Top 50 Verdicts in California in 2015
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $234,932,782 |
| Attorneys: | Audrey Hadlock, Dan Jackson, Daniel Purcell, John W. Keker, Nicholas Goldberg, Warren Braunig of Keker & Van Nest LLP; Chris Frahm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP |
| Case: | San Diego County Water Authority v. Metropolitan Water District |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $139,800,000 |
| Attorneys: | Frank Scherkenbach, Michael R. Headley of Fish & Richardson |
| Case: | Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $79,823,557 |
| Attorneys: | Nina Shapirshteyn, Richard Alexander of Alexander Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Kuhlmann v. Johnson & Johnson |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $58,650,000 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Homampour, Corey Arzoumanian of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC |
| Case: | Shinedling v. Sunbeam Products Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $55,333,581 |
| Attorneys: | Colin T. Kemp, Joseph D. Jean of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP |
| Case: | Victaulic Co. v. American Home Assurance Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $42,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Ian C. Eisner, Neal R. Marder of Winston & Strawn, LLP |
| Case: | MJC America Ltd. v. Gree Electric Appliances Inc. |
| Type: | Tortious Interference |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Keith J. Bruno of Bruno | Nalu; Nicholas C. Rowley of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | Jordan v. T.G.I. Friday’s |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dram Shop Liability |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $39,528,487 |
| Attorneys: | Benu M. Wells, Cristina L. Martinez, Hannah Lee, James Hannah, Kristopher B. Kastens, Lisa Kobialka, Paul J. Andre, Yuridia Caire of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP |
| Case: | Finjan Inc. v. Blue Coat Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $34,555,220 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Sean Banafsheh, Kevin Danesh, and Raphael Javid of Banafsheh, Danesh and Javid, PC |
| Case: | Casillas v. Landstar Ranger Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $26,604,014 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Dell’Osso, Thomas J. Brandi of The Brandi Law Firm |
| Case: | Clarke v. City of Santa Clara |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $22,991,985 |
| Attorneys: | Eric H. Chadwick of Patterson Thuente Pedersen, |
| Case: | Cardiac Science Corp. v. LifeCor Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $20,968,903 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander R. Wheeler, Jason P. Fowler of R. Rex Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Cardona v. Cortes |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $20,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Deborah S. Chang, Rahul Ravipudi of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Jun v. Chaffey Joint Union High School District |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $17,393,480 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Deborah S. Chang of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Carla DeDominicis of The Law Office of Carla De Dominicis |
| Case: | Sheaffer v. NuCO2 |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $16,162,429 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher E. Russell, Marc Lazarus of Russell & Lazarus; Arash Homampour of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC |
| Case: | Evans v. Regan |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $15,771,234 |
| Attorneys: | Craig R. McClellan, Robert J. Chambers, II, of The McClellan Law Firm |
| Case: | Ringdahl v. Alvarado Hospital Medical Center Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $13,488,765 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony J. Dain of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP |
| Case: | Kaneka Corp. v. SKC Kolon PI Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $13,360,000 |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Danko of Danko Meredith |
| Case: | Gottlieb v. Khalaf |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Aviation Accident |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $13,033,000 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. Panatier, David C. Greenstone, Kyle Tracy of Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC |
| Case: | Winkel v. Calaveras Asbestos Ltd. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $11,300,000 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin Nisenbaum, John L. Burris of Law Offices of John L. Burris |
| Case: | Lam v. City of San Jose |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Excessive Force |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $10,791,332 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan D. Lamb, Richard L. Frischer of Lamb and Frischer, LLP |
| Case: | Leierer v. Harris Salinas Rebar Inc |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $10,290,623 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey C. Bogert of The Sizemore Law Firm; Shawn G. Foster of Davis Bethune & Jones; David M. Skeens of Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan, P.C |
| Case: | Jacques v. Morningside Recovery LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $10,217,000 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Tauler of Tauler Smith LLP; Daniel Forouzan of Forouzan Law |
| Case: | Alkayali v. Boukhari |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $10,200,000 |
| Attorneys: | Jessica Cha of J. Cha & Associates; Eric J. Dubin of Dubin Law Firm; Steven A. Fink of Law Offices of Steven A. Fink; Janice M. Vinci of Law Offices of Janice M. Vinci |
| Case: | Barr v. Lonika’s Home Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Nursing Home Malpractice |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $10,200,000 |
| Attorneys: | Michael F. Carr of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
| Case: | Fujifilm Corp. v. Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $9,923,388 |
| Attorneys: | Austin G. Ward, Deborah S. Chang, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Jerry Rabb and Rosa Rabb v. Tony Lee Royer and The State of California |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Motorcycle Accident |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $9,609,305 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce G. Fagel of Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates |
| Case: | I.P. v. United States of America |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $9,153,318 |
| Attorneys: | David Bricker, Erin M. Wood, Gibbs C. Henderson of Waters, Kraus & Paul |
| Case: | Kline v. Zimmer Holdings Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $8,769,128 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Leggins v. Rite Aid Corp. |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $7,151,181 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Bidart of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP |
| Case: | Rahm v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $7,130,000 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Simers v. Tribune Co. |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $6,951,265 |
| Attorneys: | Denise Abrams, Joseph Satterley, Ryan A. Harris of Kazan, McClain, Satterly & Greenwood |
| Case: | Emerson v. Allied Packing & Supply Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Negligence |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $6,522,478 |
| Attorneys: | K. L. Myles of Knapp Petersen & Clarke |
| Case: | Hills v. Todd & Katie Inc |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $6,185,700 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander E. Cunny, John C. Manly, Vince W. Finaldi of Manly, Stewart & Finaldi; Tommy M. Troncoso of The Law Offices of Tommy M. Troncoso |
| Case: | John TDC Doe and John JG Doe v. Los Angeles Unified School District, et al. |
| Type: | Sexual Abuse |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $5,700,000 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas P. Cartmell of Wagstaff & Cartmell; Peter de la Cerda of Edwards & de la Cerda PLLC; Richard A. Freese, Tim K. Goss of Freese & Goss |
| Case: | Perry v. Luu |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $5,550,000 |
| Attorneys: | S. Edmond El Dabe of El Dabe Law Firm; Arash Homampour of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC |
| Case: | Clark v. Castillo |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $5,260,000 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer C. Price, John B. Marcin of Marcin Lambirth, LLP |
| Case: | Camacho v. Pacifica of the Valley Corp |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $5,138,360 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Spencer R. Lucas, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Joe Heger Farms LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $4,918,661 |
| Attorneys: | Frank Pietrantonio, Sarah J. Guske, Thomas J. Friel, Jr., Wayne O. Stacy of Cooley LLP |
| Case: | Open Text S.A. v. Box Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $4,750,000 |
| Attorneys: | Kelsey A. Webber, Mark P. Velez of Velez Law Firm |
| Case: | Anderton v. Bass Underwriters Inc. |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $4,745,000 |
| Attorneys: | Molly McKibben, Robert Jarchi of Greene Broillet & Wheeler; Sandra Romero of Law Offices of Sandra Ruvalcaba Romero |
| Case: | Estate of Pablo Padilla Ayala v. Southern California Edison Company |
| Type: | Wrongful Death |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | George E. McLaughlin of Warshauer-McLaughlin Law Group, P.C.; Steven R. Vartazarian of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Warner v. Wright Medical Technology Inc |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony L. Label, Jeremy D. Cloyd, William L. Veen of The Veen Firm, P.C.; Micha S. Liberty, Shannon E. McClure of Liberty Law |
| Case: | Le Moullac v. Daylight Foods Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $3,807,200 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon J. Simon, Robert T. Simon of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Benjamin D. Swanson of Southwest Legal Group |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Parada |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $3,516,000 |
| Attorneys: | Brian S. Kabateck, Shant A. Karnikian, Terry R. Bailey of Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP |
| Case: | Guerra v. Starline Tours of Hollywood Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $3,050,000 |
| Attorneys: | Darci E. Burrell, Katherine L. Smith, Leslie F. Levy of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP |
| Case: | Metzner v. Permanente Medical Group |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Alan L. Van Gelder, Bruce A. Broillet of Greene Broillet & Wheeler |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $2,995,887 |
| Attorneys: | David M. Ring, Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring LLP |
| Case: | Fabio Hornischer v. East Bay Regional Park District, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $2,965,770 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony S. Petru of Hildebrand, McLeod & Nelson, LLP |
| Case: | Oliver v. BNSF Railway Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Railroad Accident |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $2,962,903 |
| Attorneys: | Glenn S. Guenard of Guenard & Bozarth LLP |
| Case: | Schoonover v. Elford |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |