Top 50 Verdicts in California in 2014
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $283,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam B. Wolfson, Amy H. Candido, Charles Verhoeven, Sean S. Pak, Vincent M. Pollmeier, Yury Kapgan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP |
| Case: | ViaSat Inc. v. Space Systems/Loral, Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $185,872,720.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrance A. Bohm of Bohm Law Group; Charles Moore of Charles Moore |
| Case: | Juarez v. AutoZone Stores Inc. |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $131,216,325.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Grunfeld, Daniel Johnson, Michael Lyons of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
| Case: | Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research v. Cochlear Corp. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $128,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | C. Russell Georgeson, Christopher B. Noyes of Georgeson, Belardinelli & Noyes; Phillip Baker of Baker, Keener & Nahra, LLP |
| Case: | Grow Land & Water LLC v. McCarthy Family Farms Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $119,625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Harold McElhinny of Morrison & Foerster; William Lee of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP |
| Case: | Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $111,081,833.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Semelsberger, James Allen of Endeman, Lincoln, Turek & Heater LLP |
| Case: | Andrade v. MHC Operating L.P. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $105,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank Scherkenbach, Howard Pollack, Michael R. Headley of Fish & Richardson PC |
| Case: | Power Integrations Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $70,861,113.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gilbert Purcell, Heather Ann T. Young, Jennifer Alesio of Brayton Purcell, LLP |
| Case: | Whalen v. John Crane Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Asbestos Exposure |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $57,947,402.00 |
| Attorneys: | Darren Pirozzi, Gregory Rizio of Rizio & Nelson |
| Case: | Herman v. Cardiel |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $47,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin D. Scheibe, Peter Ross of Browne George Ross LLP |
| Case: | OrthoTec LLC v. Surgiview S.A.S. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $39,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aimee M. Housinger, Jennifer Tomsen, Laura Gleen, Mary-Olga Lovett, Pamela A. Ferguson, Stephen Paffrath of Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Case: | Patriot Rail Corp. v. Sierra Railroad Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $38,914,610.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin Karczag, Peter J. Bezek, Robert Curtis of Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis, LLP |
| Case: | F&F LLC v. East West Bank |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith Wesley, Peter Ross of Browne George Ross LLP; K. Andrew Kent of Rincon Venture Law Group |
| Case: | Neurovision Medical Products Inc. v. NuVasive Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $28,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allen Ruby, David Hansen, James P. Schaefer of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
| Case: | SanDisk Corp. v. PNY Technologies Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $26,255,367.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicole Lari-Loni, Torsten Bassell of Lari-Joni & Bassell, LLP; Korosh Torkzadeh, Reza Torkzadeh of The Torkzadeh Law Firm |
| Case: | Hedayati v. Vanwyk |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $26,107,328.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; James Urbanic of Urbanic & Associates |
| Case: | Nickel v. Staples Contract & Commercial Inc. |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $23,531,335.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis Schoville of Dennis A. Schoville, APC; Brett J. Schreiber, Vincent Bartolotta of Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire; Richard Bisetti of Magana, Cathcart & McCarthy; Juan J. Ordaz, Jr., of Ordaz Law, APC |
| Case: | Aguilar v. Tricor America Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $23,494,776.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Girard of Law Offices of Joseph C. Girard |
| Case: | Haworth v. Bouzaglou |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $19,786,818.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin R. Boyle, Rahul Ravipudi, Robert Glassman of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Diao v. Southern California Gas Co. |
| Type: | Premises Liability |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $18,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph A. Piasta, II, of O'Brien Watters & Davis, LLP |
| Case: | Cardoza v. Reed |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $18,681,052.49 |
| Attorneys: | B. Robert Allard, Lauren A. Cerri of Corsiglia McMahon & Allard, LLP; Brendan Way, Randall H. Scarlett of Scarlett Law Group |
| Case: | Jones v. Williams |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $18,572,941.77 |
| Attorneys: | Geraldine Weiss, Michael J. Piuze of Michael J. Piuze |
| Case: | Haynes v. Pak |
| Type: | Car Accident |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $17,914,238.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher T. Aumais, David Lira, Thomas V. Girardi of Girardi | Keese |
| Case: | Stow v. Los Angeles Dodgers, LLC |
| Type: | Premises Liability |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $17,736,700.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gilbert Purcell, Jason M. Rose of Brayton Purcell, LLP |
| Case: | Major v. Lorillard Tobacco Co. |
| Type: | Product Liability |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $16,493,943.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lesley E. Weaver, Robert S. Green of Green & Noblin, P.C.; Enrico Schaefer of Traverse Legal, PLC |
| Case: | Doe v. PositiveSingles.com |
| Type: | Consumer Fraud |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $15,313,703.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Patrick K. Gunning, Spencer R. Lucas of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Ivan W. Golde of Ivan W. Golde |
| Case: | Francisco v. Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District |
| Type: | Car Accident |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $14,271,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy M. Osborn of Law Office of Timothy M. Osborn, PC; John C. Hall of Law Offices of John C. Hall |
| Case: | Escalera v. Live Oak Cogen, LLC |
| Type: | Premises Liability |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $12,569,853.66 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew B. Kreeft, Robert E. Rosenthal of Bohnen, Rosenthal & Kreeft |
| Case: | Hill v. Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. |
| Type: | Product Liability |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $12,304,368.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alyssa K. Schabloski, Matthew S. McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Atkins v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Disability Discrimination |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $12,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eustace de Saint Phalle, Michael E. Gatto of Rains Lucia Stern, PC |
| Case: | Cuevas v. Contra Costa County Health Services |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $11,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher S. Walton, Philip Layfield of Layfield & Barrett |
| Case: | Element Capital LLC v. Maximum Business Innovations Inc. |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. McClain of Kazan, McClain, Satterly & Greenwood |
| Case: | Bankhead v. ArvinMeritor Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Asbestos Exposure |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $10,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, David Rudorfer, Deborah S. Chang of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Daniel J. Rafii of Rafii & Nazarian, LLP; Reza Mirroknian of The Mirroknian Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Villamariona v. CBS |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident; Workplace Negligence |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $9,281,348.23 |
| Attorneys: | Mark B. O'Connor, Michael M. Shea, Jr., of Shea & Shea |
| Case: | O’Donnell v. Conway Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $7,978,185.44 |
| Attorneys: | Arnie E. Goldstein, Joy Robertson of Goldstein, Gurbuz & Robertson; Howard A. Kapp of Law Offices of Howard A. Kapp |
| Case: | Markow v. Rosner |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $7,810,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dale K. Galipo of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; Vicki I. Sarmiento of Law Offices of Vicki I. Sarmiento |
| Case: | Howard v. County of Riverside |
| Type: | Excessive Force; Government Negligence |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Deborah S. Chang of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Nancy Kashergen Rennie v. FedEx, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $7,476,926.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan M. Laskin of Law Offices of Alan M. Laskin; John T. Stralen of Law Offices of John T. Stralen |
| Case: | Dunlap v. Esurance |
| Type: | Car Accident |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $7,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard E. Donahoo of Donahoo & Associates |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Parra |
| Type: | Car Accident |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $6,709,300.00 |
| Attorneys: | C. Michael Alder, Laura F. Sedrish, Philip C. Alexander of AlderLaw, P.C.; Ryan D. Harris of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc. |
| Case: | Rittger v. Cliffs Resort, LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Estey of Estey & Bomberger, LLP; James M. Brown of Law Offices of James Matthew Brown, APLC |
| Case: | Doe v. Pacific Health Systems |
| Type: | Workplace Negligence |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC; Mindy J. Lees of Law Office of Mindy J. Lees PC; Martin I. Aarons of The Aarons Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Zulfer v. Playboy Enterprises Inc. |
| Type: | Qui Tam; Fraud |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $5,741,910.78 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce L. Schechter, Maro Burunsuzyan of Law Offices of Maro Burunsuzyan, PLC |
| Case: | Campbell v. NFI Interactive Logistics LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $5,653,604.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher H. Whelan of Law Offices of Christopher H. Whelan, Inc.; Lucas C. Whelan of Whelan Law Group; David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Sallustio v. Kemper Independence Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Defamation |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $5,420,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James W. Lewis, John C. Taylor of Taylor & Ring LLP |
| Case: | Janice H. v. 696 North Robertson |
| Type: | Premises Liability |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $4,383,682.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Kevin Morrison, Steger P. Johnson of Jones Clifford, LLP; Geraldine Armendariz of Law Office of Geraldine Armendariz |
| Case: | Marquez v. PG&E |
| Type: | Premises Liability |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $4,335,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kitty K. Szeto of R. Rex Parris Law Firm; Kevin I. Shenkman of Shenkman & Hughes |
| Case: | Wilkinson v. Halo Resorts |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $4,010,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tyrone J. Maho of Maho Prentice, LLP; Steven R. Vartazarian of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Taylor v. Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $3,895,220.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph W. Carcione Jr, Joshua S. Markowitz of Law Offices of Carcione, Cattermole, Dolinski, Stucky, Markowitz & Carcione, LLP |
| Case: | Murdoch v. Brock Solutions |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Workplace Safety |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $3,836,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clare H. Lucich, Gregory L. Bentley of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP; Keith P. More of Berman More Gonzalez |
| Case: | Zavala v. Newport-Mesa Unified School District |
| Type: | Personal Injury; School Safety |