Past results do not predict future results and each case is evaluated on its own merits.
Confidential | Xerox worker shot in workplace mass murder |
Confidential | Child killed when boat hits whale |
Confidential | Financial services executive |
Confidential | Insurance industry executive |
$1 billion | State tobacco litigation (consortium of Hawaii and mainland law firms) |
$67 million | Defective asbestos building material |
$63 million | Repair and replacement of asbestos building material in state buildings |
$27.7 million | Chevron gasoline tank fire kills two workers |
$20 million | Unsafe agricultural chemical |
$20 million | Chemical contamination of drinking water |
$16.5 million | Childbirth malpractice |
$13 million | Paralysis in rear-end collision |
$13 million | Defective automobile design |
$13 million | Construction site fire burns workers |
$13 million | Paralysis in head-on collision |
$12 million | Defective agricultural chemical |
$8 million | Childbirth malpractice |
$8 million | Hospital error resulting in brain damage |
$7 million | Paralysis when hit by a truck |
$6.5 million | Highway construction accident |
$6 million | Head injury in truck accident |
$5.5 million | Military hospital malpractice |
$4.8 million | Defective diet supplement |
$4.8 million | Prescription pill complication |
$4.3 million | Emergency room malpractice |
$4.3 million | Defective prescription medicine |
$4 million | Improper spinal injury treatment |
$3.5 million | Tourist hit by delivery truck |
$3.5 million | Family rear-ended by truck |
$3.5 million | Private airplane crash |
$3.4 million | Hotel defect accident |
$3-$4 million | University president (settlement depends on future benefit payments) |
$3 million | Singapore tramway accident |
$3 million | Defective military ordnance |
$3 million | Helicopter crash in South China Sea |
$3 million | Executive killed on business trip |
$3 million | Helicopter hit by missile |
$3 million | Failure to properly diagnose condition |
$3 million | Scenic tramway accident |
$2.8 million | Helicopter crash |
$2.7 million | Defective automobile design |
$2.5 million | Anesthesia malpractice |
$2.5 million | Bicycle accident with roadway defect |
$2.5 million | Bicycle collision with defective trailer |
$2.3 million | Dangerous medical vaccine |
$2.1 million | Plane crashes into hotel |
$2 million | Saipan airplane crash |
$2 million | Defective industrial equipment |
$2 million | Oil facility fire |
$2 million | Forklift accident on docks |
$2 million | Industrial plant equipment accident |
$2 million | Surgical malpractice |
$2 million | Manila hotel fire |
$2 million | Pedestrian hit in crosswalk |
$2 million | Tourist hit by semi -truck |
$2 million | Collision of two trucks |
$2 million | Accident caused by racer |
$2 million | Seaplane crash |
$1.8 million | Longshore worker accident |
$1.8 million | Electrical malfunction |
$1.7 million | Decompression chamber incident |
$1.5 million | Massachusetts car accident |
$1.4 million | Scuba accident |
$1.4 million | Japanese citizen hit by crashing plane |
$1.3 million | Helicopter crash |
$1.3 million | Helicopter mechanical failure |
$1.3 million | Defective construction equipment |
$1.3 million | Sports equipment malfunction |
$1.2 million | Police helicopter crash |
$1.2 million | Defective sports equipment |
$1.1 million | Northern Marianas LPG gas fire |
$1.1 million | Defective vaccine |
$1 million | Swine flu shot complication |
$1 million | Defective fireworks |
$1 million | Catamaran accident |
$1 million | Fireworks malfunction |
$1 million | Hot water heater accident |
$850,000 | Scuba diving accident |
$800,000 | Scuba lesson accident |