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Massachusetts Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

We looked at Massachusetts injury settlements and jury award trends. The highest injury award was found in Suffolk with $152,000,000, followed by Norfolk with $33,000,500, and so on.

For Massachusetts, we studied the settlement trends in the following counties and districts: Suffolk, Middlesex, Worcester, Norfolk, Plymouth, Essex, Bristol, Barnstable, Hampden, and Hampshire.

Note: We did take into account several other counties and districts and their data is complied under the "other" category.

Here is what we found:

Massachusetts Injury Settlements and Injury Awards by County and/or District

County/District	Injury Awards
Suffolk, Massachusetts	278
Middlesex, Massachusetts	213
Worcester, Massachusetts	178
Norfolk, Massachusetts	151
Plymouth, Massachusetts	134
Essex, Massachusetts	131
Bristol, Massachusetts	121
Barnstable, Massachusetts	88
Hampden, Massachusetts	85
Hampshire, Massachusetts	59
Other	58

Highest Massachusetts Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

County/District	Highest Injury Awards
Suffolk, Massachusetts	$152,000,000
Norfolk, Massachusetts	$33,000,500
Middlesex, Massachusetts	$10,000,000
Essex, Massachusetts	$7,549,142
Plymouth, Massachusetts	$4,300,000
Hampden, Massachusetts	$4,000,000
Bristol, Massachusetts	$2,500,000
Worcester, Massachusetts	$2,000,000
Barnstable, Massachusetts	$1,250,000
Hampshire, Massachusetts	$750,000
Other	$1,830,000

Average Massachusetts Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

County/District	Average Awards
Suffolk, Massachusetts	$1,779,527
Norfolk, Massachusetts	$741,913
Hampden, Massachusetts	$404,357
Middlesex, Massachusetts	$391,894
Essex, Massachusetts	$310,823
Bristol, Massachusetts	$230,877
Plymouth, Massachusetts	$228,400
Hampshire, Massachusetts	$209,698
Barnstable, Massachusetts	$205,707
Worcester, Massachusetts	$139,102
Other	$190,055

Median Massachusetts Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

County/District	Median Awards
Suffolk, Massachusetts	$101,654
Hampshire, Massachusetts	$65,500
Norfolk, Massachusetts	$15,500
Barnstable, Massachusetts	$8,035
Bristol, Massachusetts	$7,335
Middlesex, Massachusetts	$6,800
Essex, Massachusetts	$5,500
Hampden, Massachusetts	$5,500
Plymouth, Massachusetts	$5,500
Worcester, Massachusetts	$5,500
Other	$25,500

List of the Highest Massachusetts Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

Evans v. Lorillard Tobacco Co. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $152,000,000.
John Davis and Robert Davis v. Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi and James "Whitey" Bulger. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $33,000,500.
Dodge v. Tezel. Massachusetts Unknown State Court (Massachusetts). Award by Jury: $16,000,000.
Brian Fox, Andrea Fox and The Estate of Jason Fox v. James Lock, M.D., James A. Dinardo, et al. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $15,000,000.
William Dodge v. Arda Tezel. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $13,129,671.
Janice Silverio v. Vittorio C. Gentile Jr., Lydia Gentile and Vittorio Gentile. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $12,000,000.
Louise Scialdone v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $10,000,000.
Joseph Altman v. Jayesh Desai, MD, Suzanne George, MD, and Jeffrey Morgan, MD. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $9,436,000.
Bradford Macpherson v. John Ambrosino, M.D., Julie White, M.D., Ambrosino, Davis & White, Inc., et al. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $9,100,000.

10. Lori Beard v. Christine Hatch, R.N., N.P., Marc Sherman, M.D. and Seacoast Medical Associates, P.C. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $7,549,142.

11. Bellerose v. Smith. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $7,050,000.

12. Anonymous Driver v. Anonymous Subcontractor and Anonymous General Contractor. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $7,000,000.

13. Estate of Jacob Freeman v. Gainsboro Restaurant, Inc. Massachusetts Superior Court. Award by Jury: $6,700,000.