Top 50 Court Awards in California in 2017
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $6,139,078.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward R. Huguenin, Robert J. Kahn, James L. Bothwell of Hall Huguenin LLP |
| Case: | Meritage Homes of California Inc. v. Peppertree Village - VII L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $2,981,820.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rachael B. Tillman, William J. Trinkle, Paul C. Minney, Andrew G. Minney, Suzanne A. Tollefson of Young, Minney & Corr, LLP |
| Case: | Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise v. Denley Investment Management Company, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Landlord-Tenant |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $2,395,644.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher W. Wood of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Tang v. Accor Lodging North America, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip and Fall, Failure to Maintain |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $2,004,507.00 |
| Attorneys: | John S. Roth of Law Offices of John S. Roth |
| Case: | Flores v. Danks |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Promissory Note |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark H. Wagner of Wagner Legal Group |
| Case: | Finelli v. TS Capital L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Labor & Employment |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $1,899,434.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey W. Griffith of Law Offices of Jeffrey W. Griffith |
| Case: | Kianmahd v. Namvar |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Conversion, Promissory Note |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $1,807,559.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sima R. Salek of Law Office of Sima Salek; Brandon S. Reif, Richard P. Tricker, Rachel D. Dardashti of Winget Spadafora & Schwartzberg LLP |
| Case: | Setareh v. Elyaszadeh |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Negligent Misrepresentation, Unfair Business Practices, Conversion, Promissory Note, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles A. Swartz of Cornman & Swartz |
| Case: | Disalvo v. Disalvo |
| Type: | Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $1,461,467.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Chambers, Benjamin C. Wohlfeil of Gomez Trial Attorneys; Jason E. Baker of Keegan & Baker, LLP |
| Case: | Moore v. USA |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $1,298,215.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerry A. Kaplan, David S. Kadin of Kaplan, Kenegos & Kadin |
| Case: | Astan v. Molayem |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Property Rights, Conversion, Promissory Note |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven I. Hochfelsen of Hochfelsen & Kani, LLP |
| Case: | Samen v. Berkowitz |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $1,162,727.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Felton, Yi Sun Kim, Larry A. Rothstein of Greenberg & Bass |
| Case: | Le Vine v. Teitelbaum |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $1,064,426.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul W. Tozer, Thomas W. Barth of Barth Daly LLP |
| Case: | Sacramento E.D.M., Inc. v. Hynes Aviation Industries, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $848,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William G. Bissell of Law Offices of William G. Bissell |
| Case: | The Spartan Associates, Inc. v. Humphreys |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $844,140.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig Nicholas, Alex Tomasevic, Lacy Wells of Nicholas & Tomasevic, LLP |
| Case: | Arnold v. San Diego Second Chance Program |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Stoll, Jr. of Stoll, Nussbaum & Polakov APC |
| Case: | Valenzuela v. Anaheim Arena Management LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arthur Grebow, Julie H. Rubin of Grebow & Rubin LLP |
| Case: | Jefferson Pointe Professional Center Property Owners Association v. Anderson |
| Type: | Property Rights, Conversion |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $744,957.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas L. Gourde of Ray & Gourde LLP; Curtis P. Holdsworth of Lerman & Pointer, LLP |
| Case: | Frye v. Wages |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Conspiracy, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $704,044.00 |
| Attorneys: | Yalan Zheng, Stella K. Park of Law Offices of Park & Zheng |
| Case: | Huo v. Liu |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $685,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen T. Erb of Stephen Thomas Erb A.P.C. |
| Case: | Miller v. Jonkman |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $669,623.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pamela S. Liosi, Eric V. Traut of Traut Firm |
| Case: | Wilson v. Winans, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $669,127.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Ryu of Ryu, Weimortz & Murphy LLP |
| Case: | SQA & KC International, S.A. v. Regent Global Sourcing, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $603,554.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew H. Wolff, Christopher D. Beatty, Sheena Patel of Law Offices of Andrew Wolff, P.C. |
| Case: | Fernandez v. Villas Papillon L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Landlord-Tenant |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $587,139.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard S. Fisher of Law Offices of Howard S. Fisher |
| Case: | XEO International Ltd. v. Fantasia Distribution Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Misrepresentation |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $510,360.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc E. Rohatiner, Jason M. Flom, Marc Y. Lazo of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP |
| Case: | JH Capital Group L.L.C. v. Wind Hawk Energy Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $497,926.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander G. Boone, Frances M. Campbell, Joanne E. Belisle, Nima Farahani of Campbell & Farahani LLP |
| Case: | Phelps v. Bishop |
| Type: | Fraud, Misrepresentation, Fraudulent Transfer, Financial Abuse |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $485,235.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lee E. Burrows, Marissa D. Sunio, Maria Akopyan of Law Offices of Lee E. Burrows, APC |
| Case: | Raeisi Group Inc. v. Hovsepian |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment, Conversion, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $394,357.00 |
| Attorneys: | Devon M. Lyon of Lyon Legal PC |
| Case: | Relativity Accounting and Finance L.L.C. v. Argote |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Retaliation, Unfair Competition, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $384,301.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Young Lim, Jessie Y. Kim of Park & Lim; Chad Biggins of Biggins Law Group |
| Case: | Silla America, Inc. v. Dreamstation, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $365,785.00 |
| Attorneys: | John R. Armstrong, Vanoli V. Chander, Susan E. Lewis Roche of Horwitz Armstrong |
| Case: | Allert v. Hanson |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $337,359.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Waller Jr. of Law Office of Robert A. Waller Jr. |
| Case: | Dunagan v. Plp Home Repair, Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $318,662.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachariah E. Moura, Joseph S. Fischbach of Fischbach & Fischbach |
| Case: | Tyan Inc. v. Garcia |
| Type: | Conspiracy, Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $317,332.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas M. Geher, Erin E. Daly of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell LLP |
| Case: | Feltman v. American Logistics International L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $304,795.00 |
| Attorneys: | David F. Mastan, M. Joy Stephenson-Laws, Barry Sullivan, Richard A. Lovich of Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman Inc. |
| Case: | The Regents of the University of California v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $304,572.00 |
| Attorneys: | Evan M. Selik of Selik & Associates APC; Jason H. Friedman, Lawrence J. Friedman, John Sokatch of Friedman & Feiger L.L.P.; Christian J. Scali, John Swenson, Gus N. Paras of Scali Rasmussen |
| Case: | Tricolor Auto Group L.L.C. v. 603 San Fernando Road L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unfair Competition |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $304,022.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen E. Carlson of Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, LLP |
| Case: | Pneuma International Inc. v. Cho |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $301,920.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander Prieto; Tucker Wisdom-Stack of Los Angeles Department of Transportation |
| Case: | The People of the State of California v. Universal Tree Service |
| Type: | Property Damage |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $301,359.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jorge Ledezma of Ledezma Law Group |
| Case: | Demascio v. Flores |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Misrepresentation, Property Rights, Unjust Enrichment |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $297,700.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Sharp of Central American Resource Center; Clemente Franco of Law Offices of Clemente Franco APC |
| Case: | Parada v. Cabrera |
| Type: | Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Unfair Competition, Intentional Tort, Immigration |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $280,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John H. Oh of Law Offices of John H. Oh & Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Suh v. Yi |
| Type: | Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $275,386.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert L. Wilkes, Micah L. Wilkes of Law Office of Robert L. Wilkes |
| Case: | SA Marina LLC v. Rancho Del Chino LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $258,119.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew R. Wiener of Law Office of Andrew R. Weiner; Robert C. Nicholas of Haas & Najarian LLP |
| Case: | IQAir North America Inc. v. Cha La Mirada LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Property Rights, Tortious Interference, Conversion |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott E. Schutzman of Law Offices of Scott E. Schutzman; V. James DeSimone of V. James DeSimone Law |
| Case: | Estate of Honda v. USA |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $242,380.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel A. Platt, Jed I. Lowenthal, David Grossman of Loeb & Loeb |
| Case: | Torosyan v. Kostanyan |
| Type: | Property Rights, Nuisance |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $234,155.00 |
| Attorneys: | Julian A. Pollok of Julian A. Pollok, A Professional Corporation |
| Case: | Newark Special Technology Inc. v. Tower Industries Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $216,782.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley D. Pierce of Pierce Law Firm |
| Case: | Savala v. Marshall |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $210,417.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. David DiJulio, Valeria Granata of DiJulio Law Group |
| Case: | Ko v. Liang |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Property Rights, Unjust Enrichment, Quantum Meruit, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Mans, Jack A. Fierstadt, Brandon A. Carroll of Fierstadt & Mans, LLP |
| Case: | Cardinal Development L.L.C. v. Smith |
| Type: | Malicious Prosecution, Property Rights, Intentional Tort, Abuse Of Process, Emotional Distress |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $188,009.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven M. Garber, Jordan C. Pratty, Geoffrey Crisp of Steven M. Garber & Associates |
| Case: | Langer’s Delicatessen, Inc. v. Wong |
| Type: | Fraudulent Concealment, Fraudulent Transfer |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $187,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter L. Nisson of Law Office of Nisson & Nisson; Anh Q.D. Nguyen of Law Offices of Anh Q. D. Nguyen; Timothy J. Ryan of Timothy J. Ryan & Associates; Stephen J. Mooney of Law Offices of Stephen J. Mooney |
| Case: | Do v. Twin Town Corp. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |