Rank	Case Name & Court	Type of Action	Amount	Attorneys
1	Lomangino et al v. Waste Management, Inc. and Waste Management Holdings, Inc.	Fraud, Warranty Breach	$67.30 Million	Daniel R. Taylor Jr., W. Mark Conger and John B. Morris of Kilpatrick Stockton, Winston-Salem
2	Vijay Dhuler et al v. MCNC	Contract/Royalties	$23.4 Million	Michael Weddington, Mark A. Ash and Kerry Shad of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., Raleigh; Robert B. Long Jr. and W. Scott Jones, Asheville
3	Wilson Land Corporation v. Smith Barney Inc. et al	Retirement Investments	$7.37 Million	Paul N. Blake III of Rose, Rand, Orcutt, Cauley, Blake & Ellis, Wilson; and J. Reed Johnston Jr. of Tuggle, Duggins & Meschan, P.A., Greensboro
4	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$6.12 Million	C. Mark Holt and David F. Kirby of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh
5	Cameron McRae v. Cooper Trucking	Negligence/Auto	$5 Million	Jim Van Camp and Tom Van Camp of Van Camp, Meacham & Newman, Pinehurst
6	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$5 Million	Bill Faison, Ross Oglesbee and Mark McGrath of Faison and Gillespie, Durham
7	Rissolo v. Sloop	Dental Malpractice	$5 Million	Richard Watson of Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer, Durham; and Stephen W. Petersen, Raleigh
8	Fordman v. Braswell	Civil Rights	$5 Million	Gene A. Riddle, Goldsboro; Thomas F. Loflin III, Durham
9	Bosco v. National Century Financial Enterprises, Inc.	Shareholder/Class Action	$4.65 Million	William F. Maready and Gary Mauney of The Law Offices of William F. Maready, Winston-Salem
10	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$4.5 Million	Bill Faison, John Jensen and Jonathan Sauls of Faison and Gillespie, Durham
11	Estate of John Waters, Swannie Taylor Waters, Administratrix v. Wayne Thomas Jarman (99 CvS 1181)	Medical Malpractice	$4.5 Million	Bill Faison and John Jensen of Faison & Gillespie, Durham
12	Juarez v. Freight Line	Negligence/Auto	$4.5 Million	Guy Crabtree of Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer, Durham; and Tony Taibi of the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Durham
13	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$4 Million	Tom Barwick and Forest Horne of Martin & Jones Law Offices, Raleigh
14	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$3.95 Million	C. Mark Holt of of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh; John C. Mitchell II of Mitchell & Associates, Winter Park FL
15	Kalyani et al v. Mastech Corporation et al	Negligence/Auto	$3.75 Million	David F. Kirby and William B. Bystrinski of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh; James B. Gillespie Jr., Wilmington
16	Confidential	Premises Liability	$3.75 Million	John Alan Jones and Chris Olson of Martin & Jones, Raleigh
17	Powers v. Charles Muller and Bolt Trucking Company, Inc.	Negligence/Auto	$3.5 Million	Howard Twiggs and Don Strickland of Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland and Rabenau, P.A., Raleigh; and Chris Guedri of Allen, Allen, Allen and Allen, Richmond, Va.
18	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$3.3 Million	David F. Kirby and Isaac L. Thorp of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh
19	Doe v. Tyson Foods, Inc. et al	Negligence/Auto/Distress	$3 Million	Howard Twiggs, Karen Rabenau and Don Strickland of Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, P.A., Raleigh; Brad Chandler and Steve Hammond of Chandler, Franklin & O’Brien, Charlottesville, Va.
20	Marconi Commerce Systems, Inc. v. Tokheim Corp. and Schlumberger Technologies, Inc.	Patent Infringement	$2.9 Million	Steven N. Terranova of Withrow & Terranova, PLLC, Cary; Robert J. Morris of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., Raleigh
21	Confidential	Products/Medication Defect	$2.75 Million	John Alan Jones of Martin & Jones, Raleigh
22	John Doe v. Doctor and Hospital	Medical Malpractice	$2.75 Million	Karen Rabenau and Jeff Essen of Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, P.A., Raleigh
23	Nordan v. Sir Walter Chevrolet Company et al	Negligence/Auto	$2.5 Million	David F. Kirby and William B. Bystrinski of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh
24	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$2.5 Million	John Alan Jones and Katherine N. Bricio of Martin & Jones, Raleigh
25	Confidential	Negligence/Auto	$2.5 Million	Joseph T. Edwards of Edwards & Edwards, L.L.P., Greenville
26	Confidential	Negligence/Rental Fire	$2.47 Million	Gary Hemric and Richard Fennell of James, McElroy & Diehl, Charlotte; David F. Kirby and Isaac L. Thorp of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh; Richard B. Harper, Sylva
27	Godfrey v. Humphrey	Negligence/Auto	$2.43 Million	James K. Dorsett III and Christopher G. Smith of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell and Jernigan, Raleigh
28	Confidential	Nursing Negligence	$2.3 Million	Wade E. Byrd, Fayetteville, and Sally Lawing, Greensboro, of the Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd; Carl Barrington, Fayetteville
29	Underwood v. Boyer et al	Negligence/Auto	$2.3 Million	Joseph P. McGuire, T. Douglas Wilson Jr., Frederick S. Barbour, and Mary E. Euler of McGuire, Wood & Bissette, PA, Asheville
30	Cullen v. Valley Forge Life Insurance Company, CNA Life Insurance Company et al	Insurance	$2.14 Million	Bill Faison, Reggie Gillespie and Kristen Beightol of Faison & Gillespie, Durham
31	Confidential	Negligence/Truck Overload	$2.1 Million	Joseph L. Anderson, John J. Korzen and Katherine Flynn Henry of Anderson Korzen & Associates, P.C., Kernersville
32	Charles Clark and Shirley Clark v. United States	Medical Malpractice	$2 Million	Burton Craige of Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, L.L.P., Raleigh
33	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$1.9 Million	Bill Faison and Toni Benham of Faison & Gillespie, Durham
34	Confidential	Negligence/Auto	$1.8 Million	Guy W. Crabtree and Richard Watson of Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer, Durham
35	Kenneth and Cheryl Pompliano v. Arthuritis Greene	Negligence/Auto	$1.77 Million	S. Kent Smith of West & Smith, L.L.P., Southern Pines
36	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$1.75 Million	Jim Billings, Raleigh
37	Confidential	Negligence/Auto	$1.75 Million	Henson & Fuerst, P.A., Raleigh and Rocky Mount
38	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$1.65 Million	C. Mark Holt of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh
39	Dept. of Transportation v. Linda W. Hall et al	Condemnation	$1.63 Million	George B. Autry of Cranfil Sumner & Hartzog, Raleigh
40	Dixon v. Eastern Dredging and Construction	Admiralty	$1.55 Million	Stevenson L. Weeks of Wheatly, Wheatly, Nobles, Weeks & Valentine, P.A., Beaufort; and Treve B. Lumsden of Stone & Lumsden, Emerald Isle
41	James Blount v. CSX Transportation, Inc.	Slip-And-Fall/FELA	$1.5 Million	C. Arthur Rutter III and Robert L. Mills of Rutter, Walsh, Mills and Rutter, Norfolk, Va.; Kent Brown of The Law Offices of Kent Brown, Charlotte
42	Hazel Matthews v. Tarboro Clinic, P.A.	Medical Malpractice	$1.5 Million	Robert J. Burford, Durham
43	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$1.5 Million	C. Mark Holt and William B. Bystrinski of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh
44	Watson v. Gibson	Negligence/Auto	$1.5 Million	Wade E. Byrd, Fayetteville, Law Offices of Wade Byrd
45	Withheld	Negligence	$1.5 Million	Ronald Manasco, Thomas Wittenson Jr., and David Henson
46	Patterson vs. Craig et al	Negligence/Auto	$1.5 Million	Walter L. Hart IV of Chandler Workman and Hart, Charlotte; and Jerry N. Ragan, of Harris, Ragan, Patterson & Rodgers, Gastonia
47	Terrence C. Forrest v. Gary D. Waldman and Gary D. Waldman, M.D., P.A.	Medical Malpractice	$1.5 Million	Joe Dozier of Dozier, Miller, Pollard & Murphy, Charlotte
48	Woodward v. N.C. Management Co. et al	Franchise Value Dispute	$1.5 Million	Rob Tiller of Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein, LLP, Raleigh
49	Confidential	Engineering Negligence	$1.49 Million	James A. Roberts III and A. Graham Shirley of Lewis & Roberts, PLLC, Raleigh
50	Larry F. Ballew v. Shield Environmental Assoc.	Negligence	$1.46 Million	W. Gene Sigmon and Nathaniel Poovey of Sigmon, Sigmon, Isenhower & Poovey, Newton
51	John Doe v. Commercial Company	Negligence/Auto	$1.4 Million	Doug Abrams and Margaret Abrams of Abrams & Abrams, P.A., Raleigh
52	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$1.36 Million	Clifford Britt of Comerford & Britt, LLP, Winston-Salem; Melissa Pollock, Wilmington
53	Confidential	Workplace Tort	$1.36 Million	William F. Maready and Gary Mauney of The Law Offices of William F. Maready, Winston-Salem
54	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$1.35 Million	William J. Morgan of Ellis, Hooper, Warlick & Morgan LLP, Jacksonville
55	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$1.35 Million	John Alan Jones of Martin & Jones, Raleigh