This special section contains a compilation of the 20 largest personal injury recoveries—settlements as well as verdicts—reported by the Law Journal between Aug. 21, 2018, and Aug. 19, 2019.

This year, the awards total about $189 million, which is within the usual range, if a little on the high side. Last year the total was $207 million, but the year before that, the total topped out at only $97 million.