10 Biggest Verdicts of 2012

THE TOP 10 BIGGEST VERDICTS OF 2012 The verdicts with the biggest payouts in 2012 comprised some of the largest patent cases in U.S. history, cases of medical malpractice and some very big companies acting badly. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY VERDICT: MARVELL TECHNOLOGY VS GROUP LTD. $1.7 BILLION WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: Pennsylvania K&L|GATES JUDGEMENT: Marvell infringed on 2 integrated circuit patents held by CMU. It may face triple damages for doing so willfully. VERDICT: APPLE, INC $1.05 BILLION SAMSUNG VS ELECTRONICS CO. WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY: California Harold McElhinny JUDGEMENT: Samsung infringed on several of Apple's mobile device patents. Apple competitors may be required to redesign their products. -3. ANDROID PHONES ARE SOLD FOR EVERY ONE IPHONE 3. MONSANT O cO. VERDICT: NEMOURS $1 BILLION VS AND COMPANY WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: WINSTON &STRAWN Missouri JUDGEMENT: DuPont Co. violated Monsanto's patent on herbicide-tolerant soybean seeds. DuPont and Monsanto are the commercial seed market's 2 biggest companies. VERDICT: $900 MILLION ESTATE OF WEBB TRANS VS HEALTHCARE INC. WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: WILKES& MCHUGH, PA. JUDGEMENT: Trans Healthcare caused bodily injury by abusing and neglecting Gainesville nursing home resident Joseph Webb. Florida Between 1995-2005, he developed bedsores and infections resulting in a leg amputation, after which the facility had insufficient pain medication for him. LIBERTY MEDIA CORP VERDICT: $765 MILLION VIVENDI VS UNIVERSAL S.A. WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: New York BAKER BOTTS L LL.P JUDGEMENT: Vivendi artificially inflated its shares' value, then used them to purchase Liberty Media's stake in USA Networks and a production company in Europe. VERDICT: $716.5 MILLION ESTATE OF GARCIA BEST FOR LESS VS FOOD MART INC. WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: William A. Gilbert, Dano Gilbert, Rolando J. Santiago JUDGEMENT: In 2008, Best for Less sold alcohol to a 17-year-old, who later drove intoxicated and crashed his car into a vehicle driven by Samuel Garcia III, 32. Florida Garcia was killed. ESTATE OF NUNZIATA PINELLAS PARK VS NURSING HOME, INC. VERDICT: $200 MILLION WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: Bennie Lazzara, Jr., Isaac R. Ruiz-Carus, Joseph H. Ficarrotta JUDGEMENT: In 2004, Pinellas Park Care and Rehabilitation Center was negligent in caring for Elvira Nunziata, 92, who died Florida when he fell down a stairwell while strapped in a wheelchair. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A COMPLEX MONEY TRAIL INVOLVING THE DEFUNCT TRANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT. VERDICT: $194.3 MILLION STATE OF TEXAS TAXMASTERS, INC. & VS FOUNDER PATRICK COX WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: Техas Nanette DiNunzio, Bruce Griffiths, Jennifer Roscetti JUDGEMENT: TaxMasters, Inc., committed >110,000 violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by misleading customers and failing to represent their clients with the IRS. 6. JENTZ VERDICT: CONAGRA FOODS, INC. $181 MILLION VS PLAINTIFF'S (S: Illinois CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES JUDGEMENT: An explosion at a ConAgra grain elevator in 2010 badly burned 3 men. ConAgra had reportedly been warned it could explode at any moment. VERDICT: 10 $178 MILLION CHANDLER MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE VS GROUP, INC. WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: Tom Edwards JUDGEMENT: Memorial Hospital Jacksonville failed to properly treat complications of Clay Chandler's bypass surgery. Florida He was left unable to speak, with damaged eyes, contorted limbs and bedsores. JURIES ARE AWARDING MORE MONEY EVERY YEAR. 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SOURCES: http://www.storagenewsletter.com/news/business/marvell-carnegie-mellon-university http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-12-26/marvell-ordered-to-pay-1-dot-17-billion-for-infringing-patents http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/27/us-marvell-carnegiemellon-idUSBRE8BPOFB20121227 http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/08/24/jury-reaches-verdict-in-apple-vs-samsung-case/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/technology/jury-reaches-decision-in-apple-samsung-patent-trial.html?_r=0 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-01/monsanto-s-1-billion-patent-claim-against-dupont-to-go-to-jury http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-01/monsanto-awarded-1-billion-against-dupont-by-jury http://www.verdictsearch.com/index.jsp?do=news&rep=recent&art=205050 http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/25/entertainment/la-et-ct-vivendi-ordered-to-pay-liberty-media-956-million-20120625 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-25/vivendi-loses-956-million-verdict-to-liberty-media.html http://www.verdictsearch.com/index.jsp?do=news&rep=recent&art=206694 http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/justice/hs.xsl/18241.htm http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civil/who-should-pay-the-200-million-for-nursing-home-death-its-complicated/1214062 https://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagNews/release.php?id%=D4020 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/05/john-jentz-illinois-grain_n_1571373.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/business/hca-giant-hospital-chain-creates-a-windfall-for-private-equity.html?pagewanted=all http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-01-23/story/clay-deputy-awarded-178-million-lawsuit-against-memorial-hospital http://www.verdictsearch.com/index.jsp?do=us RD LEGAL FUNDING THE TOP 10 BIGGEST VERDICTS OF 2012 The verdicts with the biggest payouts in 2012 comprised some of the largest patent cases in U.S. history, cases of medical malpractice and some very big companies acting badly. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY VERDICT: MARVELL TECHNOLOGY VS GROUP LTD. $1.7 BILLION WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: Pennsylvania K&L|GATES JUDGEMENT: Marvell infringed on 2 integrated circuit patents held by CMU. It may face triple damages for doing so willfully. VERDICT: APPLE, INC $1.05 BILLION SAMSUNG VS ELECTRONICS CO. WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY: California Harold McElhinny JUDGEMENT: Samsung infringed on several of Apple's mobile device patents. Apple competitors may be required to redesign their products. -3. ANDROID PHONES ARE SOLD FOR EVERY ONE IPHONE 3. MONSANT O cO. VERDICT: NEMOURS $1 BILLION VS AND COMPANY WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: WINSTON &STRAWN Missouri JUDGEMENT: DuPont Co. violated Monsanto's patent on herbicide-tolerant soybean seeds. DuPont and Monsanto are the commercial seed market's 2 biggest companies. VERDICT: $900 MILLION ESTATE OF WEBB TRANS VS HEALTHCARE INC. WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: WILKES& MCHUGH, PA. JUDGEMENT: Trans Healthcare caused bodily injury by abusing and neglecting Gainesville nursing home resident Joseph Webb. Florida Between 1995-2005, he developed bedsores and infections resulting in a leg amputation, after which the facility had insufficient pain medication for him. LIBERTY MEDIA CORP VERDICT: $765 MILLION VIVENDI VS UNIVERSAL S.A. WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: New York BAKER BOTTS L LL.P JUDGEMENT: Vivendi artificially inflated its shares' value, then used them to purchase Liberty Media's stake in USA Networks and a production company in Europe. VERDICT: $716.5 MILLION ESTATE OF GARCIA BEST FOR LESS VS FOOD MART INC. WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: William A. Gilbert, Dano Gilbert, Rolando J. Santiago JUDGEMENT: In 2008, Best for Less sold alcohol to a 17-year-old, who later drove intoxicated and crashed his car into a vehicle driven by Samuel Garcia III, 32. Florida Garcia was killed. ESTATE OF NUNZIATA PINELLAS PARK VS NURSING HOME, INC. VERDICT: $200 MILLION WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: Bennie Lazzara, Jr., Isaac R. Ruiz-Carus, Joseph H. Ficarrotta JUDGEMENT: In 2004, Pinellas Park Care and Rehabilitation Center was negligent in caring for Elvira Nunziata, 92, who died Florida when he fell down a stairwell while strapped in a wheelchair. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A COMPLEX MONEY TRAIL INVOLVING THE DEFUNCT TRANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT. VERDICT: $194.3 MILLION STATE OF TEXAS TAXMASTERS, INC. & VS FOUNDER PATRICK COX WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: Техas Nanette DiNunzio, Bruce Griffiths, Jennifer Roscetti JUDGEMENT: TaxMasters, Inc., committed >110,000 violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by misleading customers and failing to represent their clients with the IRS. 6. JENTZ VERDICT: CONAGRA FOODS, INC. $181 MILLION VS PLAINTIFF'S (S: Illinois CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES JUDGEMENT: An explosion at a ConAgra grain elevator in 2010 badly burned 3 men. ConAgra had reportedly been warned it could explode at any moment. VERDICT: 10 $178 MILLION CHANDLER MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE VS GROUP, INC. WHERE: PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS: Tom Edwards JUDGEMENT: Memorial Hospital Jacksonville failed to properly treat complications of Clay Chandler's bypass surgery. Florida He was left unable to speak, with damaged eyes, contorted limbs and bedsores. JURIES ARE AWARDING MORE MONEY EVERY YEAR. CHECK OUT wwW.LEGALFUNDING.COM TO LEARN HOW YOUR FIRM CAN KEEP UP. SOURCES: http://www.storagenewsletter.com/news/business/marvell-carnegie-mellon-university http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-12-26/marvell-ordered-to-pay-1-dot-17-billion-for-infringing-patents http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/27/us-marvell-carnegiemellon-idUSBRE8BPOFB20121227 http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/08/24/jury-reaches-verdict-in-apple-vs-samsung-case/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/technology/jury-reaches-decision-in-apple-samsung-patent-trial.html?_r=0 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-01/monsanto-s-1-billion-patent-claim-against-dupont-to-go-to-jury http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-01/monsanto-awarded-1-billion-against-dupont-by-jury http://www.verdictsearch.com/index.jsp?do=news&rep=recent&art=205050 http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/25/entertainment/la-et-ct-vivendi-ordered-to-pay-liberty-media-956-million-20120625 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-25/vivendi-loses-956-million-verdict-to-liberty-media.html http://www.verdictsearch.com/index.jsp?do=news&rep=recent&art=206694 http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/justice/hs.xsl/18241.htm http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civil/who-should-pay-the-200-million-for-nursing-home-death-its-complicated/1214062 https://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagNews/release.php?id%=D4020 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/05/john-jentz-illinois-grain_n_1571373.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/business/hca-giant-hospital-chain-creates-a-windfall-for-private-equity.html?pagewanted=all http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-01-23/story/clay-deputy-awarded-178-million-lawsuit-against-memorial-hospital http://www.verdictsearch.com/index.jsp?do=us RD LEGAL FUNDING