Top 50 Personal Injury Settlements in California in 2016
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Spencer R. Lucas, Thomas A. Schultz, Jake Douglass of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Doe Plaintiff v. Roe Truck Staffing Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Truck Accident |
| 2 | |
| 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 |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| 5 | |
| 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 |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin R. Boyle, Andrew P. Owen of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Shay v. Western Express, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Truck Accident |
| 7 | |
| 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 |
| 8 | |
| 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 |
| 9 | |
| 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 |
| 10 | |
| 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 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Spencer R. Lucas, Jake Douglass of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi 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 |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel H. Deng of Law Offices of Daniel H. Deng; Rahul Ravipudi, Robert S. Glassman of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Huang, et al. v. Monterey Park Garden LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Repair and/or Maintenance; Premises Liability |
| 14 | |
| 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 | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Frazier v. Quinn, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Motorcycle Accident |
| 15 | |
| 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 |
| 16 | |
| 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 |
| 17 | |
| 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 |
| 18 | |
| 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 |
| 19 | |
| 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 |
| 20 | |
| 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 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $3,825,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Adam K. Shea, Ryan A. Casey of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi 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 |
| 22 | |
| 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 |
| 23 (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 |
| 23 (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 |
| 24 | |
| 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: | Personal Injury; Civil Rights Violation; Excessive Force; Law Enforcement |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $2,765,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Rahul Ravipudi of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Probert-Enborg v. Robertson's Ready Mix Ltd. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 26 | |
| 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 |
| 27 (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 |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard S. Sailer of Sailer Law Firm, APC; Patrick K. Gunning of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Sanchez v. E.M. Pizza Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Pedestrian Accident |
| 27 (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 |
| 28 | |
| 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 |
| 29 | |
| 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 |
| 30 | |
| 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 |
| 31 | |
| 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 |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Andriano v. City of Vallejo |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 33 (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 |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stanley K. Jacobs of Jacobs & Jacobs, LLP |
| Case: | Meyer v. Confidential |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 33 (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 |
| 34 | |
| 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 |
| 35 (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 |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin R. Boyle, Robert S. Glassman of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Bermudez v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Pedestrian Accident |
| 36 | |
| 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 |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas Murphy of Murphy & Eftekhari |
| Case: | Salazar v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Pedestrian Accident |
| 37 (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 |
| 38 | |
| 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 |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Stoll, Jr. of Stoll, Nussbaum & Polakov APC |
| Case: | Richter v. Krulish |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 40 (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 |
| 40 (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 |
| 40 (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 |
| 41 | |
| 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 |
| 42 | |
| 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 |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $1,019,925.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Carranza |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 44 (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 |
| 44 (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 |
| 44 (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 |
| 44 (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 |
| 45 | |
| 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 |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carl A. McMahan of McMahan Law, PC |
| Case: | Confidential v. Confidential |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $830,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas D. Shaffer of Law Offices of Gary A. Dordick |
| Case: | Soto v. Kern High School District |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kimberly A. Valentine, Joseph F. Fighera of Valentine Law Group |
| Case: | Andrade v. Upland Community Care, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Elder Abuse; Nursing Home Malpractice |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Werner R. Meissner of Law Office of Werner R. Meissner, APLC; Robert L. Meissner of Law Office of Robert L. Meissner |
| Case: | Chandra v. Chaney |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck v. Car Accident |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $780,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick B. Embrey, Allan F. Davis of Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. |
| Case: | Ruiz v. City of Rialto, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David P. Crandall of Law Offices of David P. Crandall |
| Case: | J.T. v. Meridian Sports Clubs Fullerton LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Fall from Elevation; Premises Liability |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack H. Anthony of Law Offices of Jack H. Anthony; Curtis R. Quay of Law Office of Vikas Bajaj, APC |
| Case: | JC, Pro Ami v. Yucca Trails Community Partners LP, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dangerous Condition; Premises Liability |