Top 20 Verdicts in New York in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 plaintiff's jury 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: | $54,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary Stone of Brookiyn Legal Services; David Pratt of Albany Law School; Victoria M. Esposito of Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York; Meryl Grenadier, Dara Smith of AARP Foundation |
| Case: | Hartshorne v. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $50,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason T. Herbert of Krentsel Guzman Herbert LLP |
| Case: | Bottex v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Failure to Maintain, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Pedestrian Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Dislocation, Shoulder Tear |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $45,322,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan M. Shapey of Lipsig, Shapey, Moverman, Freund & Wisell, PLLC |
| Case: | Pedraza v. NYCT |
| Type: | Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Railroad Accidents, Mass Transit Accidents, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Amputation/Limb Loss, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Train v. Pedestrian Accidents, Neurological Injury, Common Carrier Liability, Bodily Injury, Traumatic Amputation |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $40,303,454.62 |
| Attorneys: | Stuart L. Finz, Brandon S. Finz, CaraMia R. Hart of Finz & Finz, PC |
| Case: | Hobour v. St. Joseph Hospital & Good Samaritan Hospital, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Failure to Treat, Inadequate Care, Erroneous Treatment, Paralysis Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $38,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerome J. Schlichter, Troy A. Doles, Kurt Charles Struckhoff, Nathan D. Stump of Schlichter Bogard, LLP |
| Case: | Khan, et al. v. Bd. of Directors of Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Class Action, Economic Loss, ERISA Violation |
| 16 | |
| 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 |
| 17 | |
| 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 |
| 18 | |
| 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 |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $22,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas E. Liakas of Liakas Law, PC |
| Case: | Hossain v. New York City Transit Authority |
| 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 |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $20,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert F. DiCello, Kenneth P. Abbarno, Greg G. Gutzler, Carrie Syme, Mark A. DiCello, Joseph Frate, Madeline R. Harding of Dicello Levitt LLC; Michael D. Hausfeld, Scott Gilmore, Amanda Lee-Dasgupta, Mary Sameera Van Houten Harper, James D. Gotz, Claire Rosset, Percy Metcalfe of Hausfeld, LLP; Kathryn Boyd, David L. Hecht, Maxim Price, Michael K. Eggenberger of Hecht Partners LLP; Aitan D. Goelman, Cy Smith of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP |
| Case: | Kashef, et al. v. BNP Paribas, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Conspiracy, Intentional Torts |
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