Top 50 Car Accident Verdicts in Florida in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 Car Accident jury verdicts (plaintiff and cross-claimant) obtained in Florida 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: | $154,369,200.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua J. Wagner, Steven T. Vasilaros of Vasilaros Wagner |
| Case: | Klix v. American Taxi Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $51,813,592.72 |
| Attorneys: | John H. Piccin, Katherine Piccin Glynn of Piccin & Glynn; Patrick Montoya, Ervin A. Gonzalez of Colson Hicks Eidson |
| Case: | Aldana, et al. v. Pyles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $45,005,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stuart N. Ratzan, Stuart J. Weissman, Evan B. Gilead, Ryan C. Tyler of Ratzan Law Group; Lincoln J. Connolly of Lincoln J. Connolly Trials and Appeals, P.A. |
| Case: | Astaphan v. Ranger Construction Industries, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $36,960,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin B. Shapiro, Adam T. Rose of Leesfield Scolaro, P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Pereira v. Fleuricourt |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Sparks, Christopher D. Codling of Givens Givens Sparks, PLLC |
| Case: | Ming v. Gerelco Traffic Controls, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $18,702,609.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven T. Wittmer of Wittmer & Linehan PLLC |
| Case: | Martin v. Consul |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $17,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | E. Blake Paul of Peterson & Myers, P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Mallia v. Palace Italian Restaurant, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Wrongful Death |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $12,240,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sagi Shaked, Joel L. Roth of Shaked Law Firm P.A. |
| Case: | Tyler v. Gibbs & Register Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $9,367,742.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Cecere of Cecere Santana P.A.; Henry A. Seiden of Seiden Law |
| Case: | Machado v. Rodriguez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $8,018,536.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith R. Mitnik, Matt T. Morgan of Morgan & Morgan, PA. |
| Case: | Roundtree v. Schultz |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $6,132,642.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wilfried H. Florin, Thomas D. Roebig, Jr. of Florin Roebig; Frank Miller of Caglianone & Miller |
| Case: | Underwood v. Strong |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $5,810,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack J. Fine, Julie Aleve Fine of Fine, Farkash & Parlapiano, P.A. |
| Case: | Boyette v. Parrish, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $5,078,084.00 |
| Attorneys: | James A. Hannon of Hannon Legal Group, P.A.; Andrew M. Moss of Kutner, Rubinoff & Moss, LLP |
| Case: | Rohm v. Castle Builders of Miami, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $4,671,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jocelyn Santana, Brett M. Rosen, Mustafa H. Dandashly of Goldberg & Rosen |
| Case: | Fader v. Herrera, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond P. Reid, Seth A. Pajcic, William A. Bald of Pajcic & Pajcic PA |
| Case: | Estate of Bynum v. Brink, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $3,915,844.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marianne Howanitz of Marianne Howanitz P.A.; Daniel T. Ramsdell, Jonathan P. Davis of Ramsdell Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Maldonado v. Clark, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $3,743,744.00 |
| Attorneys: | Curtis S. Pajcic, Robert J. Link, Benjamin E. Richard of Pajcic & Pajcic PA |
| Case: | Burkett, et al. v. Maddox |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $3,730,685.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph R. Fields, Gregory Sconzo of Kaplan & Parker LLP |
| Case: | Esnard v. Seminole Lakes Homeowner’s Association, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $3,040,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Virginia M. Buchanan, W. Cameron Stephenson, M. Justin Lusko of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A. |
| Case: | Guillot v. U.S.A. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $3,001,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeanmarie Whalen, Fred A. Cunningham of Domnick Cunningham & Whalen |
| Case: | Rene, et al. v. Pat Salmon & Sons of Florida, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $2,705,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel A. Iracki, N. Joel Harris of Coker, Schickel, Sorenson, Posgay, Camerlengo & Iracki; Barry E. Newman of Spohrer Dodd |
| Case: | Beale v. Lal, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam T. Dougherty of Dougherty Law Firm, PA; Gregory C. Ward of The Ward Law Group P.L. |
| Case: | Perez v. Wolfson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $2,459,979.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles E. McKeon of Law Offices of Charles E. McKeon P.A.; Tom B. Stathopoulos, Heather R. Stathopoulos of Stathopoulos Law Group P.A. |
| Case: | Hanson v. Unjian, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $2,215,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry B. Ansbacher of Ansbacher & Associates; Fraz Ahmed, Howard C. Coker, Daniel A. Iracki, E. Aaron Sprague of Coker, Schickel, Sorenson, Posgay, Camerlengo & Iracki |
| Case: | Benton vs. Cox |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin J. Steinberg of Avera & Smith, LLP |
| Case: | Gentry v. Lubas |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.81 |
| Attorneys: | Juan C. Montes of Montes & Associates Law Firm, P.L. |
| Case: | Padron v. Casablanca Fish Market, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,778,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregg A. Silverstein, Darryn L. Silverstein of Silverstein, Silverstein & Silverstein, P.A.; Brett C. Powell of The Powell Law Firm, P.A. |
| Case: | Perez v. Geico General Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,578,758.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan P. Rudd of Payas, Payas, & Payas LLP |
| Case: | Paul v. Pate |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,566,469.83 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas J. McCarron, Pedro P. Echarte, III of The Haggard Law Firm PA |
| Case: | Souza v. C.H. Global Construction LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $1,543,509.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. Alpizar of Alpizar Law LLC |
| Case: | Marquez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $1,475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alejandro M. Garcia, Todd L. Baker of Steinger, Iscoe & Greene P.A. |
| Case: | Naranjo v. Cuesta |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Felipe Fulgencio of Fulgencio Law, PLLC; George Hunter of George Hunter, P.A. |
| Case: | Thompson v. Harn, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $1,278,059.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Andrew Rariden of The Trial Proffessionals, P.A. |
| Case: | Gomez v. Mosley, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert E. Gluck of Robert E. Gluck P.A. |
| Case: | Madrigal v. Mendoza, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $1,196,859.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph J. Vecchioli of Law Offices of Joseph Vecchioli, P.A. |
| Case: | Zeidan v. Brown, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $1,103,764.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph H. Shaughnessy of Morgan & Morgan, PA. |
| Case: | Blackwelder v. Volpe, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $1,084,429.00 |
| Attorneys: | David W. Brill, Michelle Y. Medina-Fonseca of Brill & Rinaldi, The Law Firm |
| Case: | Telfeyan v. Cruz |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $1,033,390.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stuart H. Share of Law Office of Stuart H. Share |
| Case: | Perez v. Unitek Global Services, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carolina Corona Jamiel, Ricardo R. Corona, Ricardo M. Corona, Nina Tarafa of Corona Law Firm P. A. |
| Case: | Perez v. The City of Sweetwater |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy M. O'Brien of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A. |
| Case: | Gross v. Corley, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Y. Drake Buckman, Amiee R. Buckman of Buckman & Buckman P.A. |
| Case: | Miller v. CDI Enterprises, LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $768,041.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael P. Moran of Morgan & Morgan, PA. |
| Case: | Hanania v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Falling Object, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $755,894.00 |
| Attorneys: | Curtis B. Miner of Colson Hicks Eidson; Woodrow M. Melvin, Jr. of Woodrow "Mac" Melvin, Jr., P.A. |
| Case: | Drucker v. USAA Casualty Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $748,023.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert T. Joyce of Joyce & Reyes Law Firm |
| Case: | Diaz v. Buziak |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $735,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard G. Butler, Andrew W. Baskin of Butler Law Group |
| Case: | Clark v. Chappell, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $727,374.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sanjeev Sirpal of Sirpal & Morel, P.L. |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Tercero |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $714,522.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gabriel J. Carrera of Gabriel Jose Carrera |
| Case: | Falconi v. Fishman |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $689,946.00 |
| Attorneys: | Karen Wasson, David Kerce of Dan Newlin and Partners |
| Case: | Delillo v. Casey |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $678,850.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel F. Dill of The Dill Law Group |
| Case: | Carpenter v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $670,942.00 |
| Attorneys: | Russell A. Dohan of Goldberg & Dohan L.L.P. |
| Case: | Osheroff v. Fernandez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |