Top 10 Civil Rights Violation Verdicts in the United States in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 civil rights violation verdicts obtained in the United States in 2025. The list is composed of various types of cases that were tried to a verdict before a state or federal jury in the United States. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $138,002,000.00 |
| Case: | Doe 1, et al. v. Science Beauty Tech LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Personal Injury, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Sex Discrimination |
| Attorneys: | Todd F. Flood, Vincent J. Haisha of Flood Law PLLC; Zachary T. Runyan of Runyan Law Group |
| State: | Michigan |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $112,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Castaneda, et al. v. County of Suffolk, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Due Process Violation, Government Negligence, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| Attorneys: | Aldo A. Badini, Michelle D. Tuma, Sophia Borne, Hector Correa Gaviria, Sydney Hartman, Jara R. Y. Jacobson, Calvin Kim, Jennifer Kopp, Becca Ou, Dylan Russian, Michelle Slezinger of Winston & Strawn, LLP; Jose Perez, Andrew Case and Stephanie Cordero of LatinoJustice PRLDEF |
| State: | New York |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $103,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Slagel v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| Attorneys: | Justin W. Shegerian, Mahru Madjidi, Aaron Gbewonyo, Deepika Chandrashekar of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| State: | California |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $80,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Boyd v. Erie County, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Personal Injury, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Wrongful Prosecution, Abuse of Process, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| Attorneys: | Ross E. Firsenbaum, Gideon Hanft, Erin Hughes, Phoebe Silos, Trena M. Riley, Melissa Zubizarreta of WilmerHale; Joel B. Rudin of The Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin PC; Spencer Durland of Hoover & Durland LLP |
| State: | New York |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $60,030,000.00 |
| Case: | Fulton v. Bartik, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Due Process Violation, Excessive Force, Malicious Prosecution, Personal Injury, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Prosecution, Intentional Torts, Abuse of Process, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Coercion, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan I. Loevy, Russell Ainsworth, Julia Rickert, Fatima Ladha, Arthur Loevy, Isaac Green of Loevy & Loevy; Andrea Lyon of Lyon Law |
| State: | Illinois |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $60,030,000.00 |
| Case: | Mitchell v. Bartik, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Due Process Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Personal Injury, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Prosecution, Intentional Torts, Abuse of Process, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Coercion, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Arthur Loevy, Jonathan I. Loevy, Russell Ainsworth, Julia Rickert, Fatima Ladha, Isaac Green of Loevy & Loevy; Andrea Lyon of Lyon Kerr Law |
| State: | Illinois |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $58,443,115.00 |
| Case: | MacMaster v. Busacca, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Due Process Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Wrongful Prosecution, False Arrest, Police Misconduct, Unreasonable Search & Seizure, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| Attorneys: | Joshua A. Blanchard of Blanchard Law |
| State: | Michigan |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $42,750,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Moore Sr. v. Lasalle Corr. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Negligence in Employment, Wrongful Death, Intentional Torts, Denial of Medical Care, Cruel & Unusual Punishment, Failure to Train, Abuse of Power, Death in Custody, Negligent Torts, Vicarious Liability, Failure to Intervene, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Omar Qureshi, Max Schoening of Qureshi Law PC; Nelson W. Cameron of Nelson W. Cameron, Attorney at Law; James Anglin Flynn of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Patrick R. Jackson of Patrick R. Jackson, APLC |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $32,347,000.00 |
| Case: | Hugyetz v. Equinox Holdings Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Bryan Kirsh of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $30,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Lewis v. Kern Cty., et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Torts, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Dale K. Galipo of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; J. Bernard Alexander, III of Alexander Morrison + Fehr, LLP; Tonette Josue Jaramilla of Toni Jaramilla, APLC |
| State: | California |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $28,000,000.00 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| State: | New York |
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