Sometimes bad things happen to good companies.
Download a PDF of the case studies of the cases listed below including Facts & Allegations.
Girl killed in crash with drunken driver who ran stop sign
Case Type: Alcohol Involvement-Defendant — Motor Vehicle —Intersection — Wrongful Death
Jury verdict: $330,516,483
Tree stand’s floor gave way, killing hunter strangled by harness
Case Type: Products Liability — Design Defect — Products Liability — Failure to Warn
Jury verdict: $157,000,000
Elderly couple beaten, fatally stabbed in home robbery
Case Type: Survivorship Action
Jury verdict: $100,250,000
Worker dared to dive into shallow river rendered quadriplegic
Case Type: Accidents — Recreation — Workers’ Compensation — Workers’ Comp Non-Subscriber — Employment
Jury verdict: $76,647,545
Teen sustained significant brain damage in truck crash
Case Type: Intersection — Motor Vehicle — Left Turn — Motor Vehicle — Tractor-Trailer
Jury verdict: $65,000,000
Tree collapses on vehicle, paralyzing driver
Case Type: Dangerous Condition — Premises Liability — Negligent Repair and/or Maintenance — Premises Liability — Tree — Premises Liability — Notice
Jury verdict: $61,000,000
Passenger sustained spastic quadriplegia following accident
Case Type: Multiple Vehicle — Motor Vehicle — Passenger — Motor Vehicle — Truck — Motor Vehicle — Broadside — Premises Liability — Dangerous Condition of Public Property — Motor Vehicle — Center Line
Jury verdict: $49,123,376
Motorcyclist paralyzed in high-speed rear-ender
Case Type: Motorcycle — Motor Vehicle — Rear-ender — Negligence
Jury verdict: $44,932,206
Brothers in SUV crash named each other as drivers
Case Type: Single Vehicle — Motor Vehicle — Rollover
Jury verdict: $40,026,376
Fire devastated national forest, decimated frog population: case
Case Type: Trespass — State Statutes — Premises Liability — Fire — Negligence
Jury verdict: $36,437,146
Drunk teen crashed into pole, passenger friend paralyzed
Case Type: Passenger — Motor Vehicle — Alcohol Involvement — Motor Vehicle — Head-On
Jury verdict: $33,210,919
Woman’s leg destroyed when struck by bus
Case Type: Pedestrian — Motor Vehicle — Right Turn — Motor Vehicle — Bus — Government — Municipalities
Jury verdict: $27,500,000
Both drivers claimed they had the green light
Case Type: Intersection — Motor Vehicle — Broadside — Motor Vehicle — Red Light
Jury verdict: $25,093,335
Two dead, one severely injured in tractor-trailer rear-ender
Case Type: Motor Vehicle — Tractor-Trailer — Motor Vehicle — Rear-ender — Motor Vehicle — Multiple Vehicle
Jury verdict: $23,775,000
Plaintiff paralyzed on right side after high-speed rear-ender
Case Type: Rear-ender — Motor Vehicle — Speeding — Motor Vehicle — Passenger — Agency/Apparent Agency —
Jury verdict: $21,067,094
Lack of protection gear to blame for worker’s 20-foot fall
Case Type: Slips, Trips & Falls — Fall from Height — Construction — Accidents
Jury verdict: $20,707,000
Carpenter fell through skylight that wasn’t properly covered
Case Type: Labor Law — Slips, Trips & Falls — Fall from Height — Construction — Accidents — Workplace — Labor Law — Workplace Safety
Jury verdict: $20,000,000
Mother and three children severely injured in head-on
Case Type: Head-On — Motor Vehicle — Passenger
Jury verdict: $17,550,000
Man on side of highway killed when struck by driver under influence
Case Type: Motor Vehicle — Alcohol Involvement-Defendant — Motor Vehicle — Pedestrian — Motor Vehicle — SUV —Damages — Punitive
Jury verdict: $16,661,110
Radio contestant died from water intoxication, survivors said
Case Type: Wrongful Death
Jury verdict: $16,577,118