Top 20 Car Accident Settlements in California in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 Car Accident settlements obtained in California in the year 2018. The list is comprised of various case types that were filed either in state or federal courts.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory L. Bentley, Clare H. Lucich, Keith P. More, Matthew W. Clark of Bentley & More LLP |
| Case: | Dominguez v. Trucking Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Hiring, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $26,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory L. Bentley, Keith P. More, Matthew W. Clark, Jaimi M. Groothuis, Natasha Axelrod of Bentley & More LLP |
| Case: | Munoz, et al. v. Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $20,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William D. Shapiro of The Law Offices of William D. Shapiro |
| Case: | Turner v. City of Banning |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $13,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter M. Lazarus, P. Mark Shayani, Michael Hollomon of Pacific Attorney Group |
| Case: | Flores v. Defendant Motorist |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Carpenter, Brian J. Kim, Steven L. Mazza, Gary S. Lewis of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Maryam Parman of Avrek Law Firm |
| Case: | Rossab v. Walgreen Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William D. Shapiro of The Law Offices of William D. Shapiro |
| Case: | Blackburn v. City of Hesperia |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; James M. Johnson of Johnson Attorneys Group |
| Case: | Gray v. Bull |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 6 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard H. Schoenberger, Douglas S. Saeltzer of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger |
| Case: | Van Fleet v. City of Oakland |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 6 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory L. Bentley, Clare H. Lucich, Matthew W. Clark of Bentley & More LLP |
| Case: | Gruppioni, et al. v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Failure to Protect, Hit & Run, Negligent Tort |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $11,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Alan L. Van Gelder of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Olin v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $10,924,420.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Velasco v. Defendant Construction Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Goudie, et al. v. State of California, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Johnston, Lauren Bullock of Johnston & Hutchinson LLP; Peter Gezoukian of Gezoukian & Nalbandyan, PC |
| Case: | Reyes v. LADWP |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William M. Paoli, Court B. Purdy of Paoli Purdy, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Lockridge v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $3,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey A. Milman of Hodes Milman, LLP; David J. Lopez of David Lopez Law |
| Case: | Confidential Plaintiff v. Confidential Defendant |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Railroad Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Michel v. Navarro, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Josh T. Edlow of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Johnson v. Davis Development Company, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark S. Algorri, Patrick S. Nolan, Ernest P. Algorri, N. Alex Lopez, Sam S. Soleimany of DeWitt Algorri & Algorri |
| Case: | Y.G., Pro Ami v. City of Montclair |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Quadriplegia |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | C. Michael Alder, Laura F. Sedrish, Anna L. Knafo of AlderLaw, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Rodriguez v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Scooter Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William D. Shapiro of The Law Offices of William D. Shapiro |
| Case: | Estate of Warren v. Lin, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd B. Becker of Law Offices of Todd B. Becker; Patrick McNicholas, Philip Shakhnis of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Y.L. v. Pepsico, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Otto L. Haselhoff of Law Offices of Otto L. Haselhoff, PC |
| Case: | Gaines v. DYF Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Miguel G. Caballero, Frank J. Perez of The Law offices of Perez & Caballero; Matthew S. McNicholas, Juan C. Victoria of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Botton v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley T. Weeks, Erik Gunderson of Charlton Weeks LLP; David J. Mirback of Law Offices of David J. Mirback & Associates; Gregory A. Yates of Law Offices of Gregory A. Yates P.C.; Vickie L. Cartony of Law Offices of Ripley & Associates APC |
| Case: | Estate of Duboise, et al. v. County of San Bernardino, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,920,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Major A. Langer, Alvin Chang of Perona Langer Beck Serbin Harrison; William D. Shapiro of Robinson Calcagnie Inc.; James F. Tierney, III of Welebir & Tierney |
| Case: | Mitchell v. Williams |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Failure to Report, Negligent Tort |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon J. Simon, Robert T. Simon of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Steven M. Freeman , Stanley H. Freeman of Freeman & Freeman, LLP; Joshua Bordin-Wosk of Bordin Martorell LLP |
| Case: | Martin v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |