Top 50 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 50 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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| Visit: | Top 20 Occupational Injury Verdicts in the United States in 2025 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Garbitini v. Sun Automation |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accidents, Defective Product, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Equipment Malfunction, Negligent Torts, Amputation/Limb Loss, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Defective Work Equipment, Bodily Injury, Traumatic Amputation, Industrial Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Stephanie Z. Roberge, Patrick J. Kennedy of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, LLC |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $11,127,413.00 |
| Case: | Lillo v. Lead Engineering Contractors LLC |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Truck Accidents, Work Accidents, Failure to Supervise, Contractor Negligence, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Bodily Injury, Loss of Consortium, Highway Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Jordan M. Kirby of Kirby Injury Law, P.A.; Benjamin R. Dishowitz of Doumar, Allsworth, Laystrom, Voigt, Adair & Dishowtiz LLP |
| State: | Florida |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Pino-Figueroa, et al. v. Alamo Industrial Inc. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accidents, Defective Product, Equipment Malfunction, Negligent Torts, Defective Product Design, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Defective Work Equipment, Industrial Product Liability, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Injury (Other), Loss of Services |
| Attorneys: | William R. Peltz of Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O'Neill, P.A.; David L. Kwass, Michael J. Zettlemoyer of Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky P.C. |
| State: | Delaware |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $10,083,001.00 |
| Case: | Galland v. Harvey Gulf Int'l Marine LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Burn Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Admiralty Law, Jones Act, Fire Injury/Damage, Maritime Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Work Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Aaron Broussard, Christopher B. Mann, Laura B. Knoll, Jerold Edward Knoll, Jr., Jerold Edward Knoll III of Broussard Knoll Law Firm |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Brasher v. McIntosh |
| Type: | Dog Bite, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Workplace Safety, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Animal Attack, Gross Negligence, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Craig A. Shirley, Michael E. Eldridge of Hollis, Wright & Clay, P.C. |
| State: | Alabama |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Case: | D.L. v. InTime Staffing, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Psychological Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Child Labor Violation, Nerve Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Andrew J. Moak of Turnbull Moak Pendergrass; Brandon T. Bishop of Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys, P.C. |
| State: | Alabama |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Zwerner v. Parker |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Gunshot Wound, Gross Negligence, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Diane P. Toscano of Toscano Law Group; Kevin Biniazan of Breit Biniazan; Jeffrey A. Breit of Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci, PC |
| State: | Virginia |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $9,070,608.00 |
| Case: | Santiago v. New Huntingdon Constr. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall Accidents, Defective Product, Failure to Disclose, Paralysis Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height, Permanent Disability, Work Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Industrial Product Liability, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey P. Goodman, Samuel B. Dordick of Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky P.C. |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $8,609,163.19 |
| Case: | Anchondo v. Trout Trucking Co. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Burn Injury, Failure to Train, Gross Negligence, Vicarious Liability, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Industrial Vehicle Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Juan C. Garcia of Johnson Garcia LLP |
| State: | Texas |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Wilson v. Ceva Logistics U.S. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Work Accidents, Fall Accidents, Negligent Training, Negligent Torts, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Fall from Height, Nerve Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Jackson R. Pahlke, Hollie M. Connelly of Connelly Law Offices PLLC |
| State: | Washington |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Martinez Soto v. Ford Mazzola Assoc. Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Scaffolding Accidents, Negligent Maintenance, Gross Negligence, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability, Defective Work Equipment, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Olivier A. Taillieu, Martin J. Kanarek of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC t\a BD&J, PC |
| State: | California |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $7,657,414.00 |
| Case: | Nigg v. Marriott Hotel Mgmt. Co. (VI), Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Forklift Accidents, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Contractor Negligence, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Occupational Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Forklift v. Worker Accidents, Industrial Vehicle Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| Attorneys: | Kendall Shortway, Grant R. Gillenwater of Morgan & Morgan, PA; Jacob Gower of Gower Legal LLC |
| State: | United States |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $7,640,000.00 |
| Case: | Bortungo, et al. v. Schindler Elevator Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Elevator Accidents, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Neurological Injury, Nerve Injury, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Tear |
| Attorneys: | Sasha Shafeek, Sherman B. Kerner of Grey & Grey, PLLC |
| State: | New York |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $7,100,000.00 |
| Case: | Mena v. Hopewell Sportsdome Ventures, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall Accidents, Scaffolding Accidents, Negligent Maintenance, Contractor Negligence, Eye Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Nerve Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | David B. Corley, Morgan A. Corley of Trolman Glaser Corley & Lichtman, PC |
| State: | New York |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Starlink Condo. LLC |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Negligent Maintenance, Demolition Accidents, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Injury (Other) |
| Attorneys: | Moses Lachman of Magendzo Law |
| State: | New York |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Rivera Vivanco v. ZNKO Constr., et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Crane Accidents, Ladder Accidents, Contractor Negligence, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability, Falling Object v. Worker Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Tear, Shoulder Injury (Other) |
| Attorneys: | Richard M. Winograd of Ginarte Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| State: | New York |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Colon v. NYC School Construction Authority |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Demolition Accidents, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Work Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Stephen B. Kahn of Pena & Kahn, PLLC |
| State: | New York |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $5,436,442.00 |
| Case: | Sarmiento v. HP River Crest Housing, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall Accidents, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall Accidents, Ladder Accidents, Contractor Negligence, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Nick Gjelaj of Zaremba Brown PLLC |
| State: | New York |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $4,931,734.00 |
| Case: | Dellarocco v. Long Island Railroad Co. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Railroad Accidents, Slip & Fall Accidents, Work Accidents, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, FELA - Railroad Worker Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Sean P. Constable of Flynn & Wietzke, P.C. |
| State: | New York |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $4,765,186.00 |
| Case: | Hammans v. Union Pacific R.R. Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Railroad Accidents, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, FELA - Railroad Worker Injury, Negligent Torts, Strict Liability, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Anthony S. Petru, Gavin S. Barney, Autumn D. Shreve of Hildebrand, McLeod & Nelson, LLP |
| State: | Oregon |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $4,588,382.00 |
| Case: | Skinner v. Berry Petroleum Co. LLC |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Toxic Exposure, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Work Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Lynn C. Harris of Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough, PC; Michael Petro of Petro & Aston |
| State: | Utah |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $4,420,944.00 |
| Case: | Thomas v. BNSF Ry. Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Railroad Accidents, Work Accidents, Workplace Safety, FELA - Railroad Worker Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Vehicular Accidents, Bodily Injury, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) |
| Attorneys: | Scotty MacLean of MacLean Law Firm, P.C. |
| State: | Texas |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $4,200,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Cabrera v. Miami-Dade Cnty. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Government Negligence, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Fall Accidents, Occupational Injury, Fall from Height, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Gregory Deutch of Rubenstein Law, PA |
| State: | Florida |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $4,081,047.00 |
| Case: | Boatright v. Phoenix Processor LP |
| Type: | Falling Object, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Admiralty Law, Jones Act, Maritime Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Falling Object v. Worker Accidents, Bodily Injury, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) |
| Attorneys: | Neil T. Lindquist of Lindquist & Kornfeld Attorneys At Law; Vuk S. Vujasinovic, Job Tennant of Vujasinovic & Beckcom PLLC |
| State: | Washington |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $3,556,573.00 |
| Case: | Mahecha v. Himmel Losungen Grp. HLG LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Work Accidents, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Electrical Injury, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Train, Sexual Battery, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Sexual Assault & Battery, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Injury (Other) |
| Attorneys: | Michelle M. Urbistondo of Sutton Pomares Law Group PA; David Thomas Valero of Valero Law PLLC; Natalia Timmons, Elizabeth Oropesa of Gallardo Law Firm |
| State: | Florida |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $3,550,018.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Slawson v. Vanderbilt Minerals LLC |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Work Accidents, Wrongful Death, Mesothelioma, Negligent Torts, Defective Product Design, Occupational Injury, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Defective Manufacturing |
| Attorneys: | David L. Amell, Grant E. Walters, Sean Worsey of Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC |
| State: | California |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Deleg v. Key Court Condo. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Failure to Maintain, Scaffolding Accidents, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Work Premises Liability, Falling Object v. Worker Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | James F. Wilkens of Ginarte Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| State: | New York |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $3,335,757.00 |
| Case: | Johnson, et al. v. Terex Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accidents, Brain Injury, Fall Accidents, Defective Product, Equipment Malfunction, Strict Liability, Defective Product Design, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Fall from Height, Defective Work Equipment, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Defective Manufacturing |
| Attorneys: | David N. Deaconson, Jim Hering of Pakis, Giotes, Burleson & Deaconson, P.C. |
| State: | Texas |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Case: | Bahrakis v. City of Mountlake Terrace |
| Type: | Dog Bite, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Animal Attack, Negligent Torts, Vicarious Liability, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Nerve Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Terence F. Traverso of The Law Offices of Terence F. Traverso |
| State: | Washington |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $3,081,070.00 |
| Case: | Webb v. Aardvark Event Logistics Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall Accidents, Negligent Torts, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Fall from Height, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Steven Shaw, Katherine L. Mason of Shaw Legal Solutions |
| State: | Washington |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Al Omoush v. RZS Express LLC |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Labor & Employment, Eye Injury, Negligent Torts, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Stroke Injury |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas Draugelis, Chandler Olah of Draugelis and Draugelis, PLLC |
| State: | Michigan |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $2,888,300.00 |
| Case: | Ward v. M/Y Utopia IV, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Watercraft Accidents, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Torts, Admiralty Law, Jones Act, Maritime Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Vehicular Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Kavan Vartak, Michael T. Moore of Moore & Company, P.A. |
| State: | Florida |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $2,771,738.00 |
| Case: | Ferreira-Mendes v. RS JZ Driggs LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Ladder Accidents, Eye Injury, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Fall from Height, Falling Object v. Worker Accidents, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Injury (Other) |
| Attorneys: | Carmine J. Goncalves of Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP |
| State: | New York |
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