Top 20 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 20 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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| Visit: | Top 10 Civil Rights Violation Verdicts in the United States in 2025 |
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| Amount: | $27,750,000.00 |
| Case: | Lake v. CoreCivic Inc. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Prison Negligence, Cruel & Unusual Punishment, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | John Heenan of Heenan & Cook, PLLC; Timothy Bechtold of Bechtold Law Firm |
| State: | Montana |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $27,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Valla v. Dignity Health, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| Attorneys: | David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC; Brennan M. Hershey, Johnny Rundell of Hershey Law, P.C. |
| State: | California |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $27,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Granas v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination |
| Attorneys: | Gavin S. Barney, Anthony S. Petru of Hildebrand, McLeod & Nelson, LLP; James H. Kaster, Lucas J. Kaster of Nichols Kaster, PLLP; Lindsey E. Krause of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP |
| State: | Oregon |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $25,241,000.00 |
| Case: | Richards v. County of San Bernardino, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Personal Injury, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Abuse of Process, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| Attorneys: | Marilyn E. Bednarski, David S. McLane, Benjamin J. Shaw of McLane Bednarski & Litt LLP; Wendy J. Koen of Law Office of Wendy J. Koen |
| State: | California |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Tapia v. NaphCare Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Personal Injury, Denial of Medical Care, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Amputation/Limb Loss, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Bodily Injury, Surgical Amputation, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Ryan D. Dreveskracht, Corinne Sebren of Galanda Broadman, PLLC; Edwin Budge of Budge & Heipt PLLC |
| State: | Washington |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $20,750,000.00 |
| Case: | Kashef, et al. v. BNP Paribas, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Conspiracy, Intentional Torts |
| 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 |
| State: | New York |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Joppy v. HCA-HealthONE LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Defamation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Racial Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Workplace Retaliation |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer C. Robinson of Robinson & Associates Law Office, LLC |
| State: | Colorado |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $19,751,001.00 |
| Case: | Rey, et al. v. Ramos |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Personal Injury, Gunshot Wound, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Ciara Anderson, Crist Whitney, Omeed Azmoudeh, Qusair Mohamedbhai of Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC; John G. Lee, II of Fuicelli & Lee, PC; Anthony Viorst of The Viorst Law Offices, P.C. |
| State: | Colorado |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $19,100,000.00 |
| Case: | Rhines v. State of New Jersey, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, False Arrest, Intentional Torts, Denial of Medical Care, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Police Misconduct, Negligent Torts, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Police Negligence, Permanent Disability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Dennis M. Donnelly of The Donnelly Law Firm, LLC; Alexandra Loprete of Fredson Statmore Bitterman, LLC |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $18,750,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Ball-Bey v. Chandler |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Javad M. Khazaeli, John Waldron of Khazaeli Wyrsch, LLC; Jermaine Wooten of Legal Solution Group, L.L.C.; Alicia Campbell of Campbell Law LLC |
| State: | Missouri |
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