Top 50 Bench Awards in the United States in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 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 20 Verdicts in the United States in 2025 |
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| Amount: | $21,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Riebe v. King County, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Torts, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Conscious Pain and Suffering |
| Attorneys: | Lisa Benedetti, Gemma N. Zanowski of Stritmatter Law |
| State: | Washington |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $21,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Onofre v. Bonilla |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Wrongful Death, Hit & Run Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, T-Bone Collisions, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| Attorneys: | Dominic C. LoVerde of LoVerde Law, LLC |
| State: | Illinois |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $20,843,375.30 |
| Case: | Injured Plaintiff v. At-Fault Driver |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Bone Fracture, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, T-Bone Collisions, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Andrew Wooley of Wooley Law Firm |
| State: | Texas |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Murillo v. Jacoub |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Gross Negligence, Impaired Driving Accidents, Negligent Torts, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Melvin B. Wright of Colling, Gilbert, Wright & Carter |
| State: | Florida |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $19,616,614.04 |
| Case: | Estate of Valencia v. Eisenhauer |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Failure to Supervise, Negligent Torts, Neurological Injury, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin P. Cloward, Ian C. Estrada of Cloward Trial Lawyers |
| State: | Nevada |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $17,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Indian River Merchant Svcs. LLC v. EFT Svcs. LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation, Debt Collection |
| Attorneys: | Zachary Hyman, Anthony Bruno II of Millennial Law; Andrew Wit, David Jennis of Jennis Morse |
| State: | Florida |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $16,219,398.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Kotzerke v. 3M Co., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Negligent Torts, Strict Liability, Failure to Test, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Brian D. Weinstein, Alexandra B. Caggiano, Dylan J. Johnson of Weinstein Caggiano PLLC; Charles W. Branham of Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP |
| State: | Washington |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $15,573,589.00 |
| Case: | Idyllwillow LP v. Berkadia Real Estate Advisors Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment, Misrepresentation, Negligent Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Constructive Fraud, Negligent Torts |
| Attorneys: | Steven T. Graham, Colin R. Higgins, Anthony J. Carucci of Snell & Wilmer LLP |
| State: | California |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $13,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Tupas v. Liu |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Wrongful Death, Impaired Driving Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| Attorneys: | Adam L. Feit, Anthony Babakhanian of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP |
| State: | California |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $11,739,365.00 |
| Case: | Meadowcroft, et al. v. Allied World Assurance Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Indemnification, Insurance Bad Faith |
| Attorneys: | Torsten Bassell of Lari-Joni & Bassell, LLP |
| State: | California |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $10,745,572.00 |
| Case: | Sammy's Warehouse v. Cecilia Tech. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation |
| Attorneys: | Alexander L. Conti of Conti Law |
| State: | California |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $10,659,958.45 |
| Case: | Pappalardo v. Univ. Comm. Hosp., Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Gross Negligence, Negligent Torts, Survival Action, Post-Surgical Negligence, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan E. Freidin, Philip Freidin, Sarah J. Glasser of Freidin Brown, P.A. |
| State: | Florida |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $10,441,668.00 |
| Case: | Deco Ent., Inc., et al. v. Pouladian |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Fraud, Conversion, Commercial Litigation, Click Fraud, Constructive Fraud, Embezzlement, Shareholder Dispute |
| Attorneys: | Amy A. Mousavi of Mousavi Law, PC; Thomas A. Pistone of Pistone Law Group LLP |
| State: | California |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $10,025,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Johnson v. Cook |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Torts, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Johnathan Hoover of Law Offices of Hoover & Hoover, LLC |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Banderas v. Flamingo Dallas LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Negligent Supervision, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Security, Gunshot Wound, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Entertainment Premises Liability, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Seth D. McCloskey of Law Offices of Laird & McCloskey |
| State: | Texas |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Case: | JLR v. Colon |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Sexual Battery, Sexual Assault & Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse, Injured Minor |
| Attorneys: | Ian M. Barney, Jason E. Hammond of Barney Hammond LLP |
| State: | Illinois |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $9,919,044.40 |
| Case: | Jones v. Z-Ultimate Self Defense Studios, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Eye Injury, Gross Negligence, Negligent Torts, Paralysis Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Stroke Injury |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin Flicker of The Wilhite Law Firm |
| State: | Colorado |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $9,805,432.21 |
| Case: | Maalt L.P. v. Sequitur Permian, LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation |
| Attorneys: | James Lanter of James Lanter, PC; Paul O. Wickes of Wickes Law, PLLC |
| State: | Texas |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $9,772,855.00 |
| Case: | Martinez v. Aguilar, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Impaired Driving Accidents, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Stationary Object Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car v. Passenger Accidents, Host Driver Negligence |
| Attorneys: | Raymond R. Dieppa of Florida Legal, LLC |
| State: | Florida |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $8,268,554.00 |
| Case: | Landmark Consol. Inc. v. Shapouri & Assocs., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Negligent Misrepresentation, Unfair Business Practices, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation, Bad Faith |
| Attorneys: | Hanwei Cheng of Cheng Law Firm |
| State: | California |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $7,750,756.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Munzner, et al. v. Rubio |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Hit & Run Accidents, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death, Loss of Consortium |
| Attorneys: | Kevin W. Smith of The Pellegrino Law Firm P.C. |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Love v. Harrison, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | James L. Bizzieri of Bizzieri Law Offices |
| State: | Illinois |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $6,676,298.00 |
| Case: | Brickman, et al. v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Wrongful Demotion, Workplace Retaliation |
| Attorneys: | Thomas A. Nesbitt of Nesbitt Legal PLLC.; Scott F. DeShazo, Laura J. Goodson, T.J. Turner of Cain & Skarnulis, PLLC; Carlos R. Soltero, Matthew Murrell, Gregory P. Sapire of Maynard Nexsen; Don Tittle, Roger E. Topham of Law Offices of Don Tittle, PLLC; Joseph R. Knight of Ewell, Brown, Blanke, & Knight LLP |
| State: | Texas |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $6,300,000.00 |
| Case: | Phillips v. Dunning, et al. |
| Type: | Child Birth Injury, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Unlicensed Activity, Ob-Gyn Malpractice, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Injured Minor |
| Attorneys: | E. Merritt Lentz of Gilman & Bedigian, LLC |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $6,160,141.00 |
| Case: | Fontenot v. Shaheen Floor Coverings Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Maintain, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury, Warehouse Premises Liability |
| Attorneys: | Anthony A. Pusch, Ashley Ekster, Kirk A. Agee of Pusch & Nguyen Law Firm PLLC |
| State: | Texas |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $5,758,909.70 |
| Case: | Said v. Ali, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Ladder Accidents, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | David Kleczek of Kleczek Law Office |
| State: | California |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $5,666,903.97 |
| Case: | Empower Media Partners, LLC v. Regency Mgmt. Svcs., LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation |
| Attorneys: | Robert M. Einhorn, Michael D. Braunstein of Zarco Einhorn Salkowski, P.A. |
| State: | Florida |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $5,661,529.67 |
| Case: | Bunnell, et al. v. Lynd, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conspiracy, Defamation, Economic Loss, Fraud in the Inducement, Fraudulent Concealment, Fraudulent Conveyance, Property Damage, Property Rights, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Misrepresentation, Misappropriation, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Tax Fraud , Debt Collection, Fraudulent Execution, Omission of Material Facts, Constructive Fraud, Slander, Failure to Disclose, Bad Faith, Libel, Breach of Confidentiality, Shareholder Dispute, Loss of Opportunity, Detrimental Reliance, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | James M. Richardson, J. Bruce Bennett of Cardwell, Hart & Bennett, LLP |
| State: | Texas |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $5,402,700.00 |
| Case: | Lozano v. Rafael |
| Type: | Fraud, Fraudulent Conveyance, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Fraudulent Transfer, Debt Collection, Amputation/Limb Loss, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Rear-end Collisions, Bodily Injury, Traumatic Amputation, Highway Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Aaron T. Hicks of Hicks Law Firm PC; Douglas B. Vanderpool of Vanderpool Law Firm |
| State: | California |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $5,250,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Garcia, et al. v. Gulf Coast Building Products Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Failure to Monitor, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collisions, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| Attorneys: | Derek W. Simpson of Warren & Simpson, PC; Robert L. Mitchell of Cunningham Bounds LLC |
| State: | Alabama |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Thomas v. Osby, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Gross Negligence, Head-on Collisions, Impaired Driving Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| Attorneys: | Patrick M. Lavette of Davenport, Lavette & Cleckler PC; Mark D. Owsley of Law Office of Mark D. Owsley |
| State: | Alabama |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Maloney v. Mitchell |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Torts, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Mark E. Meyer of The Law Offices of Mark E. Meyer, L.L.C. |
| State: | Missouri |
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