Top 10 Breach of Contract Verdicts in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 plaintiff's breach of contract jury verdicts obtained in 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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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Breach of Contract Verdicts in California in 2017) you have also made the list of Top 20 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, Indemnification, 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 |