We hold state and national records for the largest jury verdicts in numerous categories. Beasley Allen currently holds U.S. records for largest verdicts or settlements in five categories:
- The largest verdict against an oil company in U.S. History – $11.9 Billion
- The largest pharmaceutical drug settlement in U.S. History – $4.85 Billion
- The largest state Medicaid fraud litigation – $1.3 Billion
- The largest individual private environmental settlement in U.S. History – $700 Million
- The largest predatory lending verdict in U.S. History – $581 Million
We have secured verdicts and settlements amounting to more than $28 billion on behalf of our clients. Below you will find more information about some of our significant verdicts and settlements. If you would like more information about any of these verdicts or settlements, please contact us.
| Attorney(s) | Area | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
11,903,000,000 | 2003 | |||
4,850,000,000 | 2007 | |||
2,400,000,000 | 2015 | |||
2,300,000,000 | 2015 | |||
775,000,000 | 2019 | |||
700,000,000 | 2003 | |||
580,975,000 | 1999 | |||
417,000,000 | 2017 | |||
215,000,000 | 2008 | |||
151,791,000 | 2019 | |||
150,000,000 | 1996 | |||
136,875,000 | Alabama v J&J, Merck, Pfizer, Purdue et al | 2012 | ||
122,000,000 | 2002 | |||
114,500,000 | 1999 | |||
114,000,000 | 2008 | |||
110,451,921 | Swann, et al v Johnson & Johnson | 2017 | ||
100,000,000 | 2017 | |||
89,000,000 | 2009 | |||
82,654,756 | 2010 | |||
80,000,000 | Baycol | 2003 | ||
72,600,000 | 2011 | |||
72,000,000 | 2016 | |||
70,075,000 | Hogans, et al v Johnson & Johnson, et al | 2016 | ||
70,075,000 | 2016 | |||
61,495,000 | Mississippi v Abbott, AMgen, GSK, AstraZeneca, et al | 2012 | ||
55,000,000 | 2016 | |||
55,000,000 | Robertson v Liberty National Life Ins | 1997 | ||
51,000,000 | 2008 | |||
50,005,000 | Johnson v Mercury Finance Co. | 1994 | ||
50,000,000 | Wilson v Miracle Ear | Class Action | 1995 | |
45,000,000 | Baker, et al v Union Mortgage Co. | 1991 | ||
38,200,000 | 2011 | |||
34,500,000 | Davis v Associates Financial | 1994 | ||
32,685,000 | Louisiana v Actavis, Boehringer, GSk, Purdue, et al | 2012 | ||
30,000,000 | Four Way Plant Farm v NCCI | Class Action | 1996 | |
27,850,000 | South Carolina v Mylan, Actavis, Boehringer, et al | 2012 | ||
27,850,000 | 2011 | |||
26,250,000 | Little v Ford Motor Co. | 1993 | ||
25,430,000 | Gallant v Prudential Ins. Co. | Insurance Fraud | 1994 | |
24,750,000 | 2011 | |||
21,504,268 | Alaska v Amgen, Boehringer, GSK, Merck, et al | 2012 | ||
20,709,000 | 2012 | |||
20,000,000 | Louisiana v Teva Pharm, Barr Labs, Barr Pharm | 2012 | ||
20,000,000 | 2011 | |||
15,200,000 | Barron v Alfa Mutual, et al | 2000 | ||
15,075,000 | Johnston v General Motors | 1990 | ||
15,006,500 | Parham & Massey v Foremost Ins. Co. | Insurance Fraud | 1995 | |
14,708,630 | 2018 | |||
14,000,000 | 2015 | |||
13,500,000 | Harris v Sears, Roebuck & co. | 1992 | ||
12,500,000 | Associates Financial | 1995 | ||
12,350,000 | Wooten v Horace Mann Life Ins. Co. | 1999 | ||
12,000,000 | Blair v Pro Tech Industries | 2003 | ||
11,750,000 | Dale v Harpole | 1983 | ||
11,035,302 | 2002 | |||
10,510,000 | Scoggins v Hobart | 1997 | ||
10,225,000 | Utah v GSK, Aventis, Purdue, et al | 2012 | ||
10,000,000 | Gadson, et al v American Medical Security | Fraud | 2005 | |
10,000,000 | Anhalt Estate v Texas Oil & Gas Corp., et al | Fraud | 1995 | |
10,000,000 | Hickman v Lamplighter | Negligence – Dram Shop | 1985 | |
10,000,000 | Spivey v Kubota Tractor Corp. | 1993 | ||
8,000,000 | Investors Life Ins. Cases | Insurance Fraud | 1996 | |
8,000,000 | 2015 | |||
7,000,000 | Palmer v Beverly Healthcare | Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect | 2001 | |
6,723,000 | Allums v Foremost Insurance Co. | Insurance Fraud | 1996 | |
6,500,000 | Sirmans v Budweiser Busch Distributing Co, et al | 2008 | ||
6,250,000 | 1994 | |||
6,200,000 | Marshall v Fleet Finance | 1994 | ||
6,111,412 | BookIt.com v BP, et al | Chris Boutwell | 2014 | |
6,038,542 | Willis v Columbus Paper Co., USAA, et al | Wrongful Death | 2003 | |
6,020,000 | Boykin v Trinity Insurance | Insurance Fraud | 1991 | |
6,000,000 | Callaway v Life & Health Insurance Co. | Insurance Fraud | 1991 | |
6,000,000 | Robinson v AFLAC | Insurance Fraud | 1995 | |
6,000,000 | 2014 | |||
6,000,000 | Speed v Gestamp Alabama, Inc. | 2017 | ||
5,425,750 | Smith v Takata, et al | 2019 | ||
5,100,000 | 2012 | |||
5,000,000 | Turner v Alabama Power Company | Premises Liability – Electrocution | 1989 | |
5,000,000 | Patrick v Alabama Road Builder | 2009 | ||
4,851,125 | Personal Injury | 2012 | ||
4,750,000 | Alabama v DEY Labs | 2007 | ||
4,639,416 | 2013 | |||
4,230,000 | Walton County, FL v BP, et al | Grant Cofer | 2014 | |
4,208,000 | Olive & McWilliams v Fed-Ex Freight East | 2006 | ||
4,100,000 | Mercury Finance Company of Alabama Cases | 1995 | ||
4,100,000 | Dorsey v Chrysler | Commercial Dispute | 1996 | |
4,070,000 | Carrol v Hunter, et al | Personal Injury | 1994 | |
4,040,000 | Bank One Cases | 1996 | ||
4,000,000 | Clarke – Mobile Counties Gas v Prior Energy Corp, ICC Industries, et al | 2007 | ||
4,000,000 | Hatton v Macon County, AL, Wiregrass Construction, et al | Wrongful Death | 2006 | |
4,000,000 | Oglesby v General Kinematics Corp. | 1994 | ||
3,800,000 | American Bankers Cases | Insurance Fraud | 1996 | |
3,650,000 | Christ, et al v Alfa Life Ins. Co. | Insurance Fraud | 1995 | |
3,500,000 | Crossley v First Investors Corp. | Investment Fraud | 1995 | |
3,500,000 | Fenn v Liberty Life Ins. Co. | Insurance Fraud | 1994 | |
3,500,000 | Helms v General Motors | 1997 | ||
3,500,000 | 2009 | |||
3,300,000 | Cornner & Hicks v Foremost Insurance Co. | Insurance Fraud | 1996 | |
3,250,000 | Rayfield v National Auction Group, Inc. & Bone | Real Estate Fraud | 1996 | |
3,150,000 | Hobdy v Chrysler First | Lending Fraud | 1992 | |
3,000,000 | AU Hotel, Ltd. v Daiwa Bank, Ltd. | Commercial Dispute | 1997 | |
3,000,000 | Breach of Trust Indenture | 1994 | ||
3,000,000 | Powell v Motorola | 2000 | ||
3,000,000 | 2003 | |||
3,000,000 | Sloan v Barnhart Crane & Rigging, Stephens | Negligence | 2011 | |
2,750,000 | Rudolph v United Life Ins. Co. | Insurance Fraud | 1995 | |
2,750,000 | Pittman (Parker estate) v Ford Motor Co. | 2010 | ||
2,600,000 | Givens, et al v American General Insurance | Insurance Fraud | 1994 | |
2,500,000 | Clark v Gold Kist, Inc. | 2000 | ||
2,500,000 | Davis v First Family | Lender Liability | 1994 | |
2,500,000 | Henderson v Caterpillar | 1996 | ||
2,500,000 | Woodley v PFG-Lester Broadline, Inc.; Lester, Inc. | 2008 | ||
2,400,000 | 2019 | |||
2,375,000 | Williamson v. Jason Timothy Bartl; ALFA | 2018 | ||
2,335,000 | Economic Losses | 2012 | ||
2,140,975 | Mitchell v Takata, Honda, et al | 2019 | ||
2,025,000 | Spann v Life Insurance Co. of Georgia | Insurance Fraud | 1998 | |
2,016,000 | Spikes v Terminix Services, Inc. | Negligence | 1998 | |
2,000,000 | Alabama v Takeda | 2007 | ||
2,000,000 | Adamson v MCH Transportation | Trucking Accident | 1999 | |
2,000,000 | Ballard v Montgomery Healthcare Facility | Nursing Home Negligence | 1989 | |
2,000,000 | Chewning v GTE | Automobile Accident | 1996 | |
2,000,000 | Ferry v Roberts | Civil Damages Act | 1992 | |
2,000,000 | Norwest Cases | Lender Liability | 1996 | |
1,993,250 | South Alabama Pigs, LLC v Farm Feeders, Inc. | Breach of COntract | 2006 | |
1,975,000 | Hardin v Sammons Communications & Tuskegee Utilities Board | Personal Injury | 1997 | |
1,901,400 | 2017 | |||
1,900,000 | Crane v Wiregrass Construction | Automobile Accident | 1992 | |
1,900,000 | McFarland v Larry Merrill Produce | Automobile Accident | 1992 | |
1,884,000 | Knox v Alfa Life Insurance Co. | Insurance Fraud | 1997 | |
1,875,000 | Wallace v Watson, et al | Automobile Accident | 1995 | |
1,850,000 | Jordan v International Paper Co. | Premises Liability | 1987 | |
1,789,000 | England v John Deere | 2002 | ||
1,750,000 | Patterson, et al v Chrysler First | Lender Fraud | 1994 | |
1,680,000 | Drake v CMI South | Premises Liability | 1993 | |
1,650,000 | Harrison Hardware. LLC v. Federated Mutual Insurance Co | 2017 | ||
1,645,000 | Bell v Jones | Automobile Accident | 1996 | |
1,625,000 | Hall v DaimlerChrysler, et al | 2002 | ||
1,600,000 | Everette v Sears, Roebuck & Co. | 1994 | ||
1,600,000 | Turner v Deutz-Allis Chambers | Lender Fraud | 1989 | |
1,560,000 | Vreeland v Watford Logging Co., Inc., et al | Wrongful Death | 2003 | |
1,500,000 | Renfroe v Curenton and Wiley Sanders Truck Lines, Inc. | Trucking Accident | 2005 | |
1,500,000 | American Bankers Ins. Co. of Florida | Insurance Fraud | 1995 | |
1,500,000 | American Heritage Cancer Cases | Insurance Fraud | 1995 | |
1,500,000 | First Franklin Cases | Lender Liability | 1995 | |
1,500,000 | Long v U-Haul | Automobile Accident | 1994 | |
1,500,000 | Alabama v Chevron, Exxon, BP, et al | AL Motor Fuel Market Act | ||
1,500,000 | Huffman v Stone & Webster Construction, Inc., et al | Personal Injury | 2012 | |
1,500,000 | 2019 | |||
1,392,500 | Contreras-Zamora v Takata Corp., TK Holdings Inc. | 2020 | ||
1,274,658 | Harris v Gardasil | 2017 | ||
1,251,000 | Hynson v USG | Insurance Fraud | 1995 | |
1,250,000 | Blankenship v Burnham Service Co., Inc. | Automobile Accident | 1995 | |
1,250,000 | Carpenter v Flowers | Premises Liability – Electrocution | 1990 | |
1,250,000 | Group Settlement v State Mutual Insurance | Insurance Fraud | 1995 | |
1,250,000 | Smith v Ellis Metals and ABC Transportation | Automobile Accident | 2001 | |
1,240,962 | Carroll v Ft. Rucker National Bank | Lender Liability | 1995 | |
1,200,200 | Browder v Petrey | Negligence – Dram Shop | 1989 | |
1,195,000 | Curtis v Falls & Sons Trucking, Sullivan Trucking Co. Inc., State Farm Ins. Co. | Wrongful Death | 2004 | |
1,189,408 | 2011 | |||
1,100,000 | SouthTrust Mobile | Lender Liability | 1995 | |
1,067,149 | Sylvester v Takata, et al | 2019 | ||
1,050,000 | Heath v Hunter, et al | Automobile Accident | 1994 | |
1,050,000 | Thorson v Shrout | Fraud | 2008 | |
1,050,000 | Dieu v Herron, Progressive Ins. Co, Geico | 2018 | ||
1,025,000 | Anderson v Fagan Pool Service & SR Smith, LLC | Personal Injury | 2010 | |
1,025,000 | Beaty v Ford New Holland | Jere Beasley, Tom Methvin | 1990 | |
1,000,000 | Gardner v Kelley Foods of Alabama and Smith | Automobile Accident | 2005 | |
1,000,000 | Long, Long, Moody, Tolson and Spencer v Brooks Trucking Co. and Crowder | Wrongful Death | 2004 | |
1,000,000 | Stripling v DWT, Inc., Fleeman’s Transport, Inc. and Ray | 2004 | ||
1,000,000 | Rosalyn, Pruitt and Bass v Randy’s Collision Center, Inc. | Personal Injury | 2004 | |
1,000,000 | AVCO | Lender Liability | 1995 | |
1,000,000 | Bell v Gerson | Will Contest | 1992 | |
1,000,000 | Borders v National Health Care | Nursing Home Negligence | 1989 | |
1,000,000 | Daniel v Country-Fed Meat | Automobile Accident | 1993 | |
1,000,000 | Dennis, et al v Mutual Savings Life Ins. Co. | Insurance Fraud | 1995 | |
1,000,000 | Gordon v Lake Eufaula Motor Lodge | Premises Liability | 1991 | |
1,000,000 | Hardy v First Family | Lender Liability | 1994 | |
1,000,000 | Marecek (class) v BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. | 1993 | ||
1,000,000 | Newman v Gulf Oil Co. | 1987 | ||
1,000,000 | Parker v Franklin | 1996 | ||
1,000,000 | Smith v Calhoun Super Foods | Premises Liability | 1988 | |
1,000,000 | 1991 | |||
1,000,000 | Woodmen of the World Cases | 1998 | ||
1,000,000 | Hinson obo Metcalf v Hobo Pantry/Home Oil Co. | 2010 | ||
1,000,000 | Brannon, et al v Carpetcare Enterprises | 2010 | ||
1,000,000 | Bouasisavat v Smith, et al | 2012 | ||
1,000,000 | Curtis v Delta Tires, Inc. | 2017 | ||
1,000,000 | Bell v Gerson | 1992 | ||
1,000,000 | Oliver v McDonald Oil Co., Echols | 2019 | ||
1,000,000 | Harris, Harris v Mountz, Inc, Nettle, ALFA Ins. Co., et al | 2019 | ||
1,000,000 | Chris Glover, Dan Philyaw, Donovan Potter | 2020 |
Our primary offices are based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Montgomery, Alabama, although we work with attorneys and clients throughout the country. Our Atlanta office focuses on cases in the state of Georgia and especially in the metro area. Beasley Allen represents plaintiffs and claimants in the following areas: Business Litigation, Personal Injury and Product Liability, Medical Devices and Drugs, Fraud, Employment Law, and Environmental. We are one of the country’s leading firms involved in civil litigation on behalf of claimants, having represented hundreds of thousands of people.
If you would like additional information about any of these cases, to speak with one of our lawyers about any of these verdicts or settlements or to discuss a possible claim, please contact us.