Top 20 Settlements in California in 2017
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $47,780,780.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Murphy, Jennifer W. Dienhart, Bradford B. Grabske of Murphy & Evertz, LLP |
| Case: | Nyenhuis Family Investments L.L.C. v. County of San Bernardino |
| Type: | Inverse Condemnation, Property Rights |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $37,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Deborah S. Chang, Patrick K. Gunning, Brian J. Panish, Austin G. Ward of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Allen v. Over & Over Ready Mix, Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jake Douglass, Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Doe Plaintiff v. Roe Truck Staffing Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $23,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Brian J. Panish, Rahul Ravipudi of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Lee v. Pupil Transportation Cooperative |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, School Safety, Wrongful Death, Breach of Duty of Care |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $21,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alejandro P. Gutierrez of Hathaway Perrett Webster Powers Chrisman & Gutierrez ; Michael A. Strauss, Daniel J. Palay, Brian D. Hefelfinger of Strauss & Strauss, APC |
| Case: | Martino v. Ecolab Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $18,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George R. Kindley of The Kindley Firm, APC; Robert Hamparyan of Law Offices Of Robert Hamparyan |
| Case: | Ryman-Aavang, et al. v. Hoban, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lindsay B. Battles, Ronald O. Kaye, Barrett S. Litt of Kaye, McLane, Bednarski & Litt LLP |
| Case: | O’Connell v. Smith |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Wrongful Imprisonment |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $13,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven J. Brady of Brady Law Group |
| Case: | Wang v. El Dorado County Transit Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $12,732,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Glugoski, Michael C. Righetti of Righetti Glugoski, PC; Charles A. Jones, Kelly J. McInerney of Jones Law Firm |
| Case: | In re Wells Fargo |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marisa L. Kautz, Brian J. Mankin of Fernandez & Lauby LLP; Kirk D. Hanson of Law Offices of Kirk D. Hanson |
| Case: | Garcia v. Macy's West Stores Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $10,924,420.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Velasco v. Doe Construction, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $9,837,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | James I. Jaconette, Samuel H. Rudman, Shawn A. Williams, Ellen G. Gusikoff of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Joel H. Bernstein, David J. Goldsmith of Labaton Sucharow LLP; John T. Jasnoch, Joseph V. Halloran of Scott + Scott LLC |
| Case: | In re A10 Networks Inc. Securities Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $9,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | B. Robert Allard, Mark J. Boskovich, Timothy D. McMahon of Corsiglia McMahon & Allard, LLP; Laura S. Liccardo of Laura S. Liccardo |
| Case: | McGuire v. Saini Trucking |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $9,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William M. Paoli, Court B. Purdy of Paoli Purdy, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Larsen v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $9,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas M. Dempsey of Law Offices of Thomas M. Dempsey; Daniel E. Selarz, Aryan Sarbaz of Selarz Law Corp. |
| Case: | Espano v. City of Torrance |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $9,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Joseph R. Yates of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | McFarlane v. Urbana Tahoe TC L.L.C. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; Cristobal M. Galindo of Law offices of Cristobal M. Galindo, P.C. |
| Case: | Colbert v. C.R. England Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $8,805,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David L. Roark of Law Offices of David L. Roark |
| Case: | Yao v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Maintain |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter R. Dion-Kindem of The Dion-Kindem Law Firm; Lonnie C. Blanchard of Blanchard Law Group, APC; Jeffrey D. Holmes of Holmes Law Group |
| Case: | Lagos v. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University |
| Type: | Class Action, Retaliation, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $8,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis J. Herrera, Cheryl L. Adams, David W. Ammons of Office of the City Attorney, San Francisco |
| Case: | City and County of San Francisco v. Pacific Rod & Gun Club |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Nuisance, Landlord-Tenant |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Brenner of Law Offices of Robert A. Brenner |
| Case: | Helmi v. Howard |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. Dente of Dente Law, P.C.; Diane E. Richard of Richard Law, P.C.; London D. Meservy of Meservy Law, P.C.; Brian J. Robbins, George C. Aguilar of Robbins Arroyo LLP |
| Case: | Wert v. U.S. Bankcorp |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jefferson Saylor of AlderLaw, P.C.; Jake Douglass, Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | French v. Caterpillar, Inc. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Defective Product |