Top 100 Settlements in California in 2016
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $200,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel O. Hanks, Frank Dorman, Janet Ammerman, Peter Kaplan of Federal Trade Commission |
| Case: | FTC v. Herbalife International of America Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Qui Tam; Fraud |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $168,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Angela Sierra, Jacqueline Dale, James F. Zahradka, II, Kamala D. Harris, Maria Ellinikos, Michael L. Newman of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | State of California v. California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles |
| Type: | Qui Tam; Fraud |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rachel S. Black, Stephen E. Morrissey, Steven G. Sklaver, Kalpana Srinivasan of Susman Godfrey |
| Case: | Flo & Eddie Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $36,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hart L. Robinovitch, Bradley C. Buhrow of Zimmerman, Reed, PLLP; Christopher P. Ridout of Ridout, Lyon & Ottoson, LLP |
| Case: | Jeffrey Etter, et al. v. Thetford Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action; Defective Design; Product Liability |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Spencer R. Lucas, Thomas A. Schultz, Jake Douglass of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Doe Plaintiff v. Roe Truck Staffing Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Truck Accident |
| 6 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $28,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mickel M. Arias, Alfredo Torrijos of Arias Sanguinetti Stahle & Torrijos, LLP; Nicholas A. Coulson, Steven D. Liddle of Liddle & Dubin, PC |
| Case: | Philliben, et al. v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action; Fraud |
| 6 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $28,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Catherine J. Swann, Gioconda R. Molinari of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | United States of America v. North American Health Care Inc., et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act; Fraud |
| 7 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $27,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Antonelli, Janelle C. Carney of Law Office of Joseph Antonelli; Kevin Mahoney, Sean M. Blakely of Mahoney Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Mays v. Children's Hospital Los Angeles |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 7 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $27,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John N. Moscato of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | United States of America vs. Chemoil Corporation |
| Type: | Clean Air Act; |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $26,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander G. Brizolis, Allan L. Schare, Harvey T. Oringher, Todd C. Theodora of Theodora Oringher PC; Jason L. Haas of Liner LLP |
| Case: | County of Orange v. Tata Consultancy Services et al. |
| Type: | Fraud; Breach of Contract |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George Gascon of Office of the District Attorney |
| Case: | People of the State of California v. Uber Technologies Inc. |
| Type: | Consumer Protection; Unfair Business Practices |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron M. Olsen, Alreen Haeggquist, Amber L. Eck, Helen I. Zeldes of Zeldes & Haeggquist, LLP; Rachel L. Jensen of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP |
| Case: | Cohen v. Donald J. Trump |
| Type: | Class Action; Fraud |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $20,595,343.00 |
| Attorneys: | Johnny Vuong, Mary A. Smith, Sean M. Rooney, Sophia C. Kim of Department of Business Oversight |
| Case: | People of the State of California v. Mata |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Bomberger of Estey & Bomberger, LLP |
| Case: | Parents of Brain Damaged Child vs. California Hospital |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ellen A. Cirangle, Jonathan E. Sommer, Theodore A. Griffinger, Jr. of Lubin, Olson, Niewiadomski, LLP |
| Case: | Overstock.com Inc. et al. vs. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated et al. |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $19,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David W. Sanford, Edward D. Chapin, Felicia M. Medina, Jill S. Sanford, Xinying Valerian of Sanford Heisler, LLP |
| Case: | Dandan Pan, et al. v. Qualcomm Incorporated, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action; Gender Discrimination |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $18,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James O. Latturner of Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC; Ethan Preston of Preston Law Offices |
| Case: | In Re Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC Telephone Consumer Protection Act Litigation |
| Type: | Consumer Fraud |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Robert B. Bale of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Giorgi v. City of Sacramento |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Government Negligence |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $14,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett J. Morris, Deborah R. Halberstadt, Heather Leslie, Kamala D. Harris, Margarita Padilla, Reed Sato of CA DOJ, Office of the Attorney General |
| Case: | The People of the State of California v. BP West Coast Products L.L.C. |
| Type: | Pollution; Unfair Competition |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $13,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey S. Raynes, Derek S. Raynes of Raynes Erickson |
| Case: | D.C., Pro Ami v. Colton Joint Unified School District |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Public School Negligence |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $12,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | V. James DeSimone, Michael D. Seplow, Aidan C. McGlaze of Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP; Thomas W. Falvey, Jon D. Henderson, Michael H. Boyamian of The Law Office of Thomas W. Falvey; Hirad D. Dadgostar, Alireza Alivandivafa, Azadeh Dadgostar-Gilbert of Dadgostar Law LLP |
| Case: | Connell v. CVS Pharmacy Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $12,265,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kimberly Wong, Craig M. Peters of The Veen Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Confidential v. Confidential |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Premises Liability |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $12,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shannon E. Liss-Riordan, John E. Duke, Matthew D. Carlson of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, PC |
| Case: | Patrick Cotter vs. Lyft Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Renata B. Hesse of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | United States of America vs. VA Partners I LLC et al. |
| Type: | Antitrust Law Violation |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $10,622,183.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. Birka-White, Mindy M. Wong of Birka-White Law Offices; John D. Green, Amanda D. Hairston, Unnati Gandhi of Farella Braun + Martel LLP |
| Case: | Kuffner v. Suntech America Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Property Damage; Breach of Warranty; Consumer Protection |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $10,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Brandi, Brian J. Malloy of The Brandi Law Firm |
| Case: | Shea v. Matheson Tri-Gas Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Pedestrian Accident |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $10,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald O. Kaye, Marilyn E. Bednarski, Caitlin S. Weisberg of Kaye, McLane, Bednarski & Litt LLP |
| Case: | Carrillo v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation; Wrongful Conviction; Malicious Prosecution |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin R. Boyle, Andrew P. Owen of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Shay v. Western Express, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Truck Accident |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $9,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shawn A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Light, James I. Jaconette of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Lionel Z. Glancy, Robert V. Prongay, Casey E. Sadler of Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP; Jonathan Gardner, Guillaume Buell of Labaton Sucharow LLP; Jack G. Fruchter of Abraham & Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Firerock Global Opportunity Fund LP v. Castlight Health, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Securities Fraud |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $8,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna Y. Park, Sue J. Noh, Rumduol Vuong, Jennifer L. Boulton of Equal Employment Opportunity Comission |
| Case: | EEOC v. Lowe's Companies Inc and Lowe's Home Centers LLC |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $8,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher P. Seefer, David W. Hall, Shawn A. Williams, Samuel H. Rudman, Mary K. Blasy of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Joel H. Bernstein, David J. Goldsmith, Christopher J. Keller, Michael W. Stocker of Labaton Sucharow LLP |
| Case: | Plymouth County Retirement System v. Model N, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Securities Fraud |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce G. Fagel, Bron M. Draganov, Mari Fagel Henderson of Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates |
| Case: | Y.M. v. St. Joseph Health System et al. |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Failure to Diagnose; Medical Malpractice |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacquelyn Lacey of Office of the District Attorney |
| Case: | People of the State of California v. Wells Fargo Bank NA |
| Type: | Consumer Protection; Unfair Business Practices |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce G. Fagel, Eduardo J. Ascencio of Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates |
| Case: | Cervantes v. McDaniel, MD, et al. |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $7,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anne K. Richardson, Cornelia Dai, Dan L. Stormer, Joshua Piovia-Scott, Randall R. Renick of Hadsell Stormer & Renick LLP |
| Case: | Lynne Wang, et al. vs. Chinese Daily News Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $7,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barrett S. Litt, Lindsay B. Battles of Kaye, McLane, Bednarski & Litt LLP |
| Case: | Lisker v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Conviction; Law Enforcement; Negligent Supervision |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. Keane of The Keane Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Hanson v. City of Yucaipa, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Failure to Protect; Government Negligence |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $7,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew T. Miller, Rachel M. Miller, Thomas E. Miller of The Miller Law Firm |
| Case: | Barker Block Homeowners Assn. v. The Kor Group & CityView |
| Type: | Property Damage; Breach of Contract |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Robert B. Bale of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Dabel v. Park Place Constructors Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $6,988,961.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Jonathan R. Hayes, Daniel G. Schneiderman of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Smith v. Tri-Cal Distributors LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Spencer R. Lucas, Jake Douglass of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Michael B. Goldstein of Law Office of Michael B. Goldstein |
| Case: | Jerich v. Oscar Aroldo Franco, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Pedestrian Accident |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $6,080,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard C. Watters, Douglas L. Gordon, Megan K. Crosbie, Aida S. Macedo of Miles, Sears & Eanni; Adam B. Stirrup of Baradat & Paboojian, Inc.; Scott A. VanWagenen of Law Offices of Davis & VanWagenen |
| Case: | S.P. v. Anchor Academy Charter School |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $6,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John K. Grant, Ekaterini M. Polychronopoulos, Jeffrey D. Light of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Corey D. Holzer, Marshall P. Dees of Holzer & Holzer LLC; Brian J. Robbins, Stephen J. Oddo of Robbins Arroyo LLP; Lionel Z. Glancy, Robert V. Prongay, Ex Kano S. Sams, II, Casey E. Sadler of Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP |
| Case: | Robinson v. Audience Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Securities Fraud |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel H. Deng of Law Offices of Daniel H. Deng; Rahul Ravipudi, Robert S. Glassman of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Huang, et al. v. Monterey Park Garden LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Repair and/or Maintenance; Premises Liability |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles E. Koro, Marc Smith of Brown, Koro & Romag, LLP |
| Case: | John Doe vs. John Roe and Roe Trucking Company |
| Type: | Motorcycle Accident |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles E. Koro, James J. Romag of Brown, Koro & Romag, LLP; Brian J. Panish, Spencer R. Lucas of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Frazier v. Quinn, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Motorcycle Accident |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $4,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; C. Steven Yerrid of The Yerrid Law Firm, |
| Case: | Agu v. Regents of the University of California |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Negligent Supervision |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Maxwell M. Blecher of Blecher Collins Pepperman & Joye, PC; Larry W. Lee, Nicholas Rosenthal of Diversity Law Group PC; Dennis S. Hyun of Hyun Legal, APC |
| Case: | Bararsani v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Company |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Homampour, Scott E. Boyer of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC |
| Case: | Wright v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Rodriguez, Joel T. Andreesen of Rodriguez & Associates |
| Case: | Estate of Zamudio v. Superior Derrick Services |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Product Liability |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $4,315,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel M. Hodes of Hodes, Milman, Liebeck, LLP; Kenneth M. Sigelman of Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates |
| Case: | Doe vs. Roe Medical Center et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Warren R. Paboojian of Baradat & Paboojian, Inc. |
| Case: | Mescher v. Terra Linda Farms |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Motorcycle Accident |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce G. Fagel, Thomas S. Alch of Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates |
| Case: | A.G. v. Downey Regional Medical Center |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $4,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jared Hague, S. Brett Sutton of Sutton Hague Law Corporation PC; Zachary M. Crosner of Crosner Legal PC; Eric B. Kingsley of Kingsley & Kingsley APC |
| Case: | Aguirre v. Mariani Nut Company Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $4,020,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christian T. F. Nickerson, Christine D. Spagnoli of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | The Estate of Christopher Joseph Saraceno II v. Hyros Corp. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Bus Accident |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean M. Burke, Heather J. Higson of Law Offices of Sean M. Burke |
| Case: | M.E., Pro Ami v. Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, et al. |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Delayed Treatment; Medical Malpractice |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kaveh Navab, V. James DeSimone of V. James DeSimone Law |
| Case: | Camprone v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation; Excessive Force |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carly L. Sanchez, Richard B. Koskoff of The Law Offices of Booth & Koskoff |
| Case: | A.E. v. County of San Bernardino |
| Type: | Sexual Assault; Government Negligence |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $3,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony M. De Marco, Joanna Robles of Law Offices of Anthony M. De Marco; Michael G. Finnegan, Sarah G. Odegaard of Jeff Anderson & Associates PA |
| Case: | M.G., pro ami v. Alhambra Unified School District |
| Type: | Sexual Abuse; Negligent Supervision |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $3,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Kristensen of Kristensen Weisberg, LLP |
| Case: | L.S. v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 51 | |
| Amount: | $3,853,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | C. Michael Alder, Lauri L. Brenner of AlderLaw, P.C.; Robert A. Brenner of Law Offices of Robert A. Brenner |
| Case: | Van Sickle v. City of Santa Monica, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Pedestrian Accident |
| 52 | |
| Amount: | $3,825,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Adam K. Shea, Ryan A. Casey of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Michael H. Silvers of Michael H. Silvers, A Law Corporation |
| Case: | A.P., Pro Ami v. Nitto Tire U.S.A., Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 53 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin H. King, William D. Shapiro of Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. |
| Case: | Hoang and Bui v. County of San Bernardino |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 53 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christine D. Spagnoli, Molly McKibben of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Tenove v. Jahroumi |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David K. Cohn, Neil K. Gehlawat of Chain Cohn Stiles; Dale K. Galipo, Thomas C. Seabaugh of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; Daniel Rodriguez of Rodriguez & Associates; Adante De Pointer of Law Offices of John L. Burris |
| Case: | Tara Garlick vs. Kern County |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Excessive Force |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacob J. Rivas of Law Office of Jacob J. Rivas |
| Case: | Confidential v. Orange Center Elementary School District |
| Type: | Sexual Assault |
| 55 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | B. Mark Fong of Minami Tamaki LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Lai v. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Bicycle Accident |
| 56 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pajman Jassim, Parisima Roshanzamir of Jassim & Associates APC; Haytham Faraj of Law Offices of Haytham Faraj PLLC; Nicholas C. Rowley of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | Nguyen v. Lowe's Companies Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 56 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Deborah S. Chang, Austin G. Ward of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Gregory R. Vanni of Thon Beck Vanni Callahan & Powell |
| Case: | Barrera, et al. v. Larry Bowman Trucking Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Truck v. Pedestrian Accident; Premises Liability |
| 56 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric M. Freedman, Justin P. Ehrlich of Herzog, Yuhas, Ehrlich & Ardell, APC |
| Case: | M.F.1, M.F.2 and C.F. v. Student Transportation of America et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Motorcycle Accident |
| 56 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steve A. Hoffman of Steve Hoffman Law Office |
| Case: | Furst v. Shehata, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Bicycle Accident |
| 57 | |
| Amount: | $2,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dale K. Galipo, Renee S. Valentine of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; Darrell J. York, Sarah L. Garvey of Law Offices of York & Garvey |
| Case: | Martinez v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation; Personal Injury; Excessive Force; Law Enforcement |
| 58 | |
| Amount: | $2,765,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Rahul Ravipudi of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Probert-Enborg v. Robertson's Ready Mix Ltd. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 59 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Morris S. Getzels of The Morris S. Getzels Law Office; Arnoldo Casillas of Casillas & Associates; Humberto M. Guizar of Law Offices of Humberto Guizar APC |
| Case: | Estate of Salvador Martin Palencia Cruz v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Excessive Force |
| 59 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Drexler, Jonathan A. Drexler, Michael H. Leff of Law Offices of David Drexler |
| Case: | A.R. v. Kaplan, M.D. et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 59 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph S. Nierenberg of Law Offices of Weber & Nierenberg |
| Case: | Estate of Tran v. City of Oakland, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car v. Pedestrian Accident |
| 60 | |
| Amount: | $2,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Villarreal of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | United States of America v. Air Industries Corporation |
| Type: | Qui Tam; Fraud |
| 61 | |
| Amount: | $2,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard C. Watters of Miles, Sears & Eanni |
| Case: | J.P. v. Smokey Jack L.P. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Premises Liability |
| 62 | |
| Amount: | $2,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Janelle C. Carney, Jason T. Hatcher, Joseph Antonelli of Law Office of Joseph Antonelli; Gregg Lander, Kevin T. Barnes of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; David H. Greenberg of Law Office of David H. Greenberg |
| Case: | Hart v. Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 63 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard S. Sailer of Sailer Law Firm, APC; Patrick K. Gunning of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Sanchez v. E.M. Pizza Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Pedestrian Accident |
| 63 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dale K. Galipo, Melanie T. Partow of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; Luis A. Carrillo of Carrillo Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Navas v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Excessive Force |
| 63 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy S. Niven, Carly L. Edson, Carly L. Sanchez, Richard B. Koskoff of The Law Offices of Booth & Koskoff |
| Case: | M.O. v. County of Riverside |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Government Negligence |
| 63 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George B. Singer of The Dominguez Firm |
| Case: | Cruz v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Pedestrian Accident; Sanitation Truck |
| 64 | |
| Amount: | $2,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Barnes of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Delao v. Oldcastle Building Products Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 65 | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian T. Dunn, Megan R. Gyongyos of The Cochran Firm |
| Case: | Christian v. City of Los Angeles et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Excessive Force; Government Negligence |
| 66 | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher B. Dolan, Megan R. Irish, Quinton B. Cutlip of Dolan Law PC |
| Case: | Owen v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dangerous Condition; Premises Liability |
| 67 | |
| Amount: | $2,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam B. Stirrup, Jason S. Bell, Warren R. Paboojian of Baradat & Paboojian, Inc. |
| Case: | F.H. v. Bourdet |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Illegal Fireworks |
| 68 | |
| Amount: | $2,175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vincent J. Bartolotta, Jr., Ian C. Fusselman, Rebecca L. Blain of Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire |
| Case: | Gueniot v. Northwoods Resort |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Maintenance; Premises Liability |
| 69 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Andriano v. City of Vallejo |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 69 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Gilliland, Jr. of Guralnick & Gilliland LLP |
| Case: | Trilogy at La Quinta Maintenance Association v. Shea La Quinta L.L.C. |
| Type: | Construction Defects |
| 70 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carl A. McMahan of McMahan Law, PC; Marshall Silberberg of The Law Office of Marshall Silberberg |
| Case: | Confidential v. Confidential |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 70 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC; Kevin I. Shenkman, Mary R. Hughes of Shenkman & Hughes |
| Case: | Kelley v. The Related Companies of California L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 70 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kiley L. Grombacher, Marcus J. Bradley of Bradley Grombacher; Christine M. Adams of Adams Law |
| Case: | Pittacora v. Aurora Vista Del Mar LLC |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 70 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stanley K. Jacobs of Jacobs & Jacobs, LLP |
| Case: | Meyer v. Confidential |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 70 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ranger J. Wiens, Ryan D. Harris of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc. |
| Case: | Estate of Mielke v. Skains et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 70 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth M. Sigelman of Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates |
| Case: | Curiel-Sanchez v. Redlands Community Hospital, et al. |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Delayed Treatment; Medical Malpractice |
| 71 | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony M. De Marco, Joanna Robles of Law Offices of Anthony M. De Marco; Michael G. Finnegan, Sarah G. Odegaard of Jeff Anderson & Associates PA |
| Case: | J.D., pro ami v. Alhambra Unified School District |
| Type: | Sexual Abuse; Negligent Supervision |
| 72 | |
| Amount: | $1,749,999.00 |
| Attorneys: | Philip Michels, Jin N. Lew of Law Offices of Michels & Lew |
| Case: | C.H. v. Emergency Medical Management Associates Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Delayed Diagnosis; Medical Malpractice |
| 73 | |
| Amount: | $1,725,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric A. Grover of Keller Grover LLP; Kenneth S. Gaines, Daniel F. Gaines, Alex P. Katofsky, Sepideh Ardestani of Gaines & Gaines APLC |
| Case: | Adams v. Sam's West Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 74 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marshall Silberberg of The Law Office of Marshall Silberberg; Carl A. McMahan of McMahan Law, PC |
| Case: | Confidential v. Confidential |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Failure to Diagnose & Treat; Medical Malpractice |
| 74 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin R. Boyle, Robert S. Glassman of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Bermudez v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Pedestrian Accident |
| 75 | |
| Amount: | $1,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian T. Dunn, Megan R. Gyongyos of The Cochran Firm |
| Case: | Doucet v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Excessive Force |
| 76 | |
| Amount: | $1,625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark S. Algorri, Jonathan W. Lee, Carolyn L. Tan of DeWitt Algorri & Algorri; James M. Bergener of Bergener Mirejovsky |
| Case: | Pate v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Excessive Force |
| 77 | |
| Amount: | $1,575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew S. Miller, Eustace de Saint Phalle, Joseph R. Lucia of Rains Lucia Stern, PC |
| Case: | Dotzenrod v. Cordova |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 78 | |
| Amount: | $1,527,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry M. Regar of Barry Regar APLC |
| Case: | Estate of Fernandez v. City of Coachella, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Motorcycle Accident; Negligent Road Design |
| 79 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dale K. Galipo, Thomas C. Seabaugh of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; Sonia M. Mercado of Sonia Mercado & Associates; R. Samuel Paz of Law Offices of R. Samuel Paz |
| Case: | Estate of Rivera v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Excessive Force |
| 79 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas Murphy of Murphy & Eftekhari |
| Case: | Salazar v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Pedestrian Accident |
| 79 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David K. Cohn, Neil K. Gehlawat of Chain Cohn Stiles |
| Case: | Contreras v. Domingue |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 80 | |
| Amount: | $1,425,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tony Rackauckas, Tracy E. Hughes of Office of the District Attorney |
| Case: | The People of the State of California v. Certified Tire & Service Centers Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew C. Clark, Neil K. Gehlawat of Chain Cohn Stiles; Gary A. Dordick of Law Offices of Gary A. Dordick |
| Case: | Ward v. Griffith |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Motorcycle Accident |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zev B. Zysman of Law Offices of Zev B. Zysman, APC |
| Case: | Furman v. Station Casinos LLC |
| Type: | Class Action; Privacy |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arif Virji, Michael D. McConathy, Gary M. Ittig of Lynch, Gilardi & Grummer |
| Case: | Barnard v. Centex Real Estate Corporation |
| Type: | Class Action; Fraud; Real Property |
| 82 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Santos Gomez of Law Offices of Santos Gomez |
| Case: | Tello v. Marz Farms Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 82 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Warren R. Paboojian of Baradat & Paboojian, Inc. |
| Case: | Hudson v. County of Fresno |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Government Negligence |
| 83 | |
| Amount: | $1,320,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian T. Hafter of Rimon, PC |
| Case: | Beller v. Donohue |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 84 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Philip C. Monrad, Aaron D. Kaufmann of Leonard Carder LLP |
| Case: | Adams v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 84 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Stoll, Jr. of Stoll, Nussbaum & Polakov APC |
| Case: | Richter v. Krulish |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 84 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arnoldo Casillas, Daniel W. Gillette of Gregory W. Moreno & Associates |
| Case: | Cerda v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Excessive Force; Negligent Supervision |
| 85 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Humberto M. Guizar, Kent M. Henderson, Angel J. Carrazco of Guizar, Henderson & Carrazco LLP; Ronald O. Kaye, Kevin J. LaHue of Kaye, McLane, Bednarski & Litt LLP |
| Case: | Ramirez v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Excessive Force |
| 85 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles A. Jones, Kelly J. McInerney of Jones Law Firm |
| Case: | Barber v. Grundfos Pumps Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 85 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian M. Fong of Minami Tamaki LLP |
| Case: | Delgado v. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Pedestrian Accident |
| 85 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mika J. Brown of Mitchell Law Group |
| Case: | Munoz v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Hospital Malpractice |
| 85 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James J. Orland of Orland Law Group |
| Case: | Edwards v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Assault by Prison Personnel; Negligent Supervision |
| 86 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carl E. Douglas, Jamon R. Hicks of Douglas / Hicks Law, APC; John L. Burris, Adante De Pointer of Law Offices of John L. Burris |
| Case: | Estate of Hogg, et al. v. City of Oakland |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Excessive Force |
| 86 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Federico C. Sayre, Federico Sayre, Jr. of Sayre & Levitt |
| Case: | Estate of Landau v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Pedestrian Accident |
| 87 | |
| Amount: | $1,175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand of The Nourmand Law Firm APC; Eric B. Kingsley of Kingsley & Kingsley APC; Thomas J. Milhaupt of Milhaupt and Cohen, APC |
| Case: | Montiel v. Ecology Control Industries Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 88 | |
| Amount: | $1,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin R. Boyle, Andrew P. Owen of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Leisure v. Capitol Sand & Gravel Co. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Truck v. Motorcycle Accident |
| 89 | |
| Amount: | $1,125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christofer R. Chapman, Jason B. Friedman of Stark, Friedman & Chapman, LLP |
| Case: | Amador v. Shenky |
| Type: | Landlord/Tenant; Breach of Warranty of Habitability |
| 90 | |
| Amount: | $1,114,466.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zahed Amin, Peter L. Garchie, Mary K. Wyman of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP |
| Case: | Bond Safeguard Insurance Co. v. Osborne Development Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Indemnity |
| 91 | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Antonelli, Janelle C. Carney, Jason T. Hatcher of Law Office of Joseph Antonelli; Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes |
| Case: | Alvidrez v. Unifirst Corporation |
| Type: | Wage Dispute |
| 92 | |
| Amount: | $1,090,618.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dick P. Sindicich, Jr. of Zhong Lun Law Firm LLP; Michael E. Roofian of Michael Roofian & Associates, PC |
| Case: | E.Y., Pro Ami v. Estate of High, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 93 | |
| Amount: | $1,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce G. Fagel of Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates |
| Case: | C.D., pro ami v. San Antonio Community Hospital |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Hospital Malpractice |
| 94 | |
| Amount: | $1,037,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Carr, Tyler J. Barnett of Yuhl Carr LLP; Michael P. Ehline of Ehline Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Orejel De Rodriguez v. Ostercamp Farms |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Work Accident |
| 95 | |
| Amount: | $1,019,925.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Carranza |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 96 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Graham Hollis of GrahamHollis APC |
| Case: | Parmelee v. Driveline Retail Merchandising Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 96 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George B. Singer of The Dominguez Firm |
| Case: | Perez v. Garrett Johnson Transport |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 96 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ara R. Jabagchourian of Law Office of Ara Jabagchourian |
| Case: | Cordero v. Anhalt |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Pedestrian Accident |
| 96 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Taylor, Louanne Masry of Taylor & Ring LLP |
| Case: | Rose v. Berkley East Convalescent Hospital |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Nursing Home Malpractice |
| 96 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Darren O. Aitken of Aitken Aitken Cohn |
| Case: | R.B. v. Confidential |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 96 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Russ W. Ercolani of Ercolani Law Group |
| Case: | Worford v. Durham D&M LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 97 | |
| Amount: | $999,999.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vincent W. Davis of Law Offices of Vincent W. Davis & Associates |
| Case: | Castillo v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation; Parental Rights |
| 98 | |
| Amount: | $999,995.00 |
| Attorneys: | Catherine E. Sweetser, Paul L. Hoffman of Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP; Peter C. Grenier of Grenier Law Group |
| Case: | Estate of Guenther v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Suicide in Prison; Government Negligence |
| 99 | |
| Amount: | $975,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Daniel J. Park of Justice Law Corporation; Jong Yun Kim of Law Offices of Jong Yun Kim |
| Case: | Ross v. Alsmadi |
| Type: | Class Action; Unpaid Wages |
| 100 | |
| Amount: | $970,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel W. Johnson, Rachel E. Ferlauto of Berglund & Johnson |
| Case: | Hill v. Heritage Gardens Health Care Center, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Elder Abuse; Nursing Home Malpractice |