New York’s Top Verdicts

All data on LexisNexis. Settlements reported from October 2017 to October 2018.

Date: March 29, 2018
Case: United States of America v.
Barclays Capital, Inc.
Type of Action: Securities Fraud
Plaintiff’s Counsel: F. Franklin Amanat, Matthew R. Belz, Charles S. Kleinberg, Evan P. Lestelle and Matthew J.
Modafferi of The U.S. Department of Justice
Award Amount: $2,000,000,000

Date: January 19, 2018
Case: Alaska Electrical Pension Fund v. Bank of America
Type of Action: Securities Fraud
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Daniel L.
Brockett of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP; David W. Mitchell of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP; Christopher M. Burke of Scott +Scott , Attorneys at Law, LLP
Award Amount: $408,500,000

Date: October 2, 2017
Case: Morgan Wang v. Neil Sexton
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Ben Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf
Award Amount: $71,000,000

Date: August 1, 2018
Case: Plaintiff Mall Shopper v. Defendant Mall and Security Company
Type of Action: Premises Liability
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Thomas A. Moore of Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
Award Amount: $45,200,000

Date: October 24, 2017
Case: Frosch v. City of New York
Type of Action: Wrongful Death, Municipal Liability
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Ben Rubinowitz and Peter Saghir of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf
Award Amount: $41,500,000

Date: October 31, 2017
Case: Madden-Buck v. Maimonides Medical Center
Type of Action: Medical Malpractice
Plaintiff’s Counsel: James Wilkens of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, PC
Award Amount: $26,000,000

Date: November 29, 2017
Case: Lifetree Trading Pte. Ltd. v. Washakie Renewable Energy, LLC, et a
Type of Action: Contract
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Joshua Eli Abraham of Law Offi ce of Joshua E. Abraham
Award Amount: $25,301,470

Date: January 26, 2018
Case: Zhou v. Tuxedo Ridge, LLC
Type of Action: Premises Liability
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Souren A.
Israelyan of Law Offi ce of Souren A. Israelyan
Award Amount: $19,000,000

Date: September 28, 2018
Case: Kota, Roni v. Nassau County, ‑ e Village of Port Washington North, Inc, Village of Port Washington North, ‑ e Town of North Hempstead, David E.
Pierri and Erin M. Reilly
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Accident / Faulty Roadway Design
Plaintiff’s Counsel: David Dean of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, P.C.
Award Amount: $19,000,000

Date: December 1, 2017
Case: Zielinska v. Lutheran Medical Cente
Type of Action: Medical Malpractice
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Steven Miller of Miller Montiel & Strano, PC
Award Amount: $18,200,000

Date: March 30, 2018
Case: Nevaeh Thompson v. New York City Department of Education, and Antonio K’Tori
Type of Action: School District Negligence / Sexual Assault
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Joseph E.
Gorczyca of ‑ e Law O ces of Michael S. Lamonso­ , PLLC
Award Amount: $16,000,000

Date: May 25, 2018
Case: Joao Dias v. Blue Sea Construction, Co.
Type of Action: Workplace Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Lawrence P.
Biondi of Friedman, Biondi & James
Award Amount: $15,228,000

Date: March 1, 2017
Case: Martinez v. Premium Laundry Corp
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence / Wrongful Death
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Beth S. Gereg of counsel to Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, LLP
Award Amount: $10,600,000

Date: October 15, 2018
Case: Shouldis, Deceased, v. ‑ eodore Strange, M.D., and University Physicians Group
Type of Action: Medical Malpractice
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Vito A. Cannavo of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, P.C.
Award Amount: $9,973,001

Date: March 02, 2018
Case: Keneson Lewis v. Flushing Commons Property Owner, LLC, Flushing Commons DM LLC and Tishman Construction Corporation
Type of Action: Labor Law
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Kenneth Sacks and Edward W. Ford of Sacks & Sacks LLP; James J. McCrorie Law Offices of James J. McCrorie, P.C.
Award Amount: $9,865,776

Date: April 17, 2018
Case: Daren Levin, et al. v. Resource Captial Corp
Type of Action: Securities Fraud
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Nicholas I.
Porritt of Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Award Amount: $9,500,000

Date: June 28, 2018
Case: Amanada Morace v. Vincent Ardito
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Frank J.
Lombardo of Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP
Award Amount: $8,328,000

Date: September 25, 2018
Case: Jason Vandewater v. David Buchin, M.d., Joanne Vitale, R.p.a., Cory A. Muscara, M.D.,
Cory A. Muscara, M.D., P.C., Cory A. Muscara, M.D., P.C. D/B/A Family Medicine Associates Of West Babylon, Huntington Hospital, And North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Inc.
Type of Action: Medical Malpractice
Plaintiff’s Counsel: James Wilkens of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, P.C.
Award Amount: $8,000,000

Date: February 7, 2018
Case: Jonathan Cohen, et al. v. G & M Realty
Type of Action: Intellectual Property
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Eric Baum of Eisenberg & Baum, LLP
Award Amount: $6,750,000

Date: November 20, 2017
Case: Zhicay v. 236 Buffalo Realty, LLC
Type of Action: Personal Injury
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Christopher L.
Vargas of Gorayeb & Associates, PC
Award Amount: $6,500,000

Date: January 31, 2018
Case: United States of America, et al. v. Home Family Care Inc.
Type of Action: Medicaid Fraud
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Elliot M.
Schachner, Jill D. Brenner, Audrey J. Gropper, and Amy Marie Held of U.S.
Attorney’s Office
Award Amount: $6,400,000

Date: February 16, 2018
Case: Arnaldo Martinez v. The City of New York
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Patrick J.
Mullaney of Mullaney & Gjelaj, PLLC; Kevin G. Lillis of Law Offices of James J. McCrorie, P.C.
Award Amount: $6,340,000

Date: November 1, 2017
Case: Rajwant v. Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Type of Action: Medical Malpractice
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Steven E. North of North & Deutsch, LLP
Award Amount: $5,950,000

Date: January 9, 2018
Case: Barrett v. Smith
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Michael S.
Levine of Rappaport Glass Levine & Zullo, LLP
Award Amount: $5,750,000

Date: November 20, 2017
Case: Luz Morales v. Davidson Apartments, LLC and MP Management C
Type of Action: Premises Liability
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Mark Cipolla of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker L.L.P; and Marc E. Freund of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, P.C.
Award Amount: $4,870,000

Date: September 27, 2017
Case: NY et al. v. Kowalczyk and G & I Homes, Inc.
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Charles L.
Falgiatano and Jean Marie Westlake of DeFrancisco & Falgiatano; Patricia A.
Lynn-Ford and Thomas F. Shannon of Lynn Law Firm, LLP
Award Amount: $3,875,000

Date: March 18, 2018
Case: Han v. Pandora Travel, Inc.
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: James Napoli of Caesar and Napoli, PC
Award Amount: $2,999,000

Date: November 1, 2018
Case: Seedorf v. Dr. B.
Type of Action: Medical Malpractice
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Thomas Moore of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore
Award Amount: $2,800,000

Date: October 10, 2017
Case: Figueierdo v. Con-Ed
Type of Action: Personal Injury / Workplace Injury
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Steven R. Payne of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez Winograd, LLP
Award Amount: $2,500,000

Date: September 27, 2017
Case: Vitiello v. State of New York
Type of Action: Personal Injury / Workplace Injury
Plaintiff’s Counsel: David H.
Perecman and Peter D. Rigelhaupt of Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.
Award Amount: $2,450,000

Date: February 8, 2018
Case: Carmen Ruiz v. 960 Management Inc., and M & N Management Corporation
Type of Action: Premises Liability
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Seth A. Harris and Blake Goldfarb of Burns & Harris
Award Amount: $2,400,000

Date: February 1, 2018
Case: Plainti­ff Rape Victim in Negligent Security Case v. Defendant Apartment Building
Type of Action: Negligent Security
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Leonard F.
Lesser and Rene Simon Lesser of Simon Lesser, PC
Award Amount: $2,350,000

Date: October 27, 2017
Case: Delacruz v. M. Parisi & Son Construction Company, Inc.
Type of Action: Premises Liability
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Louis Grandelli and Ari Lieberman of Law Offices of Louis Grandelli, PC
Award Amount: $2,250,000

Date: October 17, 2017
Case: Alvarez v. City of New York
Type of Action: Construction Site Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Steven R. Payne of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez Winograd, LLP
Award Amount: $2,225,000

Date: June 1, 2018
Case: Solomon v. Dr. B
Type of Action: Medical Malpractice
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Phillip Russotti of Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP
Award Amount: $2,225,000

Date: November 14, 2017
Case: Estate of Mohamed Bah v. City of New York
Type of Action: Wrongful Death
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Randolph M. McLaughlin of Newman Ferrara, LLP
Award Amount: $2,215,000

Date: January 30, 2018
Case: Clavijo v. PNB Industries, INC.
Type of Action: Labor Law
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Jacob Oresky of Jacob Oresky & Associates, PLLC
Award Amount: $2,000,000

Date: March 18, 2018
Case: Perez v. 361 E Realty Association
Type of Action: Premises Liability
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Steven R. Payne of Ginarte Gallardo González Winograd, LLP
Award Amount: $2,000,000

Date: March 18, 2018
Case: Romano v. NY Hospital
Type of Action: Labor Law
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Steven R. Payne of Ginarte Gallardo González Winograd, LLP
Award Amount: $2,000,000

Date: March 1, 2018
Case: Orellana v. Staten Island University Hospital
Type of Action: Labor Law
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Steven R. Payne of Ginarte Gallardo González Winograd, LLP
Award Amount: $1,200,000

Date: June 28, 2018
Case: Jessie Linzy-Biokou v. Bill Wolf Petroleum Corp. & 590 East Fordham Road Corp
Type of Action: Premises Liability / Personal Injury
Plaintiff’s Counsel: David S.
Pasternak of Cartafalsa, Turpin & Lenof
Award Amount: $1,200,000

Date: November 1, 2017
Case: Plaintiff in Death of 39 Year Old Woman v. Defendant Nurse Practitioner
Type of Action: Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Jason M. Rubin of Wingate Russott i Shapiro & Halperin, LLP
Award Amount: $1,200,000

Date: January 28, 2018
Case: Juana Rodriguez v. Rego II Borrower LLC
Type of Action: Worksite Liability / Personal Injury
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Steven Craig Pepperman of Law Office Of Steven C Pepperman
Award Amount: $1,195,500

Date: January 31, 2018
Case: Ozkul v. Garcia
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Shawn M. Alfano of Daniel P. Buttafuoco & Associates
Award Amount: $1,016,000

Date: September 27, 2017
Case: Byrd v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Type of Action: Product Liability
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Conrad E. Adams and Julie L. Rhoades of Matt hews & Associates; Luke S. Malamood and George J. Szary of DeGraff, Foy & Kunz, LLP; Benny C. Martin of Law Offices of Ben C. Martin; Tim K. Goss of Freese & Goss, PLLC; Raymond L. Panneton of The Talaska Law Firm, PLLC
Award Amount: $1,000,000

Date: October 1, 2017
Case: Romos vs. NYCTA
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Cliff S.
Argintar of William Schwitzer & Associates, P.C.
Award Amount: $1,000,000

Date: October 30, 2017
Case: Mott a v. Eldred School District
Type of Action: Negligent Supervision
Plaintiff’s Counsel: JenniElena Rubino and Jean-Paul Le Du of Rubino Law Firm
Award Amount: $1,000,000

Date: February 16, 2018
Case: Shadrokh v. Nuara and Merck
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Eitan A. Ogen of Ogen & Sedaghati, PC
Award Amount: $1,000,000

Date: November 29, 2017
Case: Tuason v. Nitis
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Richard A. Dubi of Richard A. Dubi, PC
Award Amount: $1,000,000

Date: December 13, 2017
Case: Dick Allen Dolan v. 251 West 51 Hospitality Corp
Type of Action: Premises Liability
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Elizabeth Eilender of Jaroslawicz & Jaros
Award Amount: $1,000,000

Date: March 28, 2018
Case: Richard G. Kuper v. Joshua A Bretstein Sara Nanne Bretstein
Type of Action: Motor Vehicle
Plaintiff’s Counsel: Marvin Salenger and Joseph Donnelly of Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro, LLP
Award Amount: $1,000,000