Number 1 Verdicts in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of the largest – in each applicable case type (category) – plaintiff and cross-claimant jury verdicts obtained in the State of California in the year 2017. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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| $454,150,772.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Avenatti of Eagan Avenatti LLP |
| Case: | Shahinian v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Protection |
| $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. |
| No. 1 in: * | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Talc Exposure |
| $256,450,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Amnon Z. Siegel of Miller Barondess LLP |
| Case: | Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. v. Superior Auto of Fremont, LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Fraudulent Concealment, Negligent Misrepresentation |
| $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 |
| No. 1 in: * | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Property Rights |
| $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. |
| No. 1 in: * | Unfair Competition, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| $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 |
| No. 1 in: * | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury |
| $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. |
| No. 1 in: * | School Bus Accident |
| $35,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Garo Mardirossian, Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Ekbatani v. United Independent Taxi Drivers Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motorcycle Accident |
| $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 |
| No. 1 in: * | Delayed Diagnosis, Medical Malpractice, Professional Negligence |
| $26,953,169.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Lars C. Johnson of Grassini, Wrinkle & Johnson |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Atlas Construction Supply Inc |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Death, Defective Product |
| $25,142,120.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Tamara Freeze, Robert A. Odell of Workplace Justice Advocates, PLC |
| Case: | Babyak v. Cardiovascular Systems Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination |
| $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 |
| No. 1 in: * | Defamation |
| $24,260,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | James P. Nevin, Jr., Jordan Elizabeth Scott of Brayton Purcell, LLP |
| Case: | Lucas v. Triple A Machine Shop, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Asbestos Exposure, Mesothelioma |
| $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. |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Warn |
| $21,348,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alvin L. Pittman of Law Office of Alvin L. Pittman |
| Case: | Harper v. Nationwide Life Insurance Company |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith |
| $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. |
| No. 1 in: * | Race Discrimination |
| $15,544,413.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Damien J. Miranda of Law Office of Damien J. Miranda, APC |
| Case: | Santos-Vidal v. Hongye |
| No. 1 in: * | Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment |
| $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 |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligent Supervision |
| $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 |
| No. 1 in: * | Disability Discrimination |
| $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. |
| No. 1 in: * | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement |
| $12,055,800.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Sean R. Laird of The Law Firm of Sean R. Laird |
| Case: | Doe, Pro ami Johnson v. FamiliesFirst, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Sexual Assault |
| $9,254,397.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert W. Mansell, Amanda Derby of Mansell & Mansell, APC |
| Case: | Dearing v. Cabo Cantina |
| No. 1 in: * | Assault and Battery |
| $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. |
| No. 1 in: * | Whistleblower Retaliation |
| $8,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael Bomberger, Stephen J. Estey, Mary Bajo of Estey & Bomberger, LLP |
| Case: | Doe, Pro ami v. Park, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Sexual Abuse |
| $7,619,257.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Howard A. Kapp of Law Offices of Howard A. Kapp |
| Case: | Licudine v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| No. 1 in: * | Surgical Error |
| $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. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bicycle Accident |
| $6,750,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Zuckerman of Law Office of Michael J. Zuckerman; Michael D. Payne of Law Offices of Michael D. Payne |
| Case: | Van Dyke v. Estate of Pace |
| No. 1 in: * | Murder, Gunshot |
| $6,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dale K. Galipo, Melanie T. Partow of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; Stewart L. Katz of Law Office of Stewart Katz; Moseley C. Collins of Moseley Collins Law |
| Case: | Rose And Rose v. County of Sacramento, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Excessive Force |
| $6,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Haytham Faraj, Nicholas C. Rowley of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Theresa Bowen Hatch of Bowen Hatch Law, PC |
| Case: | Lopez v. Here We Go, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Inadequate Security |
| $5,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel A. Reisman of Reisman & Reisman; John J. Perlstein of Law Office of John J. Perlstein |
| Case: | Curry v. Academy Pointe, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Landlord-Tenant |
| $5,005,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jeff D. Price of Jeff Dominic Price |
| Case: | J.N. v. Detective Hendrickson |
| No. 1 in: * | Malicious Prosecution, False Arrest |
| $5,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael D. Thamer of Law Offices of Michael D. Thamer; W. Timothy Needham of Janssen Malloy LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Monschke v. Timber Ridge Assisted Living L.L.C., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Nursing Home Malpractice |
| $4,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mary Lu, Lauren M. Lookofsky of Kermisch & Paletz, LLP |
| Case: | Chung v. Liu |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| $3,538,331.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Virag of MyBedBugLawyer, Inc. |
| Case: | Vivian Hsu, et al. v. La Park La Brea LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bed Bug Bite |
| $3,100,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Siamak Vaziri, Stefano G. Formica, David C. Shay of Vaziri Law Group |
| Case: | Barnett v. Westfield Group |
| No. 1 in: * | Trip and Fall |
| $3,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John C. Carpenter, Brian J. Kim of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Palma v. Mckenzie |
| No. 1 in: * | Moped Accident, Truck Accident |
| $2,860,914.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John N. Demas of Demas Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Record v. Reese |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object |
| $2,678,431.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John H. Howard, Brett C. Templeman of Lowthorp, Richards, McMillan, Miller & Templeman |
| Case: | Al-Awar v. Golden State Water Company |
| No. 1 in: * | Inverse Condemnation |
| $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. |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Damage |
| $2,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dale K. Galipo of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; John C. Fattahi of Law Office of John C. Fattahi |
| Case: | Estate of Borges v. County of Humboldt, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Prison Negligence |
| $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 |
| No. 1 in: * | Legal Malpractice |
| $1,680,300.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Stephen R. Cornwell of Cornwell & Sample LLP; Todd B. Barsotti of Barsotti Law PLC; Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Barkley v. Bank of The West |
| No. 1 in: * | Age Discrimination |
| $1,670,239.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Bryan C. Altman of The Altman Law Group; Steve B. Mikhov, Lauren Ungs of Knight Law Group LLP; Mark D. O'Connor of O'Connor Law Group |
| Case: | Margeson v. Ford Motor Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Lemon Law and False Advertising |
| $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 |
| No. 1 in: * | Constructive Discharge |
| $1,100,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Haddad, Julia Sherwin, Maya M. Sorensen, T. Kennedy Helm of Haddad & Sherwin LLP |
| Case: | May v. San Mateo County, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Dog Bite |
| $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 |
| No. 1 in: * | Unjust Enrichment |
| $751,295.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Fay Arghavani of Law Offices of Fay Arghavani; Sassan A. Mackay of Commerce Law Group |
| Case: | Ceja v. Choi, D.D.S. |
| No. 1 in: * | Dental Malpractice |
| $480,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Stephen M. Doniger, Scott A. Burroughs, Frank Gregory Casella of Doniger Burroughs |
| Case: | Desire, L.L.C. v. Manna Textiles, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Copyright Infringement |
| $478,200.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ian Herzog, Susan E. Abitanta of Herzog, Yuhas, Ehrlich & Ardell, APC |
| Case: | Fenton v. L.A. Desserts Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Slip and Fall |