Top 50 Verdicts in California in 2017
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $454,150,772.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Avenatti of Eagan Avenatti LLP |
| Case: | Shahinian v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Protection |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $417,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Karen L. Karavatos, Kevin F. Calcagnie, Cynthia L. Garber of Robinson Calcagnie Inc.; Helen E. Zukin of Kiesel Law LLP |
| Case: | Echeverria v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Talc Exposure |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $256,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amnon Z. Siegel of Miller Barondess LLP |
| Case: | Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. v. Superior Auto of Fremont, LLC |
| Type: | Fraudulent Concealment, Negligent Misrepresentation |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $106,875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. David Robertson of Robertson, Johnson, Miller & Williamson; Glenn W. Peterson of Millstone, Peterson & Watts, LLP; Collin J. Cox, R. Paul Yetter, Robert K. Ellis of Yetter Coleman LLP |
| Case: | Hardesty, et al. v. Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Economic Loss, Property Rights |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $60,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence M. Artenian, Daniel M. Kopfman, Nicholas J. P. Wagner, Andrew B. Jones, Angela E. Martinez of Wagner, Jones, Kopfman & Artenian LLP; Stanley D. Saltzman, Russell D. Myrick of Marlin & Saltzman, LLP |
| Case: | Bryan, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $60,055,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew J. Ogilvie, Carol M. Brewer of Anderson, Ogilvie, & Brewer LLP; James A. Francis, John Soumilas, David A. Searles of Francis & Mailman, P.C. |
| Case: | Ramirez v. Trans Union, L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Consumer Protection |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $59,253,846.00 |
| Attorneys: | Russell P. Reiner, Todd E. Slaughter, April K. Stratte of Reiner Slaughter McCartney & Frankel LLP; William R. Bragg, Zachary E. Zwerdling of Bragg, Mainzer, & Firpo LLP; Larry B. Moss of Law Office of Larry B. Moss |
| Case: | Moore v. State of California Department of Transportation |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $36,143,291.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christian T. F. Nickerson, Geoffrey S. Wells, Tobin M. Lanzetta of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP; Andy A. Basseri of Law Offices of Andy Basseri |
| Case: | Sanchez v. Durham School Services, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, School Bus Accident |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $35,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garo Mardirossian, Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Ekbatani v. United Independent Taxi Drivers Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $34,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | H. Sean Banafsheh, Kevin Danesh, Raphael D. Javid of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC |
| Case: | Casillas v. Landstar Ranger Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $31,158,836.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Christopher V. Bulone of Dordick Law Corporation; Marc J. Katzman of Marc Katzman Law |
| Case: | Sosa v. Shabun, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $28,215,278.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Bidart, Danica L. Crittenden of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP |
| Case: | Rahm v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $26,953,169.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lars C. Johnson of Grassini, Wrinkle & Johnson |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Atlas Construction Supply Inc |
| Type: | Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Defective Product |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $25,142,120.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tamara Freeze, Robert A. Odell of Workplace Justice Advocates, PLC |
| Case: | Babyak v. Cardiovascular Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $24,931,059.00 |
| Attorneys: | F. Jerome Tapley, Hirlye R. Lutz, D. Brett Turnbull, Adam W. Pittman of Cory Watson, PC; Vicki I. Sarmiento of Law Offices of Vicki I. Sarmiento; Kirk J. Wolden of Carter Wolden Curtis, LLP; Paul R. Kiesel, D. Bryan Garcia, Steven D. Archer of Kiesel Law LLP |
| Case: | Cruz v. Nissan North America Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Wrongful Death |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $24,289,696.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher H. Whelan of Law Offices of Christopher H. Whelan, Inc.; Brian D. Whelan of Whelan Law Group |
| Case: | King v. U.S. Bank National Association |
| Type: | Defamation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $24,260,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Nevin, Jr., Jordan Elizabeth Scott of Brayton Purcell, LLP |
| Case: | Lucas v. Triple A Machine Shop, Inc. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Mesothelioma |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $22,170,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Denise Abrams, Joseph D. Satterley, Justin A. Bosl, Carole M. Bosch, Donovan Hunter of Kazan, McClain, Satterly & Greenwood |
| Case: | Estate of Booker v. Imerys Talc America, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Talc Exposure, Mesothelioma |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $21,348,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alvin L. Pittman of Law Office of Alvin L. Pittman |
| Case: | Harper v. Nationwide Life Insurance Company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Insurance Bad Faith, Unfair Competition |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $20,960,518.00 |
| Attorneys: | Glenn E. Solomon, Daron L. Tooch, Katherine M. Dru, Amanda L. Hayes-Kibreab, Lillie A. Werner Singh of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC |
| Case: | County of San Bernardino v. Blue Cross of California |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith, Unfair Business Practices, Quantum Meruit |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $20,334,632.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sherry S. Bragg, Gary A. Waldron of Weintraub Tobin |
| Case: | Kurtin v. Elieff |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $18,572,942.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Piuze of Law Office of Michael J. Piuze |
| Case: | Haynes v. Pak, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $17,394,972.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd F. Nevell, Daniel G. Sheldon of Scolinos, Sheldon & Nevell |
| Case: | Pearl v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $16,948,377.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ricardo Echeverria, Kristin E. Hobbs of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP; Dennis A. Thayer of Law Office of Dennis A. Thayer |
| Case: | Meier v. Pennysaver USA L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $16,673,514.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Mark I. Lim of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; Pedram "Peter" A. Javanmardi of Javanmardi Law |
| Case: | Moland v. McWane Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $15,544,413.00 |
| Attorneys: | Damien J. Miranda of Law Office of Damien J. Miranda, APC |
| Case: | Santos-Vidal v. Hongye |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $15,030,719.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Taylor Rayfield, Alan L. VanGelder of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP; Alex Sarajian, Paula E. Salcedo of Sarajian Law Group |
| Case: | Leyva v. Sandman |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas V. Girardi, Keith D. Griffin of Girardi | Keese; Ebby S Bakhtiar of Livingston Bakhtiar; Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Astorga v. Snap-On Logistics Company |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Defamation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Taylor Rayfield of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | George v. First Service Residential California LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $13,820,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher E. Angelo, Joseph DiMonda of Angelo & Di Monda, LLP |
| Case: | Deleon v. Fregoso, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $13,488,765.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony J. Dain, Frederick K. Taylor, Dave S. Deonarine, J. Christopher Jaczko of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP |
| Case: | Kaneka Corporation v. SKC Kolon PI, Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Unfair Competition |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $12,958,461.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey A. Kaiser, Lawrence J. Gornick, David Markevitch of Kaiser Gornick LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Lopez v. The Hillshire Brands Co. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Wrongful Death, Mesothelioma |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $12,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Newman of Robert D. Newman, Attorney at Law; Cornelia Dai, Randy Renick of Hadsell Stormer & Renick LLP; Bertram G. Voorhees, Lauren K. Teukolsky, Rebecca P. Fisher of Traber & Voorhees |
| Case: | Murphy v. CVS Caremark Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $12,055,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean R. Laird of The Law Firm of Sean R. Laird |
| Case: | Doe, Pro ami Johnson v. FamiliesFirst, Inc. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Assault |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $10,897,637.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Vartazarian of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC; William A. Daniels of Daniel's Law; James A. Morris, Jr., of Morris Law Firm |
| Case: | Cobb v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $10,778,626.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher Montes de Oca of Law Offices of Christopher Montes de Oca; Artin Yadegarian of Law Offices of Artin Yadegarian; Stewart H. Lim of Stewart Lim & Associates |
| Case: | M.C., Pro Ami v. Mathews |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric A. Panitz, Michael A. DesJardins of DesJardins & Panitz LLP; J. Bernard Alexander, III, Joshua M. Arnold of Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP |
| Case: | Flores v. Office Depot Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph D. Satterley, Justin A. Bosl, Arcelia L. Hurtado, Ted W. Pelletier, Mark A. Swanson, Andrea C. Huston of Kazan, McClain, Satterly & Greenwood |
| Case: | Burch v. Certainteed Corp. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Mesothelioma |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $9,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Golnar J. Fozi, Jeremy M. Dwork of Meyers Fozi & Dwork, LLP |
| Case: | Morin v. Sunrise Medical (US) L.L.C. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Product Liability |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $9,423,695.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert E. Allen, J. Michael Hennigan, Scott Cole, Caroline M. Walters, Elizabeth S. Lachman, Mike McKool, Karlanna M. Lewis of McKool Smith |
| Case: | Jones v. MJJ Productions Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $9,254,397.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert W. Mansell, Amanda Derby of Mansell & Mansell, APC |
| Case: | Dearing v. Cabo Cantina |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Intentional Tort |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $8,461,391.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Mark I. Lim of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Mitchell v. SEIU Local 721, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $8,442,773.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Noemi Esparza of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Alvarez v. Syar Industries, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $8,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. Keane of The Keane Law Firm P.C.; Edward C. Stark of Cron, Israels & Stark; Jennifer J. Lothert of Young Ward & Lothert |
| Case: | Miller v. Sutter Sacramento Sierra Region, et al. |
| Type: | Hospital Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Child Abuse |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $8,078,671.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher Van Gundy, Arthur S. Garrett, William E. Gaar of Keller and Heckman LLP; G. David Godwin, Wallace E. Smith, Gonzalo C. Martinez, Robert Binion of Squire Patton Boggs |
| Case: | Townsend Farms Inc. v. Goknur Gida |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Indemnification, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Bomberger, Stephen J. Estey, Mary Bajo of Estey & Bomberger, LLP |
| Case: | Doe, Pro ami v. Park, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $7,960,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James M. Wagstaffe, Michael von Loewenfeldt, Ivo M. Labar, Kenneth Nabity, Kevin B. Clune of Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP |
| Case: | Wadler v. Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $7,837,053.38 |
| Attorneys: | Justin K. Strassburg, William R. Gilmore, Adam R. Lugo of Strassburg, Gilmore & Wei, LLP |
| Case: | Takemura v. Pacific Tank Lines, Inc, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $7,619,257.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard A. Kapp of Law Offices of Howard A. Kapp |
| Case: | Licudine v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Surgical Error |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $7,534,964.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Nevin, Jr., Gilbert L. Purcell, Alan R. Brayton, Garen Nazarian, David R. Donadio, Jamie A. Newbold of Brayton Purcell, LLP |
| Case: | Shaw v. John Crane Inc. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Mesothelioma |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $7,225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Gianelli of Gianelli & Morris, A Law Corp.; René J. Kern, Jr. of The Kern Law Group PC |
| Case: | LaRue v. Accountable Health Care IPA |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith, Personal Injury |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $6,789,130.37 |
| Attorneys: | Eva D. Silva, Daniel C. Schaar of Schaar & Silva LLP; Paul D. Van Der Walde of Caputo & Van Der Walde, LLP |
| Case: | Wessling v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co., et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |