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Delaware, Pennsylvania, and
New Jersey Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

We studied Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey injury settlements and jury award trends. The highest jury award was out of a court in Middlesex, New Jersey for $102,000,000.

In New Jersey, we studied the settlement trends in the following counties and districts: Middlesex, Monmouth, Essex, Bergen, Camden and Hudson. Finally, in Missouri, we looked at data from St Louis City, Philadelphia, Allegheny, Bucks, and Montgomery counties.

Here is what we found:

Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey Injury Settlements and Awards by County and/or District

 

List of Highest Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey Injury Settlements and Awards

1. Hellen Keller v. George W. Flugrad, D.M.D. Superior Court of New Jersey. Award by Jury: $102,000,000.
2. Matter of In re Tropicana Collapse. Superior Court of New Jersey. Award by Settlement: $101,000,000.
3. Michael Hazard and Sharon Hazard-Johnson v. Brian P. Wakefield. Superior Court of New Jersey. Award by Jury: $100,000,000.
4. Matter of Robert P. Bohning and Fleurette J. Bohning. Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas. Award by Jury: $95,000,000.
5. Matter of Karen Pridgen. Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas. Award by Jury: $88,700,000.
6. Melissa Williams v. A.W. Chesterton Co. Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas. Award by Jury: $50,000,000.
7. Angel Lebron and Catherine T. Lebron v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., Miguel Torres and Six and W, L.P. Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas. Award by Jury: $46,168,000.
8. Nicholas Anderson v. County of Camden. Superior Court of New Jersey. Award by Jury: $31,295,008.
9. Richard Douglas Cannon v. E & D Auto Repair Towing. Superior Court of New Jersey. Award by Settlement: $31,250,000.

10.   James McAlonan v. Mildred Tracy and Toyota Motor Sales USA. New Jersey Courts. Award by Jury: $30,533,411.

11.   Susan Buttitta v. Asbestos Corporation Limited, Borg-Warner Corporation, General Motors Corporation, Honeywell International Inc. and C.L. Zimmerman Co., et al. Superior Court of New Jersey. Award by Jury: $30,312,204.

12.   Faye Van Tassel v. John Crane Inc., Union Carbide Corp., Crane Co., Crosby Valves/Northern Pumps, Garlock Sealing Technologies, Georgia Pacific, Honeywell International Inc. (Bendix). Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas. Award by Jury: $30,000,000.

13.   Isaiah Harris v. Lehigh County Office of Children and Youth Services, County of Lehigh, The Lutheran Home at Topton, Jane Detra Davenport, esquire, and Peter Norton. Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Award by Jury: $28,750,000.

14.   Michael Hickenbottom v. Samuel Nassan and Juan Curry. Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Award by Jury: $28,004,058.

15.   Jones v. Lion Transportation Corp. Pennsylvania State Court, Philadelphia County. Award by Settlement: $26,250,000.

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