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Amount/Verdict Status |
Type |
Name/Court, Docket, Date |
Lead Plaintiff’s Attorney(s)/
Firm |
Lead Defense Attorney(s)/
Firm |
| 1 |
$606,756,986 |
Breach of Contract |
ICO Global Communications (Operations) Limited v. Boeing Satellite Systems International Inc.,
Los Angeles Co., Calif., Super. Ct., Central, BC320115, 10/21/2008
|
Barry W. Lee, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, San Francisco;
Robert A. Zeavin, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles |
Brad D. Brian, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles |
| 2 |
$590,003,000 |
Wrongful Death |
Estate of Mack v. Mack,
Clark Co., Nev., Dist. Ct., CV-06-02713, 3/18/2008 |
Kent R. Robison, Robison Belaustegui Sharp and Low, Reno, Nev.;
Egan Walker, Law Offices of Kreitlein & Walker, LTD., Reno, Nev.
|
Pro se |
| 3 |
$431,867,351 |
Intellectual Property |
Saffran v. Boston Scientific Corp.,
E.D. Texas, 2:05-CV-00547, 2/11/2008 |
Eric M. Albritton, Albritton Law Firm, Longview, Texas;
Gary M. Hoffman, Dickstein Shapiro LLP,
Washington, D.C. |
Richard L. DeLucia, Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, New York |
| 4 |
$388,085,281 |
Fraud |
Hyatt v. Franchise Tax Board of the State of California, Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., Clark Co., Nev., A382999, 8/14/2008
|
Mark A. Hutchison, Hutchison & Steffen, Las Vegas
|
Pat Lundvall, McDonald Carano Wilson, LLP, Reno, Nev.
|
| 5 |
$368,044,056 |
Intellectual Property
|
Lucent Technologies Inc. v. Gateway Inc.,
S.D. Calif., 3:07-CV-02000-H-CAB, 4/4/2008
|
John M. Desmarais, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York
|
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson P.C., San Diego (Microsoft Corp.) |
| 6 |
$364,228,023 |
Fraud |
Parmalat Finanziaria S.P.A. v. Citigroup Inc., Bergen Co., N.J., Super. Ct., BER-L-10902-04,
10/20/2008
|
Kenneth R. Chiate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles;
Marc L. Greenwald, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, New York
|
John F. Baughman and Theodore V. Wells Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York
|
| 7 |
$316,000,000 |
Breach of Contract
|
McDavid v. Turner Broadcasting System Inc.,
Fulton Co., Ga., Super. Ct. (Atlanta), 2005-CV-101902, 12/9/2008
|
H. Lamar "Mickey" Mixson, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta
|
James "Jim" A. Lamberth, Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta
|
| 8 |
$304,617,335
|
Intellectual Property
|
Adidas America Inc. v. Payless Shoesource Inc.,
D. Ore., 3:01-CV-01655-KI, 5/5/2008
|
William H. Brewster and
R. Charles Henn Jr., Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta
|
William A. Rudy, Lathrop & Gage LLP, Kansas City, Mo.
|
| 9 |
$269,900,000 |
Fraud |
Meritage Homes Corp. v. Hancock,
D. Ariz., CV-04-00384-PHX-ROS, 9/25/2008
|
Dan W. Goldfine, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix;
Grant Woods, Grant Woods, P.C., Phoenix
|
Robert M. Frisbee, Frisbee & Bostock PLC, Phoenix |
| 10 |
$265,000,000 |
Products Liability
|
Cybulski v. Foremost Industries Inc.,
Miami-Dade Co., Fla., Cir. Ct., 02-29173 CA 11, 5/5/2008
|
David L. Deehl and Susan Stanfill Carlson, Deehl & Carlson, P.A., Coral Gables, Fla.
|
Alan L. Landsberg, Bunnell Woulfe & Keller,
P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
|
| 11 |
$252,750,000
|
Wrongful Death
|
Estate of del Pino v. The Republic of Cuba,
Miami-Dade Co., Fla., Cir. Ct., 05-25387 CA-27, 4/4/2008
|
Jorge C. Borron, Alvarez, Armas & Borron, LLC, Coral Gables, Fla.;
Rene Palomino Jr., Miami , Fla.
|
Not represented
|
| 12 |
$250,000,000
|
Intellectual Property
|
Medtronic Vascular Inc. v. Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.,
E.D. Texas, 06-CV-00078-TJW, 5/27/2008
|
Sam F. Baxter and Ted Stevenson, McKool Smith, Dallas
|
Ed Han and Matt Wolf, Howrey, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.
|
| 13 |
$215,000,000 |
Fraud
|
State of Alabama v. AstraZeneca LP,
Montgomery Co., Ala., Cir. Ct., CV-2005-219.11, CV-2005-219.10, 2/21/2008
|
Jere L. Beasley and W. Daniel Miles III, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.,
Montgomery, Ala.
|
Kimberley D. Harris, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York;
Thomas W. Christian, Christian & Small LLP,
Birmingham, Ala.
|
| 14 |
$192,493,456
|
Intellectual Property
|
Mannsfeld v. INEOS Phenol GmbH & Co. KG,
Mobile Co., Ala., Cir. Ct., 06-1956, 10/17/2008
|
Robert T. Cunningham and George W. "Skip" Finkbohner III, Cunningham Bounds,
LLC, Mobile, Ala.
|
James C. Grant, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta |
| 15 |
$188,000,000
|
Defamation
|
Cantu v. Flanigan,
E.D.N.Y., CV-05 3580, 1/14/2008
|
Michael J. Perez, Perez & Wilson LLP, San Diego;
Steven W. Williams, Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet, P.C., Syracuse, N.Y.
|
Pro se |
| 16 |
$184,044,048
|
Intellectual Property
|
Cornell University v. Hewlett-Packard Co.,
N.D.N.Y., 01-CV-1974, 6/9/2008
|
Edward G. Poplawski, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles
|
John Allcock, DLA Piper LLP, San Diego
|
| 17 |
$130,000,000
|
Breach of Contract
|
Burgess v. Farmers Insurance Co. Inc.,
Comanche Co., Okla., Dist. Ct., 5th, CJ-2001-292, 9/17/2008
|
Reggie N. Whitten, Whitten Burrage Priest Fulmer Anderson & Eisel, Oklahoma City
|
Thomas T. Rogers, Jackson Walker L.L.P., Austin, Texas
|
| 18 |
$125,073,485
|
Wrongful Death
|
Estate of LoCascio v. LoCascio,
Miami-Dade Co., Fla., Cir. Ct., 11th 03-22688-CA-32, 11/4/2008
|
Steven P. Befera, FBefera Law Firm, Miami
|
Not represented
|
| 19 |
$114,247,232
|
Fraud
|
State of Alabama v. SmithKline Beecham,
Montgomery Co., Ala., Cir. Ct., CV-2005-219.52, CV-2005-219.68, 7/1/2008
|
Jere L. Beasley, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, Montgomery, Ala.
|
Harlan I. Prater IV, Lightfoot, Franklin & White,
Birmingham, Ala. (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.);
Chilton Davis Varner, King & Spalding,
Atlanta (GlaxoSmithKline)
|
| 20 |
$104,830,536
|
Real Property
|
Mitchell v. Residential Funding Co. LLC,
Jackson Co., Mo., Cir. Ct., 03-CV-220489, 2/1/2008
|
R. Frederick Walters, Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan, P.C., Kansas City, Mo.
|
Thomas L. Allen and
Roy W. Arnold, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh
|
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Methodology
Throughout the year, VerdictSearch strives to report as many jury verdicts as possible from around the nation. In addition to accepting submissions from attorneys, we develop leads by scouring the courts, searching the Internet and other news sources, such as American Lawyer Media publications, and cultivating relationships with law firms. Our exhaustive efforts allow us to present this list with every confidence in its accuracy. However, if we left anyone out, we apologize.
Verdicts are ranked by gross award and do not reflect reductions for comparative negligence; remittiturs, additurs and reversals; and attorney fees and costs (unless awarded by the jury). In situations where awards are automatically trebled by statute, the trebled amount is listed.
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