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2026 Edition — Interactive Intelligence

Nuclear Verdicts^® Heat Map

Name: Nuclear Verdicts Dashboard: 2026 Nuclear Verdict Statistics
Creator: Litigation Sentinel

Explore the geography of nuclear verdicts across the United States. Click any state to see verdict frequency, total damages, judicial risk factors, and year-over-year trends.

Data: Marathon Strategies · Morgan & Morgan · Tyson & Mendes · 15+ actuarial sources

Nuclear Verdicts®

2026 tracked from public reporting. Updated October 28, 2026

Total Damages

$18B

2026 tracked from public reporting. Updated October 28, 2026

Median Verdict

$52M

2026 tracked from public reporting. Updated October 28, 2026

$100M+ Verdicts

Including 4 over $1B

Landmark 2026 Verdicts

Tracked from public reporting · Updated October 28, 2026; counted through October 28, 2026 · Paywalled and unpublished excluded

$5.7B

Taction Technology, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

CA · Antitrust / IP

$1.6B

Garcia v. Upton Assets, LLC

TX · Products Liability

$1.1B

Lockridge v. Edwards (estate)

LA · Other

$1.1B

Ball v. Brooks

TX · Other

$896.5M

Gibson v. Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.

MI · Premises Liability

$885M

Direct Purchasers v. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.

MA · Antitrust / IP

$644.75M

Plaintiff v. Soho WP, LLC / BE-1 Concepts Holdings, LLC

FL · Premises Liability

$604M

Lipe v. Lupus Superior, LLC / C.H. Robinson

TX · Auto / Trucking

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Sources: Litigation Sentinel 2026 verdict tracking (tracked from public reporting, counted through October 28, 2026; paywalled and unpublished excluded) · Marathon Strategies Nuclear Verdict Report (2026 Edition, 2025 full-year data) · Marathon Strategies Nuclear Verdict Report (2025 Edition) · Bloomberg Law (2024 and 2025 medians) · ATRA Judicial Hellholes® Report (2025–2026) · Institute for Legal Reform · Morgan & Morgan Verdict Magazine · Tyson & Mendes Nuclear Verdict® Research · CAS / Triple-I Social Inflation Studies · Swiss Re Sigma Reports · Sedgwick Liability Litigation Commentary · TransRe, Allianz, Gen Re Industry Reports · ATRI Trucking Nuclear Verdicts Database · The Doctors Company Med Mal Studies · Travelers Top 100 Verdicts Analysis · Westfleet Advisors Litigation Finance Report · Public court records and verdict databases

Data compiled from publicly available sources for informational purposes. 2025 national figures are from the Marathon Strategies 2026 Edition (verdicts against corporate defendants; damages and $100M+ counts are lower bounds) with the median from Bloomberg Law. 2026 verdicts are tracked from public reporting, counted through October 28, 2026; this is not a complete count. Paywalled and unpublished verdicts are excluded. Individual case outcomes may vary. This visualization does not constitute legal advice.

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