Top 10 Jury Verdicts of 2012
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten 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 increased by around $27 million over 2010.
Where are they now? 
By:
Reni Gertner
Published: January 21, 2013
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Here is a look back at the status of the Top 10 Jury Verdicts of 2011.
Lawyer wins $109M for woman killed by fallen power line
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: electrocution, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2012, West Penn Power
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.
Ambulance crash victim wins $116.9 million award
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: Acadian Ambulance Service, ambulance, cesarean section, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2012, traumatic brain injury
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.
$121.5 million awarded for ‘triple malpractice’
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: medical malpractice, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2012
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.
Anger over outsourced medical transcription errors yields $140M verdict
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: diabetes, insulin, medical malpractice, medical transcription, Medusind, Precyse Solutions, punitive damages, Thomas Hospital, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2012
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.”
$144.7 million for failure-to-diagnose lawsuit
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: failure to diagnose, medical malpractice, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2012
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.
Former principal wins, then loses, $155.7 million
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: conspiracy to defame, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2012, tortious interference
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.
Record $167.7 million awarded for sex harassment
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: sex harassment, sexual harassment, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2012, wrongful termination
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.
Jury awards $178M in botched surgery verdict
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: false advertising, gastric bypass, lap band surgery, medical malpractice, Roux-n-Y surgery, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2012, weight-loss surgery
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.
