Top 20 Bench Awards in the United States in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 plaintiff's bench awards, including court and arbitration awards, obtained in the United States in 2025. The list is composed of various types of cases that were tried before a state or federal judge or arbitrator in the United States.
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| Visit: | Top 10 Bench Awards in the United States in 2025 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $46,668,184.00 |
| Case: | Salas v. United States of America |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accidents, On-board Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Passenger Accidents, Rollover Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death, Host Driver Negligence |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J.T. Sciano of Tinsman & Sciano, Inc. |
| State: | Texas |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $40,900,000.00 |
| Case: | District of Columbia v. MP PPH, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Deceptive Trade Practices, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Landlord-Tenant, Consumer Protection, Real Estate, Residential Landlord-Tenant |
| Attorneys: | Brendan B. Downes, Mathew W. Meyer of Office of Attorney General for the District of Columbia |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $38,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Vectorworks Holding LLC v. Gray |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Fraud, Fraud in the Inducement, Fraudulent Concealment, Misrepresentation, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation, Constructive Fraud, Failure to Disclose |
| Attorneys: | John H. Ruiz, Christine M. Lugo of MSP Recovery Law Firm; Gonzalo R. Dorta of Dorta Law |
| State: | Florida |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $35,415,885.00 |
| Case: | Snover, et al. v. CARE Risk Retention Grp., Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Indemnification, Insurance Bad Faith, Emotional Distress, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Bruce G. Fagel of Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates; Marshall Silberberg of The Law Office of Marshall Silberberg; Joseph DiMonda of Angelo & Di Monda, LLP |
| State: | California |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $31,962,884.00 |
| Case: | Estate of A.P., et al. v. Yale New Haven Hosp. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Lack of Informed Consent, Medical Battery, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Injured Minor |
| Attorneys: | Jose Rojas, Stephen M. Reck of Levin, Rojas, Camassar, & Reck, LLC; Austin Berescik-Johns of Law Office of Austin B. Johns, LLC |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $31,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Rothfos Corp. v. H&H Coffee Investments LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation, Debt Collection |
| Attorneys: | Jason P. Hernandez, Matthew M. Graham, Ryan M. Wolis of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA |
| State: | Florida |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $29,562,899.00 |
| Case: | O.A. v. Atkocaitis, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Wrongful Imprisonment, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Negligent Torts, Injured Minor |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Lewis, Douglas J. Miller of Rath Young Pignatelli PC |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $25,498,560.00 |
| Case: | Happy State Bank v. KCAP Meadows at Ferguson LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Promissory Note, Commercial Litigation |
| Attorneys: | Brian T. Morris, Matthew K. Joeckel, John H. Yoon of Winstead PC |
| State: | Texas |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Sitt-Sperling v. Sitt |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Minor Sexual Abuse, Injured Minor |
| Attorneys: | Katherine B. Kramer of Merson Law PLLC |
| State: | New York |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $23,761,854.00 |
| Case: | Agnew, et al. v. Collins |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Wrongful Death, Impaired Driving Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Red-Light Accidents, Rideshare Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | George Quesada, Ariana Z. Chalajour of Sommerman, McCaffity, Quesada & Geisler, L.L.P. |
| State: | Texas |
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| Visit: | Top 50 Bench Awards in the United States in 2025 |