Top 10 Occupational Injury Verdicts in the United States in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 occupational injury 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: | $779,398,024.37 |
| Case: | Butler, et al. v. Patel, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Failure to Warn, Murder, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Negligent Security, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Maintenance, Failure to Disclose, Occupational Injury, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Cox of Law Offices of Robert Scott Cox; Talley Kaleko of Brooks, LeBoeuf, Foster & Gwartney, P.A.; Benjamin L. Crump of Ben Crump Law, PLLC |
| State: | Florida |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $639,805,500.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Loree v. TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Falling Object, Work Accidents, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Crane Accidents, Gross Negligence, Negligent Torts, Occupational Injury, Falling Object v. Worker Accidents, Industrial Vehicle Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Anthony G. Buzbee of The Buzbee Law Firm |
| State: | Texas |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $411,687,387.36 |
| Case: | Valdivia v. Brock Services LLC |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Scaffolding Accidents, Paralysis Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Permanent Disability, Falling Object v. Worker Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Roland Christensen, Alec Paradowski, Jonathan Mack of Arnold & Itkin, LLP; Tony M. Clayton, Michael P. Fruge, Brilliant Clayton of Clayton, Fruge & Ward |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $145,260,000.00 |
| Case: | Salguero-Quijada v. Norguard Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith, Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workers' Compensation, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Brad R. Irwin, Roger D. Fraley of Irwin Fraley PLLC; James E. Murphy of Claggett & Sykes Law Firm |
| State: | Colorado |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $117,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Durbec v. Mario & DiBono Plastering Co., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Contractor Negligence, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Work Premises Liability, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Brittany A. Russell of Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. |
| State: | New York |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $76,700,000.00 |
| Case: | Mierendorf v. Kroger Co. of Michigan |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Burn Injury, Negligent Torts, Amputation/Limb Loss, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Work Premises Liability, Bodily Injury, Traumatic Amputation, Loss of Consortium |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan R. Marko, John T. Eads, Tyler M. Joseph of Marko Law PLLC |
| State: | Michigan |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $56,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Ruiz v. Wendy's Trucking, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Eye Injury, Amputation/Limb Loss, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Bodily Injury, Traumatic Amputation, Truck v. Worker Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Abdallah of Kanner & Pintaluga P.A. |
| State: | Florida |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $35,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Martinez Jr. v. Demac Concrete Contractors Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Contractor Negligence, Excavator Accidents, Gross Negligence, Negligent Torts, Vicarious Liability, Occupational Injury, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Chance A. McMillan, Jaqualine P. McMillan of McMillan Law Firm PLLC |
| State: | Texas |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $34,200,000.00 |
| Case: | Long v. Crane, Inc. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Work Accidents, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Gross Negligence, Negligent Torts, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Industrial Product Liability, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Leonard Sandoval, Mark A. Linder of Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP; Devin N. Robinson of Law Offices of Devin Robinson, P.C. |
| State: | Oregon |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $32,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Johnson v. ExxonMobil |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall Accidents, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Work Premises Liability, Nerve Injury, Bodily Injury, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) |
| Attorneys: | Clifford W. Horwitz, David J. Starshak, Gabriel M. Drury, Elise M. Blandin of Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates |
| State: | Illinois |
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