Top 10 Personal Injury Settlements in the United States in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 personal injury settlements obtained in the United States in 2025. The list is composed of various types of cases filed in a state or federal court, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Jane Roe 390 A.U., et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Foster Care Abuse, Negligent Torts, Sexual Battery, Sexual Assault & Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse, Los Angeles as Defendant, Injured Minor |
| Attorneys: | Patrick McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP; Boris Treyzon of Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo, LLP; Todd B. Becker of Becker Law Group; Raymond P. Boucher of Boucher LLP; Adam P. Slater of Slater Slater Schulman LLP; Jeffrey M. Herman of Herman Law; Susan M. Ulrich of Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel |
| State: | California |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $828,000,000.00 |
| Case: | AB218 Plaintiffs v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Failure to Train, Foster Care Abuse, Negligent Retention, Sexual Battery, Sexual Assault & Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse, Los Angeles as Defendant, Injured Minor |
| Attorneys: | Patrick McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| State: | California |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $750,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Hadden Survivors v. Columbia University |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Health Facility Negligence, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Medical Battery, Sexual Battery, Sexual Assault & Battery, Adult Sexual Abuse |
| Attorneys: | Anthony T. Dipietro of The DiPietro Law Firm |
| State: | New York |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $150,000,000.00 |
| Case: | In re: The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Negligent Retention, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Sexual Assault & Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse, Bodily Injury, Clergy Sexual Abuse , Injured Minor |
| Attorneys: | Matthew Merson, Jordan K. Merson of Merson Law PLLC; Jeff Anderson, Stacey Benson, Michael G. Finnegan of Jeff Anderson & Associates PA; Daniel J. Chiacchia of Dan Chiacchia Attorneys, PLLC; Stephen Boyd of The Law Offices of Steve Boyd, PC; Mitchell Garabedian of Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian; James R. Marsh, Cori Iacopelli of Marsh Law Firm |
| State: | New York |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $60,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Rymers v. CPS Energy |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Property Damage, Burn Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Gas Leak, Utility Negligence, Gross Negligence, Negligent Torts, Fire Injury/Damage, Gas Explosion, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Michael P. Lyons, Christopher J. Simmons, Christopher W. Carr, P. Wes Black, Michael Wozniak of Lyons & Simmons, LLP; Omar G. Alvarez of Law Office of O.G. Alvarez & Associates, P.C. |
| State: | Texas |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $60,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Motorist v. Commercial Truck |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Gross Negligence, Negligent Torts, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Truck v. Car Accidents, Neurological Injury, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| Attorneys: | Brant J. Stogner, Jennifer O’Brien Stogner, Christopher D. Mahfouz of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner |
| State: | Texas |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $57,422,475.00 |
| Case: | Plaintiff, et al. v. Trucking Company |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Pedestrian Accidents, Neurological Injury, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| Attorneys: | Jason B. Stephens, R. Rieker Carsey, J. Brison Bursey of Stephens Law |
| State: | Texas |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $53,000,000.00 |
| Case: | In re: Flint Water Cases |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Pollution, Professional Malpractice, Property Damage, Toxic Exposure, Environmental Protection, Lead Poisoning, Public Nuisance, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Corey M. Stern, Moshe Maimon, Melanie Daly of Levy Konigsberg LLP; Hunter J. Shkolnik of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC |
| State: | Michigan |
| 8 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $50,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Doe v. Sharpe |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Sexual Battery, Sexual Assault & Battery, Adult Sexual Abuse, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Micah D. Nash of Delahunty & Nash LLP; Anthony G. Buzbee, T. Colby Holler of The Buzbee Law Firm |
| State: | Nevada |
| 8 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $50,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Motorcyclist v. Trucking Company |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Failure to Supervise, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Paraplegia, Paralysis Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Truck v. Motorcycle Accidents, T-Bone Collisions, Left Turn Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Stuart L. Finz, Todd M. Rubin, Brandon S. Finz of Finz & Finz, PC; Gerald B. Baldino, Jr., Gerald B. Baldino, II of Sacchetta & Baldino |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Lincome & Bishop v. Four-Season Travel LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Mass Transit Accidents, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, NEMT Vehicle Accidents, Bus v. Pedestrian Accidents, Left Turn Accidents, Neurological Injury, Common Carrier Liability, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Artin Yadegarian of Law Offices of Artin Yadegarian; Christopher Montes de Oca of Law Offices of Christopher Montes de Oca; Greg Nassar of Nassar Law PLLC |
| State: | California |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Operating Engineer v. Industrial Facility |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Burn Injury, Fire Injury/Damage, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Work Premises Liability, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Matthew M. Gannon, Michael P. Scanlon of Healy Scanlon Veugeler Gannon |
| State: | Illinois |
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