The Lone Star State had 18 of the top 100 verdicts in 2015, beating out California and Florida.
Everything really was bigger in Texas last year. The Lone Star State had 18 of the top 100 verdicts in 2015, more than any other state, according to The National Law Journal affiliate VerdictSearch’s Top 100 Verdicts report.
Historically, the Lone Star State ranks as a popular spot for the nation’s largest verdicts. In 2014, Texas nabbed the No. 3 spot with 17 verdicts, behind California’s 19 and Florida’s 18. Texas last scored the highest number of top verdicts in 2010.
But in 2015, Texas far exceeded those states — California and Florida each brought in 11 verdicts. In fact, three of the top 10 verdicts came out of Texas — only one of which was an intellectual property verdict coming out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
