The release of Law.com’s compilation of the Top 100 Verdicts of 2024 provides an insightful glimpse into the nation’s highest-ranking jury awards. Compiled by VerdictSearch, an analytical team within Law.com, these verdicts are meticulously ranked based on gross awards calculated by the jury. The list reflects an exhaustive effort to capture as many significant jury verdicts, decisions, and settlements as possible. Notably, reductions for comparative negligence, assignment of fault, and other adjustments are not reflected in the rankings. In addition, when statutory provisions automatically double or treble awards, these multiplied amounts are used to determine the verdicts’ ranks. The editorial team exercises sole discretion in the event of unique statutory remedies that may affect rankings. This comprehensive list underscores the nuance and complexity associated with high-stakes legal decisions in the United States.
- Administrative Law (390)
- Admiralty and Maritime (1)
- Adoption (2,036)
- Agriculture (246)
- Animal Law (1)
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation (3)
- Appeals (5,754)
- Arbitration (1,372)
- Asylum (519)
- Aviation (328)
- Banking and Finance (109)
- Bankruptcy (1,772)
- Business and Corporate (10)
- Career (4,906)
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (147)
- Chapter 13 Bankruptcy (3)
- Chapter 7 Bankruptcy (20)
- Child Support (28)
- Civil Law (118)
- Civil Rights (1,504)
- Class Action (1,768)
- Commercial (3,601)
- Compensation (3,759)
- Constitutional (4,753)
- Construction (1,150)
- Consumer (5,381)
- Contracts (2,134)
- Copyright (1,643)
- Criminal (5,206)
- Custody (570)
- Debt Collection (96)
- Defamation (988)
- Disabilities (432)
- Diversity and Inclusion (544)
- Divorce and Separation (2)
- DUI (102)
- Education (4,156)
- Elder Law (14)
- Elections (1,665)
- Employee Benefits (232)
- Entertainment and Sports (13)
- Environmental (3,444)
- ERISA (240)
- Expungement (15)
- Family (2,205)
- Federal Crimes (21)
- Foreclosure (64)
- Franchising (63)
- Fraud (3,690)
- Gaming (273)
- General Counsel (2,720)
- Government (12,930)
- Government Contracts (200)
- Guardianship (38)
- Harassment (1,062)
- Healthcare (3,327)
- Immigration (2,090)
- In-House Counsel (662)
- Insurance (2,240)
- Intellectual Property (15,065)
- International (12,766)
- International Investment (58)
- International Trade (929)
- Internet (901)
- Juvenile (77)
- Labor and Employment (509)
- Land Use & Zoning (1)
- Landlord-tenant (19)
- Law Firms (19,137)
- Legal Malpractice (191)
- Legal Operations (700)
- Legal Software (51)
- Libel and Slander (3)
- Litigation (16,103)
- Mass Torts (115)
- Media (10,387)
- Mediation (371)
- Medicaid and Medicare (8)
- Medical Malpractice (130)
- Mental Health (855)
- Mergers and Acquisitions (2,051)
- Military (1,971)
- Natural Resources (228)
- Newsletter (360)
- Patent (3,998)
- Personal Injury (505)
- Power of Attorney (12)
- Privacy (4,070)
- Probate (91)
- Product Liability (312)
- Professional Malpractice (6)
- Public Utilities (37)
- Real Property (33)
- Securities (3,048)
- Sex Crimes (16)
- Sexual Harassment (269)
- Social Security (283)
- Sports (1,187)
- Spotlight (2,734)
- Taxation (449)
- Technology (11,577)
- Telecommunications (423)
- Template (415)
- Torts (165)
- Trade Dress (45)
- Trade Secrets (594)
- Trademark (1,582)
- Traffic Violation (9)
- Transportation (514)
- Trusts and Estates (39)
- Unemployment Compensation (7)
- Water (1,982)
- Workers Compensation (3)
- Wrongful Death (118)