Benjamin Zimmermann
About Benjamin Zimmermann
Benjamin R. Zimmermann is a trial attorney whose 25-year practice has produced some of the largest personal injury verdicts in Massachusetts, including seven- and eight-figure verdicts in medical malpractice, construction site, defective products, motor vehicle, and airline negligence cases. In one year alone, Ben obtained two of the largest personal injury and wrongful death jury verdicts in Massachusetts, including a $20.6 million wrongful death verdict against Toys "R" Us for a defective pool slide, upheld by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Aleo v. Toys "R" Us, Inc. He and his partner David McCormack obtained a $30.55 million medical malpractice verdict for the family of a child injured at birth, among the largest such verdicts in Massachusetts history. Ben has been named Top 10 Massachusetts Super Lawyers for 2025 and is a Fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and International Academy of Trial Lawyers. In 2025 he was selected to Lawdragon's 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers. He joined SUGARMAN as an associate in 2000 after practicing briefly in New York, and became a Principal in 2007. He has served as Co-Managing Partner since 2013.
Notable case results
A Suffolk County jury awarded $30.55 million to the family of a boy left with catastrophic brain damage after a traveling nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital abandoned continuous fetal heart-rate monitoring during a prolonged second stage of labor.
A Suffolk County jury awarded $28 million, including $25 million in punitive damages, after Father's Huddle Cafe in Boston served alcohol to underage patrons who attacked Thomas Christopher, 23, chasing him into traffic where he was struck and killed; the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed the verdict against the bar on January 28, 2003.
A Salem jury awarded $20.6 million, including $18 million in punitive damages, after a defective Banzai inflatable pool slide sold by Toys R Us collapsed and killed a 29-year-old woman in Andover, Massachusetts; the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the full verdict in 2013.
Jury verdict with David McCormack for child who suffered permanent brain injuries during labor and delivery at a Boston hospital (2019)
Wrongful death verdict against Toys 'R' Us for defective pool slide, upheld by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Aleo v. Toys 'R' Us, Inc.
One of the top 3 reported medical malpractice settlements in Massachusetts for 2022, for a 14-year-old girl whose recurring brain tumor went undetected for over four years after doctors failed to order imaging
Largest reported personal injury settlement or verdict in Massachusetts in 2022, for 26-year-old rendered paraplegic after a tractor-trailer toppled a faulty highway barrier into his lane
7-figure verdict for construction worker who fell through an unguarded opening at the Natick Mall; one of the 10 largest jury verdicts in Massachusetts in 2011
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
