Historical verdict ranges

Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict future case outcomes. These figures are publicly discussed historical outcomes or clearly labeled illustrative composites. They are not a valuation of any reader's claim. Fla. Bar R. 4-7.13(b)(2).

• $289,000,000

  2018 · reduced · publicly reported

  Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto (San Francisco), publicly reported

  Jury award later reduced substantially on remittitur/appeal path. Famous, not typical.

  Product liability / herbicide

• $450,000

  2021 · verdict · illustrative composite

  Illustrative composite, Florida auto negligence with surgery

  Composite of publicly discussed mid-six-figure Florida auto results with orthopedic surgery. Not a real caption.

  Auto negligence

• $2,100,000

  2022 · settlement · illustrative composite

  Illustrative composite, Texas commercial-vehicle settlement

  Composite. Texas proportionate responsibility and insurance layers drive the real number.

  18-wheeler

• $6,200,000

  2019 · verdict · illustrative composite

  Illustrative composite, NY delayed-diagnosis verdict

  Composite. CPLR Article 50-A/50-B periodic payment and appellate reduction are common.

  Medical malpractice

• $875,000

  2020 · settlement · illustrative composite

  Illustrative composite, PA product injury

  Composite of mid-to-high six-figure product settlements with a permanent impairment.

  Product liability

• $120,000

  2023 · settlement · illustrative composite

  Illustrative composite, Florida slip-and-fall after 2023 reform

  Florida’s 2023 negligence changes and modified comparative fault compressed many premises values.

  Premises liability

• $1,500,000

  2024 · verdict · illustrative composite

  Illustrative composite, CA FEHA noneconomic + punitive

  Composite. Employment is not a personal-injury mass tort; included to show category spread.

  Employment / FEHA

• $110,000,000

  2017 · reduced · publicly reported

  Publicly reported Ingham talc verdict (later reduced / appealed)

  Headline verdicts in talc have been reduced, reversed, or pulled into bankruptcy. Treat as history, not a quote.

  Talc

• $980,000

  2022 · settlement · illustrative composite

  Illustrative composite, Florida med-mal, non-death

  Florida noneconomic caps in med-mal (where they apply) and presuit costs change the economics.

  Medical malpractice

• $3,400,000

  2025 · verdict · illustrative composite

  Illustrative composite, NY Labor Law § 240

  Scaffold Law cases are not ordinary negligence. Do not analogize to a Florida auto crash.

  Construction / Labor Law