Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 plaintiffs' personal injury 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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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $289,253,209.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Miller, Curtis G. Hoke, David J. Dickens, Timothy Litzenburg, Jeffrey Travers of The Miller Firm, LLC; R. Brent Wisner, Pedram Esfandiary of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC; Mark Burton of Audet & Partners, LLP |
| Case: | Johnson v. Monsanto Co. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $105,356,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bibianne U. Fell, Patrick C. Stormes-Swan of Gomez Trial Attorneys |
| Case: | Kali v. Young |
| Type: | Negligent Misrepresentation, Personal Injury, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Unlicensed Activity, Constructive Fraud, Negligent Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $68,035,462.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ricardo Echeverria of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP; Steven A. Heimberg, Marsha E. Barr-Fernandez of Heimberg Barr, LLP; Jeffrey S. Mitchell of Mitchell Law Group |
| Case: | Arteaga v. Fresno Community Regional Medical Center |
| Type: | Delayed Treatment, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Surgical Error, Inadequate Care, Negligent Tort |
| 4 | |
| 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 | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Lennig v. CRST |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $41,864,102.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Daniel W. Dunbar, Alexander J. Behar, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Lo v. Consolazio, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Hit and Run, Negligent Entrustment, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $30,270,501.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott D. Peebles, Robert Woodward of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC |
| Case: | Morgan v. CBS Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $25,752,508.16 |
| Attorneys: | David C. Greenstone, Christopher J. Panatier, Conor R. Nideffer of Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC |
| Case: | Anderson, et al. v. Johnson & Johnson |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Talc Exposure, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 9 | |
| 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 |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $16,232,416.80 |
| Attorneys: | John H. Gomez, Jessica T. Sizemore of Gomez Trial Attorneys; Matthew J. Faulkner of Faulkner Law Offices |
| Case: | Kidd v. WKS Restaurant Corp. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip and Fall, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $14,620,086.00 |
| Attorneys: | David L. Amell, Marissa Y. Uchimura, William F. Ruiz, Sarah E. Gilson of Maune, Raichle, Hartley, French and Mudd, LLC |
| Case: | Barr v. Parker Hannifin Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $13,935,549.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erika Contreras, Andrew P. Owen, Brian J. Panish, Rahul Ravipudi, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi 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 |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $13,241,365.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ricardo Echeverria, Kristin E. Hobbs of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP; Mindy S. Bish of Bish Law; Katherine B. Pene of Briskin, Latzanich & Pene LLP. |
| Case: | Wood v. Venegas |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $13,166,368.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth M. Sigelman, Penelope A. Phillips of Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates; Christopher C. Walton of Walton Law, APC |
| Case: | McCarley v. Anesthesia Service Medical Group Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Anesthesia Error, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $12,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Homampour, Armine Safarian of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC |
| Case: | Estate of Zuniga v. Cherry Avenue Auction Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Burn Injury, Electrical Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 16 | |
| 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 |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Nick Brustin, Alexandra Lampert, Meghna Philip of Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP; Kate L. Chatfield of Kate L. Chatfield |
| Case: | Trulove v. Police Officer D'Amico, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Personal Injury, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, Intentional Tort, Psychological Injury, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $9,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David H. Ricks of David H. Ricks & Associates |
| Case: | Burchell v. Barker, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Unnecessary Surgery, Lack of Informed Consent, Negligent Tort |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $9,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Boris Treyzon of Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo, LLP |
| Case: | Watts v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $8,042,476.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas S. Feher, Robert T. Simon, Shelby Kail, Travis E. Davis of The Simon Law Group, LLP; T. Gabe Houston of Houston Law of California, PC |
| Case: | Soulliere v. Suzuki Motor of America Inc. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |