Jonathan Marko

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.

On September 11, 2026, an Oakland County jury awarded about $32.7 million to a child who suffered a traumatic brain injury and back and leg injuries when a prototype Ford Mustang crashed into spectators at a Continental Automotive Systems test track in Auburn Hills in 2023. Continental admitted liability, so the trial decided damages only. It was the third trial from the same crash, and the company made no settlement offer in any of them.

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 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.

In August 2026, an Oakland County jury awarded $2.07 million to a father on his bystander emotional-distress claim for watching his son suffer a traumatic brain injury when a prototype Ford Mustang crashed into spectators at a Continental Automotive Systems test track in Auburn Hills in 2023. Continental admitted liability, so the trial decided damages only. Courtroom View Network reported that the company made no settlement offer.