Maya Murphy, P.C.

$900

Personal Injury, Nursing Home Negligence, Wrongful Death

A $900 million verdict, including $700 million in punitive damages, was awarded to the plaintiff in Webb v. Trans Healthcare Inc. The plaintiff, a nursing home resident, suffered numerous injuries including multiple infections and large bedsores due to substandard care.

$144

Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury

A 15-year-old boy who suffered brain injury at birth was awarded $144 million.

$59

Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury

A Norwalk couple was awarded $58.6 million, a record for a single incident of medical malpractice in Connecticut, in a case involving an obstetrician accused of waiting too long to perform a cesarean section and a boy who was permanently brain-damaged.

$42

Personal Injury, School Negligence

A jury awarded $41.7 million to Cara Munn, a woman who sued The Hotchkiss School after contracting a tick-borne illness on a school trip to China that left her unable to speak and brain-damaged.

$36

Wrongful Death, Personal Injury

Canadian National Railway paid a $36 million settlement for wrongful death and personal injury claims stemming from a 2009 derailment in Rockford, Illinois. The tragedy resulted from a combination of freak weather and communications failures, killing Zoila Tellez and injuring Jose Tellez and their pregnant daughter.

$31

Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury

Fourteen-year-old Aaron Edwards, who cannot walk or talk and needs 24/7 care due to hospital errors at birth, was awarded $31 million by a Florida jury.