Top 50 Breach of Contract Verdicts in California in 2017
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| 1 | |
| 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 |
| 2 | |
| 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 |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $20,334,632.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sherry S. Bragg , Gary A. Waldron of Weintraub Tobin |
| Case: | Kurtin v. Elieff |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $16,004,204.00 |
| Attorneys: | James G. Damon, Daniel S. Kippen of Voss Cook & Thel LLP |
| Case: | Geddes v. Ko’s Anaheim Prof. Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Tortious Interference, Nuisance, Landlord-Tenant, Failure to Maintain |
| 5 | |
| 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 |
| 6 | |
| 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, Indemnity, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 7 | |
| 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 |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $5,702,364.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard K. Howell, Kathryn D.Z. Domin of Rutan & Tucker, LLP |
| Case: | Wijay v. Auction.com L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Quantum Meruit |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $4,124,275.00 |
| Attorneys: | Louis R. Miller, Jason R. Tokoro of Miller Barondess LLP; Peter L. Duncan, Lynn M. Beekman of Pyle Sims Duncan & Stevenson, APC |
| Case: | PureFitness Downtown Sports Club, Inc. v. Westgate Hotel Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $4,008,591.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerald E. Gale, Robert E. Lewis, Lawrence J. Poteet of Ablon, Lewis, Bass & Gale, LLP |
| Case: | Elysian Care Corp. v. Lawndale Healthcare & Wellness Center L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Promissory Note |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mary Lu, Lauren M. Lookofsky of Kermisch & Paletz, LLP |
| Case: | Chung v. Liu |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Intentional Tort |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $3,538,331.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Virag of MyBedBugLawyer, Inc. |
| Case: | Hsu, et al. v. La Park La Brea LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Bed Bug Bite, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Nuisance, Landlord-Tenant |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $3,238,004.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey B. Valle, Susan L. Klein, Ilan Wisnia of Valle Makoff LLP; Peter H. Klee, Theona Zhordania of McKenna Long & Aldridge L.L.P |
| Case: | Zenith Insurance Company v. Michael Ehrenfeld Company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Indemnity |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,232,617.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen C. Grebing, Andrew A. Servais, Amy L. Simonson of Wingert, Grebing, Brubaker & Juskie, LLP |
| Case: | City of Imperial v. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Negligent Misrepresentation, Product Liability, Unfair Competition |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,564,260.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard M. Foster, Sylvia Sultanyan of Law Offices of Richard M. Foster; Marc Smith, Jeremy D. Smith, Benjamin J. Smith, Daniel L. Reback of Krane & Smith APC |
| Case: | Saribekyan v. Bank of America, N.A. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Deceptive Trade Practices, Property Damage, Unfair Business Practices, Intentional Tort |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,263,377.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael M. Amir, Amy I. Borlund of Doll Amir & Eley LLP; Jeffrey D. Nodd of Nodd Law Group |
| Case: | Frenkel v. L.A. Micro Group Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Conversion |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,170,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jared T. Walker of Law Office of Jared T. Walker, P.C.; Karen M. Goodman of Goodman & Associates |
| Case: | Staaveren v. Brown |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Legal Malpractice, Professional Malpractice |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $2,016,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin C. Jones, Nicole Lovelock of Jones Lovelock; Scott D. Hughes of Law Offices of Scott D. Hughes |
| Case: | Kellstrom v. Kellstrom |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Conversion |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $2,015,101.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jodi K. Swick, Robert D. Whitney of McDowell Hetherington; Robert P. Johnson, Emily Gallagher Montion of Thompson Hine |
| Case: | Macrotron Systems Inc. v. Gooch & Housego L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Landlord-Tenant |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,885,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander E. Cunny, Vince W. Finaldi, John C. Manly of Manly, Stewart & Finaldi; William R. Fuhrman of Law Office of William R. Fuhrman |
| Case: | Hagan v. Army and Navy Academy |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Negligent Supervision, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Intentional Tort |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,670,239.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan C. Altman of The Altman Law Group; Steve B. Mikhov, Lauren A. Ungs of Knight Law Group LLP; Mark D. O'Connor of O'Connor Law Group |
| Case: | Margeson v. Ford Motor Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, False Advertising, Fraudulent Concealment, Consumer Protection, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,613,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Katrina A. Foley, Sachiyo Y. Miller, Nida L. Henderson of The Foley Group PLC; B. James Pantone of Pantone Law |
| Case: | Lopez v. Morgan |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,603,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Virag of MyBedBugLawyer, Inc. |
| Case: | Lilliana Martinez, et al. v. Amusement Six Apartments LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Premises Liability, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Nuisance, Emotional Distress |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,334,072.98 |
| Attorneys: | Evangeline F. Grossman of Evangeline Fisher Grossman Law; Brian S. Kabateck, Shant A. Karnikian of Kabateck LLP |
| Case: | Lopez v. IDS Property Casualty Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | M. Candice Bryner, Tumy N. Nguyen of Law Offices of M. Candice Bryner APC |
| Case: | Hetman v. California Capital Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,023,504.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerrold Abeles, Diane B. Roldan of Arent Fox LLP |
| Case: | CP Kelco U.S., Inc. v. Yuan |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Labor & Employment, Civil Theft |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam J. Soibelman, Robin McConnell of R2 Law Group, LLP; Nicholas J. Lanza, Stewart K. Schmella of Lanza Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Segler Holdings, LLC v. Miller |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unfair Business Practices, Unjust Enrichment, Quantum Meruit |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $898,781.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig Holden, Adrianna Kourafas, Dennis J. Holahan, Christopher M. Sargoy of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP |
| Case: | Thread Collective Inc. v. Pixior LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $843,473.00 |
| Attorneys: | David L. Fleck of Law Office of David L. Fleck, Inc.; Philip J. Layfield, Scott A. Newman, Edwin Essakhar of The Layfield Law Firm A.P.C.; Victor J. Daniels of Victor J. Daniels Attorney At Law |
| Case: | Offshore Supply Systems v. CS Industries Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $687,248.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dana Fox , John S. Lowenthal of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP |
| Case: | Ensemble Real Estate Services v. San Antonio Community Hospital |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Indemnity, Negligent Maintenance |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $560,255.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian M. Grossman, Nickolas B. Solish, Aaron M. Gladstein of Tesser Grossman LLP; Raymond L. Asher of Raymond L. Asher APC |
| Case: | Yehuda v. RS West Hollywood LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Tortious Interference |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $544,040.00 |
| Attorneys: | John A. Mayers, John H. Stephens, Christopher B. Ghio of Mulvaney Barry Beatty Linn & Mayers LLP |
| Case: | Promenade Mall Development Corp. v. P.B. Roma’s, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Landlord-Tenant |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $465,660.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Virag of MyBedBugLawyer, Inc. |
| Case: | Reynolds v. 12300-12301 Osborne Place |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Bed Bug Bite, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Nuisance, Landlord-Tenant |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $443,638.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jed I. Lowenthal, Daniel G. Murphy of Loeb & Loeb |
| Case: | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. v. Partners For Payment Relief DE II L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $440,040.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kerry P. Zeiler of Zeiler Law Group APC; Antonio A. Cota of The Cota Law Firm; Thomas J. Tedesco of Law Offices of Thomas J. Tedesco; Jennifer Feres of The Feres Firm APC |
| Case: | Morales v. Thee Aguila Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $338,665.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence C. Ecoff, Kevin T. Kay , Alberto J. Campain of Ecoff Campain & Tilles, LLP |
| Case: | Gevorkyan v. Ekimyan |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conversion |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $338,660.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas A. Moore of Brownstone Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Frazer v. Grand |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $335,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gerard P. Fox , Marina V. Bogorad, Morgan E. Pietz, Belinda M. Vega, Jeffrey Z. Liu, Erika E. Morris of Gerard Fox Law PC |
| Case: | Gregg Ziskind & Associates Inc. v. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips L.L.P. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $317,512.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chad Biggins of Biggins Law Group |
| Case: | SPAP Co. v. Clinical Products |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $302,875.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond E. Kong of Fisher & Kong LLP |
| Case: | Tanaka v. Easton |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conversion |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $272,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kipp Williams, Michael Weitz of Blanchard, Krasner & French, APC |
| Case: | Flannery v. MSi Lighting Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $178,492.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick Shields, Matthew S. Warren, Erika H. Warren, Amy Bailey of Warren Lex LLP |
| Case: | Warren Lex L.L.P. v. Woodbridge Structured Funding L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $177,054.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Y. Igarashi of Law Offices of John Y. Igarashi |
| Case: | Patient Focused Management Inc. v. Pro-Neuro Services L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraudulent Concealment, Negligent Misrepresentation, Unfair Business Practices, Unjust Enrichment, Quantum Meruit |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $152,291.00 |
| Attorneys: | Orlando F. Cabanday of Cabanday Law Group |
| Case: | B&Y Fashion Inc. v. FTC Commercial Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conversion |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua M. Wolff of Wolff Mascaro LLP |
| Case: | Steele v. 4 Copas USA Inc |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $144,990.00 |
| Attorneys: | Russell A. Robinson of The Law Office of Russell A. Robinson |
| Case: | Kapila v. Bhandari |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $135,451.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Patrick Connors III of Connors & Associates; Kevin T. Cauley of Schwartz Semerdjian Cauley & Moot |
| Case: | Moran v. S.C. Anderson Group International, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraudulent Concealment, Property Damage, Construction Defect |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $108,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Octavio Cardona-Loya of Golden & Cardona-Loya LLP |
| Case: | Barron v. JKC Palm Springs Automotive Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Deceptive Trade Practices, Unfair Business Practices, Consumer Protection |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $105,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert N. Hocker of Browning Hocker; Patricia P. Hollenbeck , Heather U. Guerena of Duane Morris LLP |
| Case: | Miller v. Frisbee |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Conversion, Labor & Employment |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $104,400.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Virag of MyBedBugLawyer, Inc. |
| Case: | Fuentes, et al. v. Pioneer Street Associates |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Bed Bug Bite, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Nuisance, Landlord-Tenant |