Top 10 Car Accident Verdicts in California in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 plaintiffs' car accident jury verdicts obtained in California in the year 2018. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Car Accident Verdicts in California in 2018) you have also made the list of Top 20 Car Accident Verdicts in California in 2018.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $53,648,947.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce L. Schechter, R. Rex Parris, Khail A. Parris of PARRIS; Brian J. Panish, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Lennig v. CRST |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $41,634,170.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander R. Wheeler, R. Rex Parris, Rutger R. Parris, Khail A. Parris, Jonathan W. Douglass, Bernadette N. Manigault of PARRIS |
| Case: | Taylor v. Schilling |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $22,962,494.66 |
| Attorneys: | James E. Ballidis of Allen, Flatt, Ballidis & Leslie |
| Case: | Dauod v. Geico Insurance Company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $14,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, Courtney E. Rowley of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | Guzman v. Defendant Truck Driver, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $13,935,549.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erika Contreras, Andrew P. Owen, Brian J. Panish, Rahul Ravipudi, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Newland v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $11,779,155.00 |
| Attorneys: | Olivier A. Taillieu, Judd R. Allen of The Dominguez Firm |
| Case: | Esparza, et al. v. Win Distribution Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Alaa A. Yasin of Dordick Law Corporation; Erik L. Peterson of Bostwick & Peterson, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Asencio v. City of Covina, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $6,840,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Noemi Esparza of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | O’Kelly v. Bryant |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $6,829,318.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Conroy, Brandon J. Simon, Robert T. Simon of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Benjamin D. Swanson of The Swanson Law Group; Jason R. Sanchez of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP |
| Case: | Pacific v. Preciado, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Psychological Injury, Hit and Run, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $6,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Rudorfer, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Martinez, et al. v. Whittier Uptown Association, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Security, Negligent Tort |