Rank	Case Name	Type of Action	Amount	Attorneys
1	Romig v. The Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company	Insurance	$55.3 Million	L. Bruce McDaniel of McDaniel & Anderson, Raleigh; Wolf Haldenstein of Adler Freeman & Hertz, New York NY
2	State of North Carolina v. Waterfall Investment Group LLC et al.	Condemnation	$24 Million	M. Jay DeVaney of Adams Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts PLLC, Greensboro; Robert B. Long Jr. of Long, Parker, Warren & Jones, P.A., Asheville
3	Castelein v. Bear Stearns & Co.	Securities	$17.8 Million	David Rudolf and Thomas Maher of Rudolf, Maher, Widenhouse & Fialko, Charlotte
4	Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. v. Head & Engquist Equipment, L.L.C.	Trade Secrets/Conspiracy	$16.2 Million	Edward B. Davis, Deborah L. Edney, William L. Rikard Jr. and Eric D. Welsh of Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, Charlotte
5	Nicholson v. Hoffman LaRoche Ltd.	Antitrust	$13 Million	James F. Wyatt III of The Law Offices of James F. Wyatt III, Charlotte; North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper and Assistant Attorney General K.D. Sturgis; David Boies, Tim Battin & Ian Otto of Straus & Boies, Washington, D.C.
6	Rebecca Spicer, Admstrx. et al. v. Joshua Chilo Freeman et al.	Negligence/Auto	$8 Million	Gregory J. Brewer, Wilkesboro
7	RCDI Construction, Inc., et al. v. Patel, et al.	Construction/Mold	$7.91 Million	Martin Reidinger of Adams Hendon Carson Crow & Saenger, PA, Asheville; Thomas E. Crafton, Alber Crafton, PLLC, Louisville, KY; Steve Pharr, Pharr & Boynton, Winston-Salem; James H. Kelly, Jr., Kilpatrick Stockton, Winston-Salem; H.F. Salsbery, Charleston, WV; James McQueen, McQueen Harmon & Murphy, Charleston, WV
8	Horace Williams Trusts v. UNC-CH	Trusts	$6.3 Million	Marvin Schiller and G. Eugene Boyce, Raleigh
9	Confidential	Negligence/Workplace	$5.5 Million	Bill Faison, Mark R. McGrath and Kristen M. Beightol of Faison & Gillespie, Durham
10	Traylor Bros., Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Transportation	Construction Contract	$5.5 Million	David M. Barnes, Thomas H. Davis, Jr., David Dreifus and Dan Cahill of Poyner & Spruill LLP, Raleigh
11	Embrex, Inc. et al v. Wyeth et al.	Marketing Contract	$5 Million	James K. Dorsett, III, Susan H. Hargrove and Michael W. Mitchell of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP, Raleigh
12	Murray v. Estate of Sarah B. Kennedy	Negligence/Auto	$5 Million	David Kirby & Isaac Thorp of Kirby & Holt, Raleigh
13	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$4.9 Million	Clifford Britt and W. Thompson Comerford Jr., Winston-Salem; Rod Willcox, Morganton
14	Walker v. Von Strothers	Civil Assault, Battery	$4.75 Million	Douglas Simons, Durham
15	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$4.5 Million	Robert E. Zaytoun and W. Stacy Miller II, of Zaytoun & Miller, PLLC, Raleigh
16	Taylor v. Charlotte Motor Speedway 16 LLC d/b/a Lowe’s Motor Speedway and Tindall Corporation	Negligence/Construction	$4 Million	Marvin K. Blount Jr. of The Blount Law Firm, P.A. Greenville
17	Confidential	Pharmacy Malpractice	$3.75 Million	Bill Faison, George Podgorny, Jr. and Jonathan Sauls of Faison & Gillespie, Durham
18	NASDAQ-Listed Public Company v. National Accounting and Auditing Firm	Auditing Malpractice	$3.75 Million	Gary V. Mauney and William F. Maready of the Law Offices of William F. Maready, Winston-Salem; Gary W. Jackson and James A. Roberts of Lewis & Roberts, PLLC, Charlotte and Raleigh offices
19	Grace R. Waldon and Environmental Water Solutions, Inc. v. Burris et al.	Business/Interference	$3.7 Million	Michael David Bland of Weaver, Bennett & Bland, P.A., Matthews
20	Confidential	Corporate	$3.6 Million	James A. Roberts III and A. Graham Shirley of Lewis & Roberts, PLLC, Charlotte
21	Confidential	Negligence/Auto	$3.52 Million	W. Thompson Comerford, Jr. and Terre Yde of Comerford & Britt, LLP, Winston-Salem
22	Simmons v. The First Colony Group	Negligence	$3.5 Million	R. Kent Brown, Charlotte
23	Kim et al v. Tart and Tart, Inc. d/b/a The Sports Center of Fayetteville	Premises Liability	$3.4 Million	William O. Richardson, Ronnie M. Mitchell, Coy E. Brewer and Charles M. Brittain of Mitchell, Brewer, Richardson, Adams, Burge & Boughman, Fayetteville
24	Confidential	Workers’ Comp	$3.2 Million	Joseph T. Edwards of Edwards & Edwards, LLP, Greenville; William Joseph Austin Jr. and A. Charles Ellis of Ward and Smith, PA, New Bern
25	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$3.12 Million	Asa L. Bell, Jr. and Anne R. Slifkin of Becton, Slifkin & Bell, Raleigh
26	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$3.01 Million	Charles L. Becton and Thomas R. Sparks, Raleigh
27	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$3 Million	Clifford Britt and W. Thompson Comerford, Jr., Winston-Salem; Carl Nagle, Winston-Salem
28	Confidential	Negligence/Auto	$3 Million	William “Ben” Smith and Richard L. Anderson of Price, Smith, Hargett, Petho & Anderson, Charlotte
29	Wallace et al v. Phillips	Tort/Wrongful Death	$2.95 Million	Richard Towers, High Point
30	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$2.87 Million	Joe McLeod and William A. Aycock Jr. of The McLeod Firm, P.A., Fayetteville
31	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$2.78 Million	Bill Faison, John Jenson and Jonathan Sauls of Faison & Gillespie, Durham
32	Byrd Family Limited Partnership et al v. Roger V.S. Camp et al.	Contract/Note	$2.64 Million	Robert C. Cone of Tuggle, Duggins & Meschan, P.A., Greensboro
33	VanHook v. Coordinated Health Services, Inc. et al.	Corporate	$2.48 Million	William E. Wheeler of Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler LLP, High Point
34	Hernandez-Adams v. Darryl Britt , AMA Tours, and Cumberland County School Board	Negligence/Auto	$2.4 Million	Don Beskind, Don Strickland and Jay Trehy of Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, P.A., Raleigh
35	Courtney Spain v. Pitt Memorial Hospital	Medical Malpractice	$2.37 Million	Bill Faison and John Jensen of Faison & Gillespie, Durham
36	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$2.35 Millio	C. Mark Holt of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh; Joseph T. Edwards of Edwards & Edwards, L.L.P., Greenville
37	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$2.3 Million	Joe McLeod & William W. Aycock, Jr., The McLeod Law Firm, P.A., Fayetteville
38	Slate v. Keith Douglas Reives d/b/a Keith Reives Trucking Company et al.	Negligence/Auto	$2.25 Million	Frederic E. Toms and David Bridgman of Frederic E. Toms & Associates, PLLC, Cary
39	Burch/Sarge, Inc. d/b/a SSI v. Enviro-Guard, Ltd.	Business/Interference	$2.24 Million	Donald G. Hunt, Jr. and Michael C. Byrne of Akins Hunt & Fearon, PC, Fuquay Varina
40	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$2.21 Million	C. Mark Holt of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh
41	Confidential	Negligence/Auto	$2.15 Million	Nat Smith, Chapel Hill
42	Confidential	Negligence/Auto	$2.1 Million	James K. Dorsett III of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., Raleigh
43	Mary G. Madry v. Westville Insurance Company	Negligence/Auto	$1.92 Million	Gene A. Riddle and Gene Jenkins of Whitley, Jenkins & Riddle, Goldsboro
44	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$1.9 Million	C. Mark Holt of Kirby & Holt, L.L.P., Raleigh
45	Fairbank v. Brown and Lilley International, Inc.	Negligence/Auto	$1.77 Million	Leto Copeley, Michael G. Okun and Burton Craige of Patterson Harkavy & Lawrence, Raleigh
46	Confidential	Medical Malpractice	$1.76 Million	John Alan Jones and Katherine Bricio of Martin & Jones, Raleigh; Jeffrey Peraldo of Horsley & Peraldo, Greensboro
47	Confidential	Premises Liability/Security	$1.75 Million	J. Neil Robinson of Robinson Law Office, Charlotte
48	Confidential	Negligence/Auto	$1.75 Million	RDouglas B. and Margaret S. Abrams, Raleigh; Aram Schefrin, Providence RI
49	Crabtree v. Owen et al	Negligence/Auto	$1.75 Million	John M. McCabe and Brian F. Davis of Davis & McCabe, P.A., Knightdale
50	Confidential	Construction/Mold	$1.7 Million	Gary W. Jackson and Paul R. Dickinson Jr. of Lewis & Roberts, PLLC, Charlotte
51	Confidential	Negligence/Workplace	$1.67 Million	Doug Abrams and Margaret Abrams of Abrams & Abrams, P.A., Raleigh; Robert Scott of Scott & Lutz, Kernersville; Gene Metcalf of Metcalf & Beal, Winston-Salem
52	Donald Ardt v. First Union National Bank et al.	Employment Contract	$1.67 Million	Robert M. (Hoppy) Elliot of Elliot Pishko Morgan, P.A., Winston-Salem
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	Negligence/Auto	$1.65 Million	Daniel S. Bullard and James F. Walker, Gibsonville
55	Confidential	Negligence/Auto	$1.6 Million	Michael A. DeMayo of the Law Offices of Michael A. DeMayo, L.L.P., Charlotte