Recent Verdicts & Settlements

Recent Sampling of Plaintiff’s Civil Verdicts and
Settlements of Greater Than $500,000.00*

Verdict – Securities Class Action 
$434,000,000
Case: In re: Under Armour
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maryland 
Verdict Date: June 21, 2024

Verdict – Breach of Contract / Fraud
$276,000,000
Case: Steele v. First Union National Bank
Court: Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Verdict Date: March 2002

Settlement – Medical Malpractice / Invasion of Privacy / Class Action
$190,000,000
Case: Jane Doe No. 1, et al. v. The Johns Hopkins Hospital, et al.
Court: Circuit Court for Baltimore City; Case No. 24-C-13-001041
Settlement Date: September 19, 2014

Settlement – Fraud
$125,000,000
Case: FDIC v. Ernst & Young
Court: United States District Court, Illinois
Settlement Date: December 1993

Settlement – Professional Sports/ Concussion Litigation/ Class Action
Confidential Amount
Case: In re: National Hockey Lead Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation, MDL US District Court , District of Minnesota
Settlement Date: November, 2018

Verdict – Breach of Contract and Fraud
$36,224,076
Defendant’s settlement offer prior to trial: $350,000
Case: Issac, et al. v. AIM-U Medversity, et al.
Court: Circuit Court for Montgomery County; Case No. 369791V
Verdict Date: October 1, 2014 (Amended Verdict), January 29, 2015 (Upheld)

Settlement – Invasion of Privacy / Class Action
$14,250,000
Case: Jane Doe 2, et al. v. The Georgetown Synagogue-Kesher Israel Congregation, et al.
Court: Superior Court for the District of Columbia; Case Nos. 2014CA7644B, 2014CA8073B, 2015CA7814B
Settlement Date: October 24, 2018

Verdict – Medical Malpractice – Failure to Properly Interpret and Report Prenatal Sonogram
$7,600,000
Defendant’s settlement offer prior to trial: $0.00
Case: Doe v. American Radiology, et al.
Verdict Date: February 8, 2006

Settlement – Motor Vehicle Collision
$7,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: March 2019
Venue: Baltimore City

Settlement – Premises Liability – Drowning of a Minor
$5,013,130
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: September, 2003

Settlement – Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death – Failure to Diagnose Pulmonary Embolism
$5,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: January, 2012

Product Liability – Wrongful Death – Defectively Designed Shipping Crate & Handle
$4,844,184.20
Defendant’s settlement offer prior to trial: $750,000
Case: Sardis v. Overhead Door Corporation
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Richmond Division), Case No. 3:17-cv-818
Verdict Date: July 11, 2019

Verdict – Wrongful Death – Resulting From Automobile Collision
$4,486,123
Defendant’s settlement offer prior to trial: $0.00
Case: Freimiller, et al. v. The Estate of Stanly Fleming
Court: Circuit Court for Cecil County; Case No. 07-C-02-000389
Verdict Date: September 3, 2004

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Failure to Diagnose Spinal Cord Condition
$4,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: May, 2012

Verdict – Trucking Collision / Personal Injury – Surgical Injury
$3,852,192
Case: Martin Seman v. Horace Brown and Samuel Coraluzzo, Co.
Settlement Date: November, 2018

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Paralysis Caused by Negligent Implantation of Spinal Cord Stimulator
$3,500,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: December, 2009

Verdict – Wrongful Death – Resulting From Automobile Collision
$3,500,000
Defendant’s settlement offer prior to trial: $0.00
Case: Gomez et al. v. University of Maryland Medical System, et al.
Court: Circuit Court for Baltimore City; Case No. 24-C-04-004434
Verdict Date: January 25, 2006

Verdict – Medical Malpractice – Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Lymphoma
$3,100,000
Case: Sklar v. Mann
Court: Circuit Court for Baltimore County; Case No. 03-C-98-006482
Verdict Date: November 5, 1999

Settlement – Wrongful Death – 63 Year-Old Construction Worker Fell Off Unfinished, Unbarricaded Stairwell Resulting In Death
$3,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Venue: Pennsylvania
Settlement Date: July 27, 2021

Settlement – Medical Malpractice/Failure to Diagnose and Treat Infection Resulting in Leg Amputation
$2,900,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: March, 2016

Settlement – Breach of Contract Judgment
$2,881,785
Defendant’s settlement offer prior to trial: $0.00
Case: Riddick L. Bowe v. Jeffrey Jackson
Court: Circuit Court for Prince George’s County; Case No. CAL-02-28520
Settlement Date: December 16, 2002

Verdict – Wrongful Death – Automobile Accident
$2,823,046
Defendant’s settlement offer prior to trial: $1,400,000
Funchion, et al. v. Klingensmith, et al.
Court: Circuit Court for Calvert County; Case No. 04-C-13-001443
Verdict Date: April 30, 2015

Settlement – Medical Malpractice/Infection and Amputation Following Surgery
$2,500,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: June, 2018

Verdict – Medical Malpractice – Stroke After Vascular Surgery
$2,500,000
Case: Diane Kelly v. Louis Queral, M.D.
Court: Circuit Court for Baltimore City: Case No. 24-C-98181112
Verdict Date: November 30, 1999

Settlement – Wrongful Death and Survival Action/Commercial Truck vs. Pedestrian Death
$2,300,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: July, 2016

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Failure to Diagnose Genetic Disorder / Chromosomal Abnormality After Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
$2,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: June, 2012

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Assault, Battery, Improper Restraint
$2,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: July, 2004

Settlement – Automobile Collision – Truck Pulling Tractor Trailer Collided With Car
$1,800,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: June 18, 2006

Verdict (Jury Trial) – Commercial Litigation / Financial Adviser Malpractice
$1,782,898
Defendant’s settlement offer prior to trial: $30,000
Case: Thompson, et al. v. UBS Financial Services, et al.
Court: Circuit Court for Baltimore City; Case No. 24C08005476
Verdict Date: November 26, 2012

Settlement – Construction Worker Injury
$1,600,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Venue: District of Columbia
Settlement Date: February 22, 2023

Settlement – Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death – Failure to Diagnose and Treat Aortic Dissection
$1,600,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: May, 2011

Settlement – Wrongful Death and Survival Action / Tractor Trailer and Automobile Collision
$1,466,392
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: October, 2018

Settlement – Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death – Surgical Injury
$1,400,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: 2013

Settlement – Negligence Case Against Two Major Air Carriers
Confidential
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: January, 2014

Settlement – Negligence
$1,300,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Court: Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Settlement Date: December 13, 2013

Settlement – Motorcycle Collision – Resulting in Paraplegia
$1,250,000
(Settled for Policy Limits)
Case: Dreier v. Gabri
Court: Pennsylvania
Settlement Date: March, 2010

Settlement – Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death – Improper Restraint of Patient
$1,250,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: September, 2003

Settlement – Wrongful Death – Improper Restraint of a Juvenile
$1,227,500
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: November, 2009

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Brachial Plexus Injury to Newborn Caused During Birth
$1,150,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: February, 2011

Settlement – Wrongful Death – Motor Vehicle Striking a Bicyclist
$1,101,152
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: June, 2011

Settlement – Wrongful Death and Survival Action/Death at Construction Site (Baltimore City)
$1,050,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: November, 2017

Settlement – Medical Malpractice / Failure to Timely Respond to Ventricular Tachycardia Resulting in Death
$1,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: June 8, 2020
Venue: Baltimore City

Settlement – Wrongful Death and Survival Action – Shooting Death due to Inadequate Security at a Bar
$1,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: September 6, 2019
Venue: Prince George’s County

Settlement – Wrongful Death and Survival Action/Commercial Truck vs. Pedestrian Death (Baltimore City)
$1,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: March, 2018

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Failure to Diagnose and Treat a Stroke
$1,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: May, 2009

Settlement – Automobile Collision – Passenger Injured in Motor Vehicle Collision
$1,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: May, 2009

Settlement – Product Liability – Hospital Bed Fire Caused by Design Defect
$1,000,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: February, 2009

Settlement – Uninsured Motorist Action – Driver Killed in Collision Caused by Uninsured Motorist
$975,000
Case: AEstate of Hunter v. Nationwide Insurance
Settlement Date: October 9, 2020
Venue: Baltimore City

Settlement – Wrongful Death and Survival Action/Boat Propeller Death
$950,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: June, 2018

Settlement – Liability and Underinsured Motorist Action – Pedestrian Killed by Underinsured Motorist
$875,000
Case: Estate of McKinnon v. Bowyer, et al.
Settlement Date: October 4, 2019
Venue: Prince George’s County

Settlement – Motor Vehicle Collision – Pedestrian Collision / Person Injury – Surgical Injury – Injury to a Pregnant Woman
$875,000
Case: Kealy v. Winn
Settlement Date: December, 2018

Settlement – Medical Malpractice / Failure to Diagnose and Treat Spinal Infection
$850,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: October, 2018

Verdict – Negligence / Explosion / Property Loss
$816,079
Case: Anthony B.Sims, D.D.C., et al v. Baltomore Gas and Electric Company
Venue: Circuit Court for Howard County
Verdict Date: August 2, 2024

Settlement – Personal Injury – Automobile Collision with Commercial Vehicle
$775,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Venue: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Settlement Date: February 10, 2023

Settlement – Forklift vs. Pedestrian
$750,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: July 21, 2022

Settlement – Bicycle Collision – Motor Vehicle Striking a Bicyclist
$750,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: November, 2010

Settlement – Automobile Collision – Injuries to a Minor
$730,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Court: Pennsylvania
Settlement Date: August, 2011

Settlement – Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death and Survival Action/Failure to Diagnose Cervical Fracture
$700,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: February, 2018

Settlement – Product Liability – Product Caused Burn Injuries to a Minor
$675,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: November, 2011

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Failure to Diagnose and Treat Bone Cancer
$650,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: February, 2010

Settlement – Negligence – Propane Explosion Resulting in Burns
$601,500
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: November 25, 2019

Settlement – Personal Injury – Negligent Provision of a Generator Causing Burns
$600,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: March, 2011

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Failure to Diagnose Ruptured Appendix
$600,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: May, 2009

Settlement – Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death – Failure to Treat a Bed Sore
$590,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: March, 2008

Settlement – Motor Vehicle – Trailer Becomes Unhitched Striking Pedestrian
$550,000
Case: Hemingway v. Daily’s Landscaping and Turf Service, Inc.
Venue: Baltimore City
Settlement Date: August 31, 2021

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Failure to Diagnose Pulmonary Embolism
$525,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: September, 2011

Settlement – Alleged Wrongful Death
$500,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: August 31, 2022

Verdict – Motor Vehicle Collision – Bicycle Collision / Person Injury – Facial Scarring
$500,000
Case: Johnson v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Settlement Date: November, 2017

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Negligent Discharge of Suicidal Patient
$500,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: September, 2008

Settlement – Wrongful Death – Negligent Failure To Have Working Automated Electronic Defibrillator (“AED”)
Confidential
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous (Confidential Settlement)
Settlement Date: 2013

In addition to the above sampling of verdicts and settlements, within the last five years, Silverman Thompson attorneys have secured numerous additional verdicts and settlements in cases in which the total case recovery was below $500,000.00. Over the past five years, in these cases the firm has recovered an additional $6,000,000.00 for our clients.

* The civil case results above provide current and prospective clients with a sampling of the breadth of civil plaintiff’s cases the firm has litigated in recent years. Each case is different and the past record is no assurance that the lawyer will be successful in reaching a similar or favorable result in any future case.