Record $167.7 million awarded for sex harassment
In the largest verdict to an individual employment plaintiff in United States history, a California jury awarded $167.7 million last February to a cardiac surgery physician assistant who suffered...
View ArticleFormer principal wins, then loses, $155.7 million
In November, the former principal of a successful charter school won a disputed $155.7 million verdict against the city manager for destroying her reputation. The manager fired the principal based on...
View Article$144.7 million for failure-to-diagnose lawsuit
A New York woman who claims she sat unattended in a hospital for hours while medical personnel negligently failed to diagnose her heart attack won a $144.7 million jury verdict in October. Debora Sohl,...
View ArticleAnger over outsourced medical transcription errors yields $140M verdict
Sharron Juno died because of a typo. A lifelong diabetic, Juno had her insulin dosage dictated by her doctor in Alabama but transcribed by an outsourced sub-contractor in India, who wrote “80” instead...
View Article$121.5 million awarded for ‘triple malpractice’
In a rare case of “triple malpractice,” a jury awarded $121.5 million against three hospitals that treated a patient during a one-month period, which began with an office visit for seizure medication,...
View ArticleAmbulance crash victim wins $116.9 million award
A woman who suffered a severed spinal cord and traumatic brain injury in an ambulance crash that occurred while she was seven months pregnant was awarded nearly $117 million by a Louisiana jury in...
View ArticleLawyer wins $109M for woman killed by fallen power line
Calling it both the worst case he has seen as a trial lawyer and one of the easiest cases he has tried, Shanin Specter won a $109 million jury verdict for the family of a woman killed when a power line...
View ArticleWhere are they now?
Here is a look back at the status of the Top 10 Jury Verdicts of 2011. 1. Doctor wins $482 million patent verdict Saffran v. Johnson & Johnson Patent infringement Jan. 28, 2011, Texas A Texas jury...
View ArticleTop 10 Jury Verdicts of 2012
The overall size of the Top 10 Jury Verdicts rose again in 2012. The average increased by almost $20 million, rising from just under $184 million to $203 million. By contrast, the average for 2011...
View ArticleAfter verdict, defendant settles wrongful death suit for $105 million
A lawyer who won one of the largest jury verdicts last year for the family of a woman killed by a power line that fell into her backyard, has settled the case post-verdict for $105 million. The jury...
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