BIGGEST 2012 JURY VERDICTS IN U.S.

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10 of the Biggest Jury Verdicts in U.S. in 2012

All of these verdicts have been reported in our previous blogs:

1. Store hit with $716.5 million verdict for selling alcohol to Florida teenager

In May, a small-firm attorney won a massive $716.5 million verdict against a convenience store for selling alcohol to a teenager who plowed into another vehicle, killing its occupant.

2. $179.7 million awarded in silo explosion case

Lawyers representing three workers burned in an explosion at a grain silo won more than $179 million in June against ConAgra Foods for failing to clean up stored wheat that became combustible.

3. Jury awards $178 million in botched surgery verdict

Last January, a Florida jury awarded $178 million to a former deputy sheriff whose botched weight-loss surgery left him in a wheelchair unable to care for himself.

4. 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 sexual harassment and wrongful termination.

5. Former 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.

6. $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.

7. Anger over outsourced medical transcription errors yields $140 million

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 of “8.”

8. $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, progressed to a severe allergic skin reaction and ended with brain damage caused by lack of oxygen.

9. Ambulance 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 August.

10. Lawyer wins $109 million 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 fell and electrocuted her.

[lawyersusaonline.com/blog/01-21-2013/ Top 10 Jury Verdicts of 2012; www.bloomberg.com/news/01-18-2013/Largest U.S. Jury Verdicts of 2012]