Top 50 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: | Brian J. Panish, 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 |