Verdict2026
$3,967,000 $3.96M verdict after a shopper slipped on liquid in a supermarket aisle
Source: Osceola County Circuit Court, 2024-CA-001128, verdict February 2026; WKMG News 6, March 24, 2026; WFTV 9, March 24, 2026
VerdictShelby County, AL 2026
$7,500,000 $7.5M verdict after teen drowned at a country club pool with no lifeguard on duty
Signs told swimmers no lifeguard was on duty. The estate argued a Shelby County rule required two.
Running totalSoutheast 2026
$11,467,000 awarded by juries against property owners in the Southeast in 2026, across 2 tracked verdicts. How we count
Recent cases
All verdicts-
- Verdict2025$11,391,183
$11.3M verdict after a shopper tripped on a curb seam in a store parking lot
Source: Orange County Circuit Court, 2021-CA-000145-O, verdict October 17, 2025; WFTV 9, October 29, 2025; Law360, October 21, 2025
- Verdict2025$1.76M, as reported
$1.76M against a shopping center's owner and manager after a 4-year-old drowned in its retention pond
Source: Alachua County Circuit Court, verdict August 19, 2025; Courtroom View Network, August 25, 2025
- Verdict2025$1,170,000
$1.17M verdict after store managers cornered a shoplifter and he knocked down an 85-year-old shopper
- Verdict2025$3,431,655
$3.43M verdict after a store employee's loaded pickup cart knocked a shopper down
- Verdict2025$100M, as reported
$100M verdict against condo association, manager and guard company in shooting death
Source: Insurance Journal, July 18, 2025; WPLG Local 10, July 16, 2025
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