Nation's Top Ten Largest Verdicts Plummet for Second Year in a Row

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Maybe it's just a 24-month coincidence, but for the second year in a row, the nation's largest verdicts to individual plaintiffs have fallen dramatically.

This past year's total is one third of the total for the previous year, which was half the total of the year before.

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Nation's Top Ten Largest Verdicts Plummet for Second Year in a Row

Although we can't use the most extreme verdicts to draw conclusions about the overall tort landscape in America, there does seem to be a trend away from the eye-popping awards that have dominated our Top Ten list for the last decade.

While a verdict of $216 million - this past year's largest - is still a substanti...

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