Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 Personal Injury 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: | $417,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Karen L. Karavatos, Kevin F. Calcagnie, Cynthia L. Garber of Robinson Calcagnie Inc.; Helen E. Zukin of Kiesel Law LLP |
| Case: | Echeverria v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Talc Exposure |
| 2 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $36,143,291.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christian T. F. Nickerson, Geoffrey S. Wells, Tobin M. Lanzetta of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP; Andy A. Basseri of Law Offices of Andy Basseri |
| Case: | Sanchez v. Durham School Services, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, School Bus Accident |
| 4 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 5 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 6 | |
| 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, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $28,215,278.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Bidart, Danica L. Crittenden of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP |
| Case: | Rahm v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 8 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $16,948,377.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ricardo Echeverria, Kristin E. Hobbs of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP; Dennis A. Thayer of Law Office of Dennis A. Thayer |
| Case: | Meier v. Pennysaver USA L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety |
| 10 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury |
| 11 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 12 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $12,055,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean R. Laird of The Law Firm of Sean R. Laird |
| Case: | Doe, Pro ami Johnson v. FamiliesFirst, Inc. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Assault |
| 14 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 15 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph D. Satterley, Justin A. Bosl, Arcelia L. Hurtado, Ted W. Pelletier, Mark A. Swanson, Andrea C. Huston of Kazan, McClain, Satterly & Greenwood |
| Case: | Burch v. Certainteed Corp. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Mesothelioma |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $9,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Golnar J. Fozi, Jeremy M. Dwork of Meyers Fozi & Dwork, LLP |
| Case: | Morin v. Sunrise Medical (US) L.L.C. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Product Liability |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $9,254,397.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert W. Mansell, Amanda Derby of Mansell & Mansell, APC |
| Case: | Dearing v. Cabo Cantina |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Intentional Tort |
| 19 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $8,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. Keane of The Keane Law Firm P.C.; Edward C. Stark of Cron, Israels & Stark; Jennifer J. Lothert of Young Ward & Lothert |
| Case: | Miller v. Sutter Sacramento Sierra Region, et al. |
| Type: | Hospital Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Child Abuse |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Bomberger, Stephen J. Estey, Mary Bajo of Estey & Bomberger, LLP |
| Case: | Doe, Pro ami v. Park, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse |
| 22 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $7,619,257.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard A. Kapp of Law Offices of Howard A. Kapp |
| Case: | Licudine v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Surgical Error |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $7,534,964.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Nevin, Jr., Gilbert L. Purcell, Alan R. Brayton, Garen Nazarian, David R. Donadio, Jamie A. Newbold of Brayton Purcell, LLP |
| Case: | Shaw v. John Crane Inc. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Mesothelioma |
| 25 | |
| 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 |
| 26 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Haytham Faraj, Nicholas C. Rowley of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Theresa Bowen Hatch of Bowen Hatch Law, PC |
| Case: | Lopez v. Here We Go, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Inadequate Security |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $5,614,259.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew C. Schwartz, Stanley J. Casper of Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook |
| Case: | Zapotoczny v. Schindler Elevator Corp. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $5,321,050.00 |
| Attorneys: | David L. Amell, Marissa Y. Uchimura of Maune, Raichle, Hartley, French and Mudd, LLC |
| Case: | Hart v. Keenan Properties, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Mesothelioma |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George McLaughlin of Warshauer-McLaughlin Law Group, P.C.; Steven R. Vartazarian of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Alan Warner and Patricia Warner v. Wright Medical Technology |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product |
| 31 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $3,538,331.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Virag of MyBedBugLawyer, Inc. |
| Case: | Vivian 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 |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $3,340,323.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lauren E. S. Horwitz, Raphael D. Javid, Shawn J. McCann of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC; Brian J. Panish, Peter J. Polos of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Guerrero v. National Distribution Centers, L.P., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $3,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Siamak Vaziri, Stefano G. Formica, David C. Shay of Vaziri Law Group |
| Case: | Barnett v. Westfield Group |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip and Fall |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $3,094,972.00 |
| Attorneys: | P. Christopher Ardalan, Jacqueline S. Leibl, Christienne M. Valone of Ardalan & Associates PLC; S. Sean Bral of Bral & Associates |
| Case: | Lopez v. Southwest Wine & Spirits, L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $2,860,914.00 |
| Attorneys: | John N. Demas of Demas Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Record v. Reese |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| 37 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 38 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $2,534,613.00 |
| Attorneys: | George B. Singer, Olivier A. Taillieu, Judd R. Allen, Maura Gewirtz of The Dominguez Firm |
| Case: | Castro v. Deok, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| 40 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 41 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 42 | |
| 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 |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $2,073,374.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacob J. Rivas of Law Office of Jacob J. Rivas |
| Case: | Kaur v. Homegoods Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip and Fall |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scot D. Wilson of Robinson Calcagnie Inc. |
| Case: | Sam Recio v. Alliance of Abilities Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip and Fall |
| 45 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Reinard, Kaitlynne Tracey of Law Offices of David Reinard PC; Howard Blau of Law Offices of Howard Blau |
| Case: | Blau v. Mufg Union Bank N.A. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paula J. Khehra, Donald G. Liddy of Liddy Law Firm; David R. Shoop of Shoop | A Professional Law Corp. |
| Case: | De Paz v. VPMG 1772 Preuss, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jake Douglass, Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Stein v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Emotional Distress |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,437,756.00 |
| Attorneys: | George G. Mgdesyan, Araksya Boyadzhyan of Mgdesyan Law Firm |
| Case: | Nelson v. Sanchez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 50 | |
| 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, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |