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Anapol Weiss’s $206 million verdict in “Kids for Cash” case is No. 1 in the Legal’s 2022 list of Top Verdicts and Settlements in Pennsylvania

By: Anapol Weiss

Anapol Weiss has been featured at the top of The Legal’s Top Verdicts and Settlements in Pennsylvania of 2022. In this case, our firm secured a $206M verdict against two former judges for their involvement in the Luzerne County “kids-for-cash” scandal.

U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner of the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Aug. 16 ordered defendants Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to juveniles and parents of juveniles affected by the scheme.

Anapol Weiss partner Sol Weiss oversaw the civil trial for the suit, which began in 2009.

Click here to view the full list of The Legal’s Top Verdicts and Settlements in Pennsylvania of 2022.

Click here to read the featured article "Multitudes of Unimaginable Stories’: Attorney Talks Strategies for Leading 300-Witness ‘Kids-for-Cash’ Civil Suit to $206M Verdict”.

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Anapol Weiss

Anapol Weiss is a top-rated national personal injury firm with a reputation for winning big. Our trial attorneys are leaders in medical malpractice, women's health litigation, personal injury, and mass torts cases. As a female majority-owned firm with a deep bench of experienced, determined trial attorneys, we are compassionate with our clients and fierce in the courtroom.