Number 2 Verdicts in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of the second-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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| $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.2 in: | Class Action |
| $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. |
| No.2 in: | Consumer Protection |
| $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.2 in: | Personal 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.2 in: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Brain Injury |
| $35,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Garo Mardirossian, Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Ekbatani v. United Independent Taxi Drivers Inc. |
| No.2 in: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability |
| $26,953,169.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Lars C. Johnson of Grassini, Wrinkle & Johnson |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Atlas Construction Supply Inc |
| No.2 in: | Product Liability |
| $25,142,120.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Tamara Freeze, Robert A. Odell of Workplace Justice Advocates, PLC |
| Case: | Babyak v. Cardiovascular Systems Inc. |
| No.2 in: | Labor & Employment |
| $24,931,059.00 | |
| Attorneys: | F. Jerome Tapley, Hirlye R. Lutz, D. Brett Turnbull, Adam W. Pittman of Cory Watson, P.C; 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. |
| No.2 in: | Wrongful Death |
| $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.2 in: | Wrongful Termination |
| $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.2 in: | Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety |
| $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.2 in: | Asbestos Exposure, Talc Exposure, Mesothelioma |
| $21,348,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alvin L. Pittman of Law Office of Alvin L. Pittman |
| Case: | Harper v. Nationwide Life Insurance Company |
| No.2 in: | Unfair Competition |
| $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 |
| No.2 in: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith |
| $17,394,972.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Todd F. Nevell, Daniel G. Sheldon of Scolinos, Sheldon & Nevell |
| Case: | Pearl v. City of Los Angeles |
| No.2 in: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation |
| $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. |
| No.2 in: | Work Accident |
| $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.2 in: | Civil Rights Violation |
| $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.2 in: | Defamation |
| $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. |
| No.2 in: | Wage and Hour Violation |
| $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.2 in: | Negligent Supervision |
| $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. |
| No.2 in: | Disability Discrimination |
| $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. |
| No.2 in: | Failure to Warn |
| $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. |
| No.2 in: | Professional Negligence |
| $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 |
| No.2 in: | Negligent Misrepresentation |
| $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.2 in: | Assault and Battery |
| $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. |
| No.2 in: | Whistleblower Retaliation |
| $7,619,257.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Howard A. Kapp of Law Offices of Howard A. Kapp |
| Case: | Licudine v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| No.2 in: | Medical Malpractice |
| $6,761,375.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Heather M. Sager, Ayse Kuzucuoglu, Alain Villeneuve, Michael J. Waters, John K. Burke of Vedder Price |
| Case: | Fitness Anywhere L.L.C. v. Woss Enterprises L.L.C. |
| No.2 in: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement |
| $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.2 in: | Gunshot |
| $5,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Donald G. Liddy of Liddy Law Firm; Thomas J. Johnston of Johnston & Hutchinson LLP |
| Case: | Annocki v. Peterson Enterprises LLC |
| No.2 in: | Motorcycle Accident |
| $4,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | George McLaughlin of Warshauer-McLaughlin Law Group, P.C.; Steven R. Vartazarian of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Alan Warner and Patricia Warner v. Wright Medical Technology |
| No.2 in: | Defective Product |
| $4,335,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Kitty K. Szeto of PARRIS; Kevin I. Shenkman of Shenkman & Hughes |
| Case: | Alwyn Wilkinson v. Halo Resorts Inc. |
| No.2 in: | Consumer Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment |
| $3,600,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian T. Dunn, Megan R. Gyongyos of The Cochran Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Robertson v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Excessive Force |
| $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.2 in: | Landlord-Tenant |
| $3,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mark R. Pachowicz, Kathleen L. Crouch, Jonathan Russell of Law Offices of Mark R. Pachowicz |
| Case: | Bedetti v. City of Long Beach, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Malicious Prosecution, False Arrest |
| $2,750,998.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel E. Park, Christopher C. Cianci of Daniel E. Park Law Corporation |
| Case: | Hong v. Lee |
| No.2 in: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| $2,609,200.00 | |
| Attorneys: | G. Dana Scruggs, III, Samuel Forbes-Roberts of Cartwright, Scruggs, Fulton & Walther |
| Case: | Doe v. Newark Unified School District |
| No.2 in: | Sexual Abuse |
| $2,534,613.00 | |
| Attorneys: | George B. Singer, Olivier A. Taillieu, Judd R. Allen, Maura Gewirtz of The Dominguez Firm |
| Case: | Castro v. Deok, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Falling Object |
| $2,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | J. Mira Hashmall, Casey B. Sypek of Miller Barondess LLP |
| Case: | Coyle v. Regents of The University of California, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Gender Discrimination |
| $2,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy D. Jass of Jass Law; Holly N. Boyer, Shea S. Murphy of Esner Chang & Boyer; Daniel K. Balaban of Balaban & Spielberger, LLP |
| Case: | A.C. v. County of Orange, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Sexual Assault |
| $2,073,374.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jacob J. Rivas of Law Office of Jacob J. Rivas |
| Case: | Kaur v. Homegoods Inc. |
| No.2 in: | Trip and Fall |
| $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 |
| No.2 in: | Sexual Harassment |
| $1,537,154.75 | |
| Attorneys: | Dennis P. Riley of Mesisca Riley & Kreitenberg LLP |
| Case: | Foster v. Madison Harbor ALC, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Legal Malpractice |
| $1,450,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jake Douglass, Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Stein v. County of Los Angeles |
| No.2 in: | Truck Accident |
| $1,228,050.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dana M. Cole, Nancy Cole Loeterman of Law Offices Cole & Loeterman |
| Case: | Ewart v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Bicycle Accident |
| $1,180,209.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Terry M. Goldberg, Bradley C. Gage, Milad Sadr of Law Offices of Goldberg & Gage; Peter J. Horton of Newman & Horton LLP |
| Case: | Garcia v. City of Chula Vista |
| No.2 in: | Age Discrimination |
| $804,001.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; Ebby S Bakhtiar of Livingston Bakhtiar |
| Case: | Williams v. Ralphs Grocery Co. |
| No.2 in: | Race Discrimination |
| $680,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John T. Richards of John T. Richards, APLC |
| Case: | Blalock v. Otay Water District |
| No.2 in: | Inverse Condemnation, Property Damage |
| $626,600.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Tristan G. Pelayes, Jacob P. Menicucci of Wagner & Pelayes, LLP |
| Case: | Rojas v. Albaba, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Constructive Discharge |
| $587,351.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Cynthia R. Chihak, Amy R. Martel, John A. Hammerstrand, Nathan G. Batterman of Chihak & Martel |
| Case: | Hunt v. Drosman |
| No.2 in: | Surgical Error |
| $546,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Virag of MyBedBugLawyer, Inc. |
| Case: | McKindra, et al. v. Heritage Inn of Rancho Cucamonga |
| No.2 in: | Bed Bug Bite |
| $545,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David A. Cooper of The Cooper Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Sun v. Min Maw International Inc. |
| No.2 in: | Unjust Enrichment |
| $460,800.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey S. Young, Jacob P. Ainciart of Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Young; Darren J. Quinn of Law Offices of Darren J. Quinn; Jason A. Aquilino of Aquilino Law |
| Case: | Greg Young Publishing Inc. v. Zazzle Inc. |
| No.2 in: | Copyright Infringement |
| $402,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dane Levy, Eric C. Demler, Bjorn Burlin of Levy Law Firm |
| Case: | Boyle v. Jordan, D.D.S. |
| No.2 in: | Dental Malpractice |
| $259,400.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John R. Pollitt of John Pollitt Law Offices; Bruce L. Schechter of PARRIS |
| Case: | Heynold v. Zilinskas |
| No.2 in: | Dog Bite |
| $234,124.36 | |
| Attorneys: | Todd S. Bissell of Bissell Law Corporation |
| Case: | Borowski v. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Slip and Fall |