Top 10 Verdicts in California in 2016
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 plaintiff and cross-claimant jury verdicts obtained in California in the year 2016. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Verdicts in California in 2016) you have also made the list of Top 20 Verdicts in California in 2016.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $3,014,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey T. Thomas, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Samuel G. Liversidge of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Mark E. Ferguson, Philip S. Beck, Sean W. Gallagher of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP |
| Case: | Hewlett-Packard Company v. Oracle Corporation |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $200,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John M. Farrell, Jonathan E. Singer, Juanita R. Brooks of Fish & Richardson PC |
| Case: | Gilead Sciences Inc. v. Merck & Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $125,168,202.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Diana S. Diskin of Law Offices of Gary A. Dordick; Mark K. Flores of Crane Flores LLP |
| Case: | Briones v. Zink |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $61,587,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daryoosh Khashayar of Khashayar Law Group; Kambiz Adibzadeh of Adibzadeh Law Firm; Deborah A. Wolfe of Wolfe Legal Group P.C. |
| Case: | Asbaghi v. Nydegger |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Legal Malpractice |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $58,289,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Semelsberger, James C. Allen, Jessica S. Taylor of Allen Semelsberger & Kaelin, LLP |
| Case: | Miguel Aranda, et al. v. Terrace View Partners, LP, et al. |
| Type: | Property Rights |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $46,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Henry Y. Pan, Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Scot D. Wilson of Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. |
| Case: | Solorio v. Nissan Of Fontana Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $45,357,142.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Kim, John C. Carpenter, Sark Ohanian of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Michael H. Silvers of Michael H. Silvers, A Law Corporation; Carl E. Douglas of Douglas / Hicks Law, APC |
| Case: | Estate of Fernandez v. Jimenez et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $44,446,482.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark W. Poe, Randolph Gaw, Samuel S. Song, Victor Meng of Gaw Poe LLP |
| Case: | Trendsettah USA Inc. vs. Swisher International |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $41,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew K. Wegner, Stephen M. McNamara, William J. Brown, Jr., Yuanjun L. Li of Brown Wegner McNamara LLP |
| Case: | Nuvasive Inc. vs. Madsen Medical Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $37,452,199.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander Swanson, Beth A. Vidal, Caitlin G. Dudley, Dana L. Craig, Ethan D. Dettmer, Ethan Dettmer, Gareth Evans, Gareth T. Evans, Heather L. Richardson, Jennifer L. Boulton, Michael Holecek, Richard J. Doren of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Joseph R. Podraza, Jr., Richard A. Sprague of Sprague & Sprague; Christopher T. Heffelfinger, Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., Matthew D. Pearson of Berman DeValerio |
| Case: | Aetna Life Insurance Co. vs. Bay Area Surgical Management LLC et al |
| Type: | Fraud |