Ogden v. Hamm Brothers Construction Verdict: $6.4 million

Brain injury sustained by 17-year-old motorcycle passenger when the motorcycle struck a concrete barrier left alongside the traffic lane by construction crew.

Bartoli v. Hanson Settlement: $7.8 million

Young worker's leg was amputated by defectively designed and manufactured floating rock grinding machine.

Castillo v. Quality Shoring and Scaffold, Inc. (lead case) Combined Verdict and Settlements: $78 Million

Twelve plaintiffs filed suit for an October 2001 roof collapse construction accident. In that accident, some clients plunged 6-stories into a tank filled with rebar, metal and wet concrete, while others were left clinging to rebar, suspended 50 feet above the ground until they were rescued.

Laurutis v. RPS, Inc. Verdict: $2.9 million

50-year-old male sustained multiple fractures when thrown from a crane. Subcontractor was found negligent; he failed to warn plaintiff of increased load.

Doe v Doe Crane: Settlement $2.4 million

Worker helping lower cement sewer cone when it broke loose causing a fractured pelvis.