Charles Jerome Ware, P.A., Attorneys and Counsellors, is a national law firm headquartered in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.
All of these jury verdicts have been reported previously in this firm's blogs.
The key in all of the following verdicts is what the jury awarded. These two lists do not account for judicial reductions, offsets, or appeals, et al.
7 "Super" 2011 Jury Verdicts
Amount/Verdict Status
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Type
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Name/Court, Docket, Date
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(1)
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$150,370,000,000
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Wrongful Death
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Middleton v. Collins,Fayette Co.,
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(2)
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$2,315,586,000
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Intellectual Property
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Pacesetter Inc. v. Nervicon Co.,Los Angeles, Co.,
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(3)
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$1,542,130,570
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Toxic Torts
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Allison v. Exxon Mobil Corp., Baltimore Co.,
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(4)
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$919,900,000
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Intellectual Property
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. v. Kolon Industries, E.D. Virginia
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(5)
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$576,875,004
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Intellectual Property
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Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. v. Actelion Ltd., San Mateo Co.,
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(6)
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$482,000,000
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Intellectual Property
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(7)
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$358,500,000
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Toxic Torts
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Heilig v. Fluor Corp., St. Louis Co., Mo., Cir. Ct., (Missouri)
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10 "Super" 2012 Jury Verdicts
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; www.law.com/corporatecounsel; The National Law Journal's Litigation Report]
