Lawsuits Facts

When Rosario Juarez told her AutoZone district manager she was pregnant, he replied "Congratulations... I guess" - then added "I feel sorry for you." She was demoted, then fired. The jury felt differently: $185 million in punitive damages.

A mother of three walked out of an Alabama Walmart with Cap'n Crunch, bread, and Christmas lights. The scanner froze. **Walmart had her arrested.** When the charge was dropped, they sent collection letters anyway - demanding $200 from a woman who owed them nothing. She sued. A unanimous jury handed her $2.1 million. The scanner was $48.

During a ride-along in 2018, Tahvio Gratton's white UPS supervisor called him "Boy" repeatedly. When Gratton told him to stop, the manager said: "I'm from the South." Gratton filed grievances. Three years later, UPS fired him. A Washington jury awarded him $238 million.

After Hal Goldblatt was struck by a car in a crosswalk and suffered a traumatic brain injury, his family took out loans to pay for his care while Progressive Insurance stalled their claim for months - because the request arrived on a plain form letter instead of attorney letterhead. A Clark County jury awarded $101 million: $1 million compensatory, $100 million punitive. Progressive had rejected a $1.9 million settlement offer without making a single counteroffer.

Robert Kearns invented the intermittent windshield wiper. Ford passed - then put it on every car they built. He sued, representing himself for 12 years after three law firms quit. Ford offered $30 million to settle. Kearns turned it down - the offer came without an admission. He didn't want their money. He wanted Ford to say they took it.

Lonnie Johnson, a NASA engineer, invented the Super Soaker by accident - a burst of water shot across his bathroom during a heat pump experiment. The toy went on to sell nearly $1 billion. When Johnson discovered Hasbro had underpaid his royalties for years, he took them to arbitration and won $72.9 million.