Top 20 Breach of Contract Verdicts in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 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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| 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 |
| 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, Indemnification |
| 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 Negligence |
| 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, Landlord-Tenant, Click Fraud |
| 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 |