Brett’s Case Results
A Unique History of Success
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rett’s record for success over the past 15 years in terms of massive jury verdicts and settlements for personal injury clients is unrivaled in Arizona.Brett has obtained more than $600,000,000 in such resolutions and $144,000,000 in jury verdicts since 2010, including Arizona’s highest jury verdict in 2012, again in 2015 and yet again in 2024. In three of the last twelve years, he has had Arizona’s “Number 1 Verdict.” He has had other verdicts in Arizona’s “Top 10 Verdicts.” He has also had multiple other verdicts in Arizona’s “Top 20.”
Brett is one of a handful of attorneys in Arizona to have obtained multiple eight figure trial verdicts (Brett has three), and has resolved nine cases above $10,000,000. Brett has achieved more than 140 resolutions of $1,000,000 or more. As a matter of particular pride, on multiple occasions, juries have awarded Brett exactly what he asked for or in excess of what he asked jurors to award for his clients. The Firm had Arizona’s highest ever Wrongful Death Verdict in 2024 as Lead Counsel.
The following lists some of Brett’s more notable recent results:
$90,000,000 – Wrongful Death Verdict, 2 Adult Children
$30,600,000 – Quadriplegic Claim
$19,250,000 – Trucking Case, Death, Severe Injuries
$13,500,000 – Insurance Coverage Settlement
$12,100,000 – Catastrophic Injury Claim
$10,982,000 – Premises Liability, Severe Injuries, Multiple Settlements
$10,012,879 – Wrongful Death Settlement
$10,000,000 – Vehicle Rollover, Wrongful Death & Three Minor Injury Claims
$8,785,000 – Disabling Injuries to Young Man
$7,000,000 – Wrongful Death Claim
$6,758,000 – Severe Injuries Caused by Professional Driver
$6,065,000 – Severe Trauma Award/DUI Crash
$6,000,000 – Premises Liability, Severe Facial & Eye Injuries
$5,560,000 – Auto vs. Motorcycle, Severe Orthopedic Injuries
$5,150,000 – Negotiated Settlement, Premises Liability
$5,042,807 – Severe Injuries to Young Woman
$4,685,000 – Hand Mangling Injury
$4,500,000 – Work Place Injury
$4,320,000 – Claims Arising Out of A Defective Product
$4,290,000 – Truck vs. Auto Collision, Severe Injuries
$4,175,000 – Settlements Arising Out of Sex Abuse Claims
$4,150,000 – Wrongful Death, Construction Zone & Semi-Truck Case
$3,700,000 – Defective Tire, Paraplegic Injury
$3,700,000 – Contested Liability, Pedestrian Accident
$3,500,000 – Accident Case, Insurance Claims
$3,500,000 – Commercial Truck vs. Motorcycle, Contested Liability
$3,460,000 – Rollover Crash, Severe Injuries, Disability
$3,360,000 – Settlement Above Policy Limits, Elderly Woman
$3,350,000 – Contested Liability, Intersection Case
$3,282,500 – Insurance Settlements, Defendants Initially Denied Fault
$3,115,000 – Settlements, Partial Paralysis Case
$3,100,000 – Elderly Man, Brain Trauma
$3,060,000 – Bus vs. Motorcycle, Head Trauma, Orthopedic Injuries
$3,010,000 – Trucking Accident Involving Cyclist, Contested Liability
$3,000,000 – Wrongful Death
$3,000,000 – Loss of Consortium Verdict
$3,000,000 – Severe Injuries, Motor Vehicle Accident
$2,800,000 – Leg Injury Case Against Municipality
$2,500,000 – Trike Collision, Permanent Arm Injuries
$2,500,000 – Motorcycle Case, Arbitration Award
$2,320,000 – Defective Product, Multiple Settlements
$2,255,000 – Red Light Collision
$2,574,000 – Wrongful Death
$2,250,000 – Roll-Over Accident Caused by Drunk Driver
$2,155,000 – Jury Verdict ($2,000,000) Plus Insurance Settlements ($155,000)
$2,025,000 – Auto vs. Pedestrian, Permanent Injuries
$2,025,000 – Highway Accident
$2,010,000 – Disfigurement
$2,000,000 – Facial Injury
$2,000,000 – Gate Falling Accident, Severe Foot Injuries
$2,000,000 – Brain Injury & Wrongful Death
$2,000,000 – Wrongful Death of Motorcyclist by Government Truck, Disputed Liability
$2,000,000 – Premises Liability, Permanent Neck Injuries
$2,000,000 – Verdict, Grandmother & Grandson
$1,930,000 – Road Design & Auto Negligence, (Two Settlements)
$1,902,500 – Severe Leg Injury, Disputed Liability
$1,900,000 – Contested Liability, Wrongful Death Claim
$1,875,000 – Brain Injury, Defective Traffic Signal & Defective Air Bag
$1,800,000 – Malpractice Settlements, Plastic Surgeon
$1,750,000 – Bus Accident, Spinal Injuries
$1,701,000 – Auto Negligence
$1,675,000 – Severe Dog Bite
$1,625,000 – Contested Liability, Motorcycle Accident
$1,617,500 – Pizza Delivery Driver vs. Motorcycle
$1,600,000 – Motorcycle Accident, Initial Denial of Liability
$1,575,000 – Upper Extremity Injuries
$1,553,000 – Multiple Leg Surgeries to Young Woman
$1,510,000 – Highway Crash, Elderly Clients
$1,500,000 – Drunk Driver, Highway Accident
$1,500,000 – First Party Insurance Stacking
$1,500,000 – Medical Malpractice Claim
$1,500,000 – Ski Accident
$1,490,000 – Premises Liability, Negligence Contested
$1,475,000 – Severe Injury to Young Man
$1,462,883 – Premises Liability, Inadequate Security
$1,450,000 – Defective Medical Device
$1,450,000 – Family Involved in Head-On Crash
$1,400,000 – Dram Shop, Drunk Driver, Orthopedic Injuries
$1,400,000 – Recreational Sports Injury
$1,382,000 – Auto Accident, Partial Paralysis Case
$1,365,000 – Contested Liability, Insurer Initially Denied Claim
$1,351,000 – Single Vehicle Accident, Passenger
$1,350,000 – Brain & Orthopedic Injuries, Contested Liability Collision
$1,350,000 – Premises Liability, Injuries to a Minor
$1,305,000 – Motorcycle Accident, Severe Leg Injury
$1,303,000 – Young Woman, Injured by Commercial Vehicle
$1,300,000 – Rear End Auto Crash to Elderly Man
$1,300,000 – Severe Leg Injuries to Bicyclist
$1,300,000 – Motorcycle Collision in Construction Zone, Head Injury
$1,300,000 – Motor Vehicle vs. Golf Cart
$1,300,000 – Motorcycle Accident, Arm & Hand Injury
$1,265,000 – Overcame Defendants’ $0 Offer, Bike Accident
$1,260,000 – Reckless Driver, Severe Injuries & Substantial Income Loss
$1,251,000 – Motorcycle Collision, Severe Leg Injury & CRPS
$1,250,000 – Auto Rollover, Death & Injury Claims
$1,250,000 – Auto Accident Caused by Drunk Driver
$1,250,000 – Motorcycle Crash
$1,250,000 – Spinal Injuries
$1,250,000 – Semi-Truck vs. Pedestrian, Contested Liability
$1,250,000 – Contested Liability, Motorcycle Crash
$1,205,000 – Pedestrian vs. Car, Severe Scarring Case
$1,200,000 – Multiple Insurance Policy Settlements
$1,200,000 – Semi-Truck vs. Auto, Multiple Fractures, Wage Loss
$1,200,000 – Motorcycle Crash
$1,185,000 – Auto Accident Cross-Over Case
$1,180,000 – Contested Liability, Arbitration Win
$1,180,000 – Auto Accident, Child
$1,169,500 – Vehicle vs. ATV, Back & Other Injuries
$1,150,000 – Head On Collision, Severe Injuries
$1,130,000 – Underage Driver, Severe Leg Injuries
$1,125,000 – Hand Injury
$1,125,000 – Multiple Settlements for Elderly Passengers
$1,113,000 – Semi-Truck & Car Collision
$1,110,000 – Semi-Truck, Multiple Claimants
$1,105,000 – Farm Accident
$1,100,000 – Red Light Runner
$1,100,000 – Off-Road, Orthopedic Injury Case
$1,080,000 – Orthopedic Injury, Motorcycle Accident
$1,080,000 – Premises Liability, Severe Disfigurement
$1,065,000 – Highway Crash, Neck Surgery
$1,060,000 – Negligent Turn Accident
$1,050,000 – Commercial Vehicle Rear-End Crash, Permanent Injuries
$1,050,000 – Motorcycle Collision Caused by Drunk Driver
$1,040,000 – Fractured Pelvis & Fractured Leg, Multiple Settlements
$1,031,633 – Jury Verdict ($991,633) & Additional Auto Insurance Settlement ($40,000)
$1,030,000 – Auto & Dramshop Settlements, Severe Orthopedic Injuries
$1,028,000 – Auto Rollover Accident
$1,025,000 – Premises Liability, Injuries to Delivery Man
$1,021,000 – Pedestrian Pinned Between Vehicles, Leg Injuries
$1,020,000 – Contested Liability, Head & Orthopedic Injuries
$1,015,000 – Intersection Auto Collision, Internal Injuries
$1,015,000 – Farm Accident, Contested Liability, UIM Valuation
$1,015,000 – Boating Accident
$1,005,000 – Elderly Man, Disputed Light Color Case
$1,004,000 – Motorcycle Accident, Head Injury
$1,000,000 – Severe Dog Bite to Arm
$1,000,000 – Contested Liability, Left Turn Case
$1,000,000 – Contested Liability, Red Light Runner Case
$1,000,000 – Contested Liability, Lane Change Case
$1,000,000 – Trucking Accident, Left-Turn Intersection, Severe Injuries
$1,000,000 – Elderly Woman Struck as Pedestrian by Work Van
$1,000,000 – Leg & Foot Injuries at Construction Site
$1,000,000 – Semi-Truck Crash
$1,000,000 – Vehicle vs. Bicycle, Orthopedic Injuries
$1,000,000 – Drowning Incident
* The results above are exceptional and not the rule. Defendants do not pay all attorney’s clients the same, far from it — especially in larger cases. How much a defendant ultimately pays is based on the nature and reputation of the plaintiffs’ lawyer, in addition to how that lawyer puts the case together.