Top 40 Civil Rights Violation Verdicts in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 40 Civil Rights Violation 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: | $106,875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. David Robertson of Robertson, Johnson, Miller & Williamson; Glenn W. Peterson of Millstone, Peterson & Watts, LLP; Collin J. Cox, R. Paul Yetter, Robert K. Ellis of Yetter Coleman LLP |
| Case: | Hardesty, et al. v. Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Economic Loss, Property Rights |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $15,544,413.00 |
| Attorneys: | Damien J. Miranda of Law Office of Damien J. Miranda, APC |
| Case: | Santos-Vidal v. Hongye |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $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 |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Defamation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $8,461,391.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Mark I. Lim of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Mitchell v. SEIU Local 721, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Gunshot |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $5,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel A. Reisman of Reisman & Reisman; John J. Perlstein of Law Office of John J. Perlstein |
| Case: | Curry v. Academy Pointe, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Landlord-Tenant |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $5,020,042.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patricio T. Barrera, Ashley A. Davenport of Barrera & Associates |
| Case: | Colucci v. T-Mobile USA Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $5,005,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeff D. Price of Jeff Dominic Price |
| Case: | J.N. v. Detective Hendrickson |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Malicious Prosecution, False Arrest |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,772,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vincent J. Miller of The Law Offices of Vincent Miller |
| Case: | Green v. City of South Pasadena |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $4,572,835.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Mark I. Lim of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Hill v. AADAP |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Gunshot |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,044,413.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrance A. Bohm, Zane E. Hilton, Teal O. Miller, Erik M. Roper of Bohm Law Group, Inc. ; Erika M. Gaspar of Law Office of Erika M. Gaspar |
| Case: | Barrie v. California Department of Transportation |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Malicious Prosecution, False Arrest, First Amendment Violation |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dale K. Galipo of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; John C. Fattahi of Law Office of John C. Fattahi |
| Case: | Estate of Borges v. County of Humboldt, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Death, Denial of Medical Care, Prison Negligence |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Personal Injury, Sexual Assault |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John F. Denove, Shane V. Hapuarachy of Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett |
| Case: | Ramirez v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Gunshot |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,680,300.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen R. Cornwell of Cornwell & Sample LLP; Todd B. Barsotti of Barsotti Law PLC; Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Barkley v. Bank of The West |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,530,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James A. Otto of Law Office of James A. Otto; Regina Ashkinadze of Elkin Gamboa & Ashkinadze LLP |
| Case: | Navarro v. DHL Global Forwarding |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,291,410.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul W. Wong of Law Offices of Paul Wong; Brian E. Watkins of Brian Watkins & Associates |
| Case: | K.S., Pro Ami v. Wolf, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Emotional Distress |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $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 |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $804,001.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; Ebby S. Bakhtiar of Livingston Bakhtiar |
| Case: | Williams v. Ralphs Grocery Co. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Burgis, Zhenia Burgis of Michael Burgis & Associates, P.C.; Teresa A. Johnson, Daniel K. Kramer of Kramer Holcomb Sheik LLP |
| Case: | Abarca v. Citizens of Humanity L.L.C. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $626,600.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tristan G. Pelayes, Jacob P. Menicucci of Wagner & Pelayes, LLP |
| Case: | Rojas v. Albaba, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Unpaid Wages, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $620,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elliott N. Tiomkin of Law Offices of Elliott N. Tiomkin |
| Case: | Webb v. Ackerman, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Personal Injury |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey A. Rager, James Y. Yoon of The Rager Law Firm |
| Case: | Lave v. Charter Communications L.L.C. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $492,114.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC; Aaron M. Olsen of Haeggquist & Eck, LLP |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $435,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark J. Geragos, David W. Gammill of Geragos & Geragos; Leon Kirakosian, Gregg Kirakosian of Kirakosian & Associates |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Los Angeles Police Department, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Malicious Prosecution, False Arrest |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $420,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James A. Clark, Renee N. Parras of Tower Legal Group, PC |
| Case: | Abinante v. The Fremont-Rideout Health Group |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $402,410.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven A. Lerman of Steven A. Lerman & Associates, Inc. ; Federico C. Sayre, Boris Treyzon, Gregory Peacock, Katrina N. Yu of Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo, LLP |
| Case: | Abrego v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Intentional Tort |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jaime A. Leanos, Alfredo M. Morales of Law Office of Morales & Leanos |
| Case: | Paulino v. Cruz, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Personal Injury |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $324,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pouya B. Chami of Chami Law PC; Grant D. Waterkotte, Tristan A. Mullis of Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin PC |
| Case: | Herzig v. Regina L. Edmond, M.D., Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $293,958.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lowell W. Finson of Finson Law Firm; Jennifer A. Lenze of Lenze Lawyers, PLC |
| Case: | Nejadian v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $292,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian G. Hannemann of Hannemann Law Firm; Marc D. Mabile of Law Offices of Marc D. Mabile; Jonathan A. Weinman, Zach Broslavsky of Broslavsky & Weinman LLP |
| Case: | Whitfield v. Broadspectrum Downstream Services Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $210,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | V. James DeSimone of V. James DeSimone Law; Kaveh Navab of Navab Law |
| Case: | Garza v. Cardona |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $176,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey C. Lyon, Christopher L. Garcia of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Ware v. J K M Equipment Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $172,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sarah B. Schlehr, Svetlana Kuperman of The Schlehr Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Doutt v. Human Healthy Vending LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $135,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul M. Hittelman of Law Offices of Paul M. Hittelman; Nicholas K. Cameron of Law Offices of Nicholas Cameron & Associates |
| Case: | Ramirez v. Hisco International Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Labor & Employment |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $130,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles "Tony" Piccuta of Piccuta Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Bryant v. Gallagher, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Personal Injury, Retaliation, Denial of Medical Care, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Failure to Protect |