Recent legal verdicts have resulted in significant monetary awards. A bench trial concluded with a record-setting $8.5 million judgment under the Federal Tort Claims Act. In Texas, a $6.56 million wrongful death verdict was awarded against bar owners. Additionally, lawyer Cody Dishon secured a $59.7 million jury verdict in a Beaumont medical malpractice case. A Dallas law firm is urging the Texas Supreme Court to uphold an appellate court's decision to overturn a $22 million malpractice verdict against it. In Pittsburgh, a jury awarded $3.8 million, including punitive damages, in an asbestos case. A Chicago court upheld a $45 million mesothelioma verdict against Johnson & Johnson. Attorney Ard Ardalan noted the significance of the settlement.