Top 20 Car Accident Verdicts in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 Car Accident jury verdicts (plaintiff and cross-claimant) 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: | $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 |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $35,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garo Mardirossian, Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Ekbatani v. United Independent Taxi Drivers Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $34,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | H. Sean Banafsheh, Kevin Danesh, Raphael D. Javid of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC |
| Case: | Casillas v. Landstar Ranger Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $31,158,836.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Christopher V. Bulone of Dordick Law Corporation; Marc J. Katzman of Marc Katzman Law |
| Case: | Sosa v. Shabun; DJI Service L.L.C. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $24,931,059.00 |
| Attorneys: | F. Jerome Tapley, Hirlye R. Lutz, D. Brett Turnbull, Adam W. Pittman of Cory Watson, PC; 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. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Product Liability, Wrongful Death |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $18,572,942.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Piuze of Law Office of Michael J. Piuze |
| Case: | Haynes v. Pak, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $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 |
| Type: | Car Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Taylor Rayfield of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | George v. First Service Residential California LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $13,820,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher E. Angelo, Joseph DiMonda of Angelo & Di Monda, LLP |
| Case: | Deleon v. Fregoso, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $10,897,637.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Vartazarian of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC; William A. Daniels of Daniel's Law; James A. Morris, Jr., of Morris Law Firm |
| Case: | Cobb v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $10,778,626.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher Montes de Oca of Law Offices of Christopher Montes de Oca; Artin Yadegarian of Law Offices of Artin Yadegarian; Stewart H. Lim of Stewart Lim & Associates |
| Case: | M.C., Pro Ami v. Mathews |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $8,442,773.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Noemi Esparza of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Alvarez v. Syar Industries, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $7,837,053.38 |
| Attorneys: | Justin K. Strassburg, William R. Gilmore, Adam R. Lugo of Strassburg, Gilmore & Wei, LLP |
| Case: | Takemura v. Pacific Tank Lines, Inc, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $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 |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motorcycle Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $3,626,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Edmond El Dabe, Jonathan M. Ritter of El Dabe Law Firm |
| Case: | Hahan v. Chuang |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,555,109.00 |
| Attorneys: | David W. Allor of Law Office of David W. Allor |
| Case: | Chau-Barlow v. Lee, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $2,548,244.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pejman A. Ben-Cohen of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Margarit K. Mardirosian, Shant H. Mardirosian of Mardirosian & Mardirosian APLC |
| Case: | Dixon v. Hunziker |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $2,528,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steve F. Carlson, Randy A. Johnson of Law Offices of Carlson & Johnson LLP |
| Case: | Stewart v. County of Orange |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $2,331,075.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew L. Ellis, Britt L. Karp of Ellis Law Corporation |
| Case: | Sanchez v. County of San Bernardino, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |