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New York, Vermont, and Connecticut
Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

We studied Connecticut injury settlements as well as New York and Vermont settlements and jury award trends. The county with the highest jury award is Kings in New York. Th award was for $40,876,000, which was closely followed by Erie with $40,226,376.

In Connecticut, we studied the settlement trends in the following counties and districts: Fairfield, New Haven, and Hartford. And in New York, we analyzed: Kings, Bronx, Queens, Suffolk, Nassau, New York and Erie counties.

Here is what we found:

New York, Vermont, and Connecticut Injury Settlements and Jury Awards
by County and/or District

County/District	Injury Awards
Kings, New York	724
Bronx, New York	672
Queens, New York	457
Fairfield, Connecticut	340
Suffolk, New York	334
New Haven, Connecticut	326
Nassau, New York	308
New York, New York	308
Hartford, Connecticut	306
Erie, New York	254
Other	1,424

Highest New York, Vermont, and
Connecticut Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Highest Jury Awards

County/District	Highest Injury Awards
Kings, New York	$40,876,000
Erie, New York	$40,226,376
Queens, New York	$37,492,000
Suffolk, New York	$32,756,156
Bronx, New York	$28,000,000
New York, New York	$27,500,000
Nassau, New York	$22,575,173
Fairfield, Connecticut	$22,500,000
New Haven, Connecticut	$18,300,000
Hartford, Connecticut	$12,600,000
Other	$29,438,864

Average New York, Vermont, and
Connecticut Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

County/District	Average Awards
New York, New York	$1,033,440
Kings, New York	$693,863
Queens, New York	$623,853
Bronx, New York	$603,106
Suffolk, New York	$578,837
Erie, New York	$479,495
Nassau, New York	$432,204
Hartford, Connecticut	$355,418
New Haven, Connecticut	$314,940
Fairfield, Connecticut	$217,612
Other	$802,302

Medium New York, Vermont, and
Connecticut Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

County/District	Median Awards
New York, New York	$124,750
Bronx, New York	$80,500
Queens, New York	$55,500
Suffolk, New York	$40,500
Nassau, New York	$34,889
Suffolk, New York	$28,000
Fairfield, Connecticut	$18,550
Hartford, Connecticut	$15,735
New Haven, Connecticut	$13,534
Erie, New York	$5,500
Other	$75,500

List of Highest New York, Vermont, and Connecticut Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

Doreen Bergamo v. Verizon New York Inc Verizon NY Inc & Franklin D Williams. New York Supreme Court. Award by Jury: $40,876,000.
Smolinski v. Smolinski; Ford Motor Co. New York Supreme Court. Award by Jury: $40,226,376.
Norma Belt v. Albert Girgis Rasheen Ford, Jersey Lynne Farms, Inc., and MTM Food Distributors Corp. New York Supreme Court. Award by Bench: $37,492,000.
Dunne v. Thomas Dodge Corp. of New York. New York Unknown State Court. Award by Jury: $32,756,156.
James & Carol Dunne v. Lisa Lloyd, Subaru Acceptance Corporation & Thomas Dodge Corp. of New York. New York Supreme Court. Award by Jury: $32,756,156.
Cynthia Hoogland and Alexandra Malkin v. Transport Expressway, Inc. New York Supreme Court. Award by Jury: $29,438,864.
Austalia Rosario v. North General Hospital, Bashir Zikria M.D., St. Barnabas Hospital & Fadel Ahmad M.D. New York Supreme Court. Award by Jury: $28,000,000.
Gloria Aguilar and Aristides Aguilar v. New York City Transit Authority and Andrew Monaco. New York Supreme Court. Award by Jury: $27,500,000.
Dorothy Kaufman v. Eugene Goldberg. New York Supreme Court. Award by Jury: $22,575,173.

10. Vida Carlson v. Waterbury Hospital, Stanford Medical Group, P.C., Robert Goldsmith, O. Joseph Bizzozero. Connecticut Superior Court. Award by Jury: $22,500,000.

11. Currier v. Quinn, Pro Ami; Schipper. Vermont Unknown State Court. Award by Bench: $21,751,308.

12. Sheila Hawthorne v. Vehicle Asset Universal Leasing Trust. New York Supreme Court. Award by Jury: $21,350,000.