Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Top Verdicts & Settlements 2005

While stopping short of calling it a trend-setting year, Massachusetts trial lawyers say they are encouraged that the state's top verdicts in 2005 far exceeded those of 2004. In fact, the five largest verdicts of '05 — ranging from a $128 million patent and trademark case in U.S. District Court in Boston to a $12.8 million medical-malpractice matter in Suffolk Superior Court — all exceeded the No. 1 verdict handed out in 2004, a $9.41 million award. See full article here: Top Verdicts & Settlements of 2005.