexual Assault & Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse, Bodily Injury, Injured Minor |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $9,189,414.00 |
| Attorneys: | James Healy of Sullivan & Brill LLP |
| Case: | Lopez v. Friedman, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Failure to Treat, Failure to Test, Paralysis Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Stroke Injury |
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