CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS RANKED IN TOP 100 VERDICTS FOR 2009

Cunningham Bounds, LLC is pleased to announce that the $20 million verdict the firm obtained in Pettaway v. Coastal Anesthesia, P.C., et al. last December was recently listed as the 82nd largest verdict in the United States in 2009 according to VerdictSearch. This marks the third year in a row that Cunningham Bounds has had one or more verdicts ranked in the Top 100. In 2008, the firm's $192 million verdict in Mannsfeld v. Ineos Phenol GbmH & Co., KG, et al. placed 14th on the list. In 2007, the verdict of $108 million in Dirt, Inc. v. ShawCor, Ltd., et al. was 15th while Krantz v. A.O. Smith, et al.brought a $50 million verdict that ranked 31st on the Top 100 list. The 2007 list marked the second time Cunningham Bounds had two verdicts listed in the Top 100. In 2003, the firm had the No. 1 verdict--the $11.9 billion verdict in State of Alabama v. Exxon Corp. as well as the $20 million verdict in Brackett v. Alabama Power Co., which placed 91st.