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An Oakland County jury awarded $896.5 million to a young boy who was struck by a prototype test car during a student field trip at a Continental test track, reported as the largest verdict in Michigan history. The award is pre-appeal: post-trial motions are pending, Continental never made a settlement offer, and the amount could still be reduced.

A Detroit federal jury awarded former Michigan inmate Kohchise Jackson $307.6 million after the state's for-profit prison health contractor refused to pay for the $919 surgery that would have reversed his colostomy.

An Oakland County jury found Kroger solely liable and awarded HVAC technician Brian Mierendorf and his wife $76.7 million after a failed R-22 refrigerant line at a Bloomfield Township store burned and destroyed most of both his hands.

An Oakland County jury awarded Brian Iminski $32,375,683 after a First Student school bus ran a red light and T-boned his work pickup, leaving him with brain and back injuries.

A federal jury in Detroit found that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan illegally fired longtime IT employee Lisa Domski after denying her Catholic religious objection to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, awarding her $12.7 million.

A Genesee County jury found the Michigan Department of Corrections liable for race discrimination and retaliation against Lisa and Cedric Griffey and awarded them $11,670,128.33, a verdict the Court of Appeals later affirmed in full.

A Wayne County jury found the City of Detroit negligent after a tire came off a city transit van and struck a 59-year-old veteran in the head, returning an $8.3 million verdict that reached about $10.2 million with interest.

An Oakland County jury awarded Brent Grant $7.9 million on his uninsured motorist claim against Auto-Owners Insurance after the company offered $20,000 to settle, and the verdict survived the insurer's appeal.

A federal jury in Detroit awarded Daniel Reiff $4 million plus $50,000 in punitive damages after finding that Clinton Township Officer Broc Setty punched him hard enough to rupture his eye and leave him blind on that side.