Top 50 Car Accident Verdicts in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 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 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,730,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence Grassini, Lars C. Johnson of Grassini, Wrinkle & Johnson; William F. Flahavan of Flahavan Law Offices |
| Case: | Castro v. City of Thousand Oaks |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jake Douglass, Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Stein v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Emotional Distress |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,437,756.00 |
| Attorneys: | George G. Mgdesyan, Araksya Boyadzhyan of Mgdesyan Law Firm |
| Case: | Nelson v. Sanchez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,386,600.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mickel M. Arias, Jamie G. Goldstein of Arias Sanguinetti Wang and Torrijos, LLP; Michael Geoola, Daniel D. Geoulla, Sandeep G. Agarwal of B&D Law Group, APLC |
| Case: | Evans v. Kana Pipeline, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,368,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacob J. Rivas of Law Office of Jacob J. Rivas |
| Case: | Montes v. State of California |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,228,670.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen R. Cornwell, Rene L. Sample of Cornwell & Sample LLP |
| Case: | Bilby v. Infante Trucking, Inc.; Roa |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,228,050.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dana M. Cole, Nancy Cole Loeterman of Law Offices Cole & Loeterman |
| Case: | Ewart v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Personal Injury, Failure to Supervise |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,090,717.00 |
| Attorneys: | Trevor M. Quirk of Quirk Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Silva v. Ramos |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $975,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon J. Simon of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Trevor M. Quirk of Quirk Law Firm, LLP; Joshua Bordin-Wosk of Bordin Martorell LLP |
| Case: | Foster v. Lee, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $929,633.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert T. Simon of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Bradley G. Hayes of The Hayes Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Moran v. Share |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $928,493.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kyle J. Scott of Kyle Scott Law, PLC |
| Case: | Bryan v. Orange County Transportation Authority |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $827,866.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert H. Marcereau, II, Sied J. Nazif of Marcereau & Nazif |
| Case: | Hawkins v. Purcell |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $814,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Greyson M. Goody, Robert T. Simon, Jenny V. Anglin of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Nick T. Movagar, Steven S. Yamin of Movagar & Yamin, P.L.C. |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Davis |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $678,469.00 |
| Attorneys: | C. Brooks Cutter, John G. Roussas of Cutter Law P.C |
| Case: | Wilson v. Robles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $661,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven C. Glickman, Nicole E. Hoikka of Glickman & Glickman; Brent S. Merritt of Law Office of Brent Merritt |
| Case: | Gullihur v. Melchor, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $492,425.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Hamparyan of Law Offices Of Robert Hamparyan; Ryan M. McCabe, James M. McCabe of The McCabe Law Firm |
| Case: | Wiley v. Gannon |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $464,522.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alex Sarajian, William B. Mayoff, Karina Padua, Edor G. Anderson of Sarajian Law Group |
| Case: | Villegas v. Nealy |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph C. Markowitz, Aaron B. Markowitz of Markowitz Law Group |
| Case: | Brokaw v. City of Riverside |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $444,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey L. Molchan of Law Ofc Jeffrey Molchan |
| Case: | Chamberlin v. Chalmers |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $390,520.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rob A. Rodriguez, Stephen A. King of Rodriguez & King |
| Case: | Bryant v. Estate of Dickinson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David S. Brown, Aaron M. Brown, Joan B. Brown of Brown Injury Law |
| Case: | Young v. Hunner |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Yoshiaki C. Kubota of Law Office Of Kubota & Associates; Varun Agnihotri of Law Offices of Varun Agnihotri |
| Case: | Singh v. Coronado |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan D. Harris, John J. Clayton of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc. |
| Case: | Vaughn v. Abikhalil, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $295,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Guillermo Marrero, Chelsea Yamabe of International Practice Group; Bryan M. Garrie of Bryan M Garrie, APC |
| Case: | Broughton v. Abatchev |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $255,113.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter R. diDonato of diDonato Law Center |
| Case: | Braden v. Scott |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $254,452.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bibianne U. Fell, Patrick C. Stormes-Swan of Gomez Trial Attorneys; Eugene G. Bruno of The Law Offices of Eugene G. Bruno, PC |
| Case: | Pacheco v. Stuart |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan L. Nielsen, Kirt J. Peterson, Tanner R. Nielsen of Nielsen, Peterson & Nielsen LLP |
| Case: | Izquierdo v. Ramirez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $244,783.00 |
| Attorneys: | James L. Golper, David C. Sullivan, Luis O. Osuna of Golper, Sullivan, Rivera & Osuna |
| Case: | Alfaro v. Halvin |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $234,872.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Benji of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | Di Pietro v. Jerrols |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $213,300.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric J. Dubin of Dubin Law Firm |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Hewitt, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $187,186.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shahab S. Shamsi of The Shamsi Law Firm |
| Case: | Wagner v. Pulido |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury |