Top 50 Breach of Contract Verdicts in California in 2018
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $52,042,529.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Friedman of Steven R. Friedman; Michael E. Friedman of Michael E. Friedman |
| Case: | Gasparyan v. Demirchyan |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David F. McPherson, Shelly L. Ewald, Rebecca S. Glos of Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald L.L.P. |
| Case: | Kiewit Power Constructors Co. v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $39,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian S. Kabateck, Shant A. Karnikian, Natalie S. Pang of Kabateck LLP; Gary D. Fields of FieldsLaw |
| Case: | Acosta v. Kort & Scott Financial Group, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unfair Business Practices, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Nuisance, Failure to Maintain, Elder Financial Abuse, Elder Abuse, Real Estate, Negligent Tort |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey M. Fisher, Stephanie P. Skaff, Eugene Y. Mar, Alex Reese, Erik C. Olson, Julia F. Kropp of Farella Braun + Martel LLP |
| Case: | BladeRoom Group Limited v. Facebook, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Conspiracy, Intellectual Property Infringement, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $25,247,350.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen E. Morrissey, Ravi Doshi, Davida Brook, Brian D. Melton of Susman Godfrey LLP |
| Case: | Hinrichs & Associates v. Beats Electronics L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Intellectual Property Infringement, Commercial Litigation |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $25,060,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark P. Ressler, Ronald R. Rossi, Jason S. Takenouchi, Lyn R. Agre of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP |
| Case: | Copart Inc. v. Sparta Consulting Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Professional Malpractice, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Negligent Tort, Bad Faith |
| 7 | |
| 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 |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $10,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas A. Vogele, Timothy M. Kowal of Thomas Vogele & Associates, APC |
| Case: | Yang, et al. v. Sui, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Conversion, Intentional Tort, Fraudulent Transfer, Civil Theft, Commercial Litigation |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $8,945,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas M. Brown, Scott L. Menger of Brown White & Osborn LLP |
| Case: | Belanger, et al. v. Biggs |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraudulent Conveyance, Conversion, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Trespass, Bad Faith |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $8,244,269.82 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan C. Altman of The Altman Law Group; Lauren A. Ungs, R. Roger Kirnos of Knight Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Nolan v. Ford Motor Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, False Advertising, Fraudulent Concealment, Negligent Misrepresentation, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Lemon Law, Negligent Tort |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $7,689,564.84 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan C. Altman of The Altman Law Group; Lauren A. Ungs, R. Roger Kirnos of Knight Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Brown v. Ford Motor Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, False Advertising, Fraudulent Concealment, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Lemon Law |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $3,060,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randolph Gaw, Victor Meng, Mark W. Poe, Samuel S. Song of Gaw Poe LLP |
| Case: | Deutsche-Hollandische Tabakgesellschaft MBH & Co., K.G. v. Trendsettah USA Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Economic Loss, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Breach of Warranty of Merchantability, Negligent Tort |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $3,021,558.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin R. Berman of Law Office of Pflaster & Berman |
| Case: | LB Global Inc. v. Park |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation, Common Count, Bad Faith |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $2,599,525.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steve B. Mikhov, Lauren A. Ungs, R. Roger Kirnos, Christopher Swanson of Knight Law Group LLP; Bryan C. Altman of The Altman Law Group |
| Case: | Coon v. Ford Motor Co |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, False Advertising, Fraud in the Inducement, Fraudulent Concealment, Negligent Misrepresentation, Unfair Business Practices, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Lemon Law, Negligent Tort |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,464,560.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amnon Z. Siegel, David W. Schecter of Miller Barondess LLP; Phillip Ashman, Brian A. Kumamoto of Myers Andras Ashman Kumamoto LLP |
| Case: | WindAirWest LLC v. Castle & Cooke Aviation Services Inc. |
| Type: | Aviation Accident, Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Property Damage, Negligent Tort |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,411,896.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allan B. Cooper, Barry J. MacNaughton, Amy S. Russell, Howard I. Camhi of Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP |
| Case: | Instant InfoSystems Inc. v. Open Text Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Tortious Interference, Unfair Business Practices, Unjust Enrichment, Quantum Meruit, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,753,798.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher B. Dolan, Aimee E. Kirby of Dolan Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Dolan v. Heinrich |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraudulent Concealment, Intellectual Property Infringement, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Data Breach, Constructive Fraud |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,681,189.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy Lessem, Daniel S. Rubin of Lessem, Newstat & Tooson, LLP; Todd R. Moore, Michelle K. Lee of Hahn & Hahn LLP |
| Case: | Leung v. Leung, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Tortious Interference, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,294,100.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Freni of John J. Freni, APLC |
| Case: | James v. Leavitt Group Agency of San Diego Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Deceptive Trade Practices, Fraud, Tortious Interference, Wrongful Termination, Conversion, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Byrne, Sherin Hackman of The ByrneLaw Office |
| Case: | Mistras Group, Inc. v. Peterson, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conspiracy, Defamation, Tortious Interference, Unfair Business Practices, Conversion, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Bad Faith, Reputational Harm, Libel |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,022,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Myra C. Fleischer, Daniel J. Martin of Fleischer & Ravreby |
| Case: | Zhigalko v. Grub |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Promissory Estoppel, Equitable Division, Family Law |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerry L. Kay, Mark L. Share of De Castro, West, Chodorow, Mendler, & Glickfeld, Inc. |
| Case: | NMSBPCSLDHB, LP v. Inland Counties Regional Center |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Landlord-Tenant, Promissory Note, Real Estate |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory R. Aker, Timothy A. Colvig, David J. Hyndman, J. Todd Wulfsberg, H. James Wulfsberg of Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP |
| Case: | Kiewit Power Constructors Co. v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $987,559.00 |
| Attorneys: | Phillip C. Samouris, Joseph A. Gonnella of Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP |
| Case: | Kim v. Estep |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment, Indemnity, Tortious Interference, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Failure to Disclose, Bad Faith |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $911,174.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sanford L. Horn of Law Offices of Sanford L. Horn; Shawn E. McMenomy of Law Office of Shawn E. McMenomy |
| Case: | Woo v. Phillip Roman & Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $908,320.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher L. Larson of Larson O'Brien LLP; Todd A. Daley, John F. Morning of Prata & Daley, LLP |
| Case: | Prata v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith, Property Damage, Negligent Tort |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $855,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. Huff, Kelly Houle-Sandoval, Colin E. Barr, Niv V. Davidovich of Orbach Huff Suarez & Henderson LLP; Mark A. Miller of LA Unified School District |
| Case: | LA Unified School District v. FH Paschen/SN Nielsen Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Deceptive Trade Practices, Indemnity, Unfair Business Practices, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $807,825.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacob N. Segura of Jacob N Segura, A Law Corp. |
| Case: | Embotelladora Electropura v. Accutek Packaging Equipment Company Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Breach of Warranty of Merchantability, Failure to Disclose |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $740,646.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael W. Caspino, Megan M. Holbrook of Buchalter |
| Case: | Sawyer v. Sawyer |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Legal Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Embezzlement, Bad Faith |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $705,805.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark K. Stender, Susan M. Hack of Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP |
| Case: | Fesko v. Fesko |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Common Count |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $666,575.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen E. Foster, Hayward J. Kaiser, Christopher A. Elliott of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP |
| Case: | Kivel v. McInerney |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Construction Defect, Real Estate, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Architectural Malpractice |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $631,592.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven L. Victor of Steven L. Victor, Attorney at Law, APC |
| Case: | 6401 Balboa Avenue v. California Food Management |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Property Damage, Landlord-Tenant, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $592,084.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeff A. Mann of Law Offices of Jeff A. Mann |
| Case: | We Textile Inc. v. Evoglobe Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $477,482.00 |
| Attorneys: | James V. Garvey, Deborah A. Hedley, Christopher R. Ramos of Vedder Price |
| Case: | Instant InfoSystems Inc. v. Open Text Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, False Advertising, Fraud, Intellectual Property Infringement, Tortious Interference, Unfair Competition, Conversion, Intentional Tort, Trademark Infringement, Commercial Litigation, Bad Faith |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $462,222.00 |
| Attorneys: | Margarita Salazar of Law Offices of Margarita Salazar A.P.L.C |
| Case: | Tucker v. Zinna |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Conspiracy, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $409,692.00 |
| Attorneys: | P. Randolph Finch Jr., Andrea L. Petray, Christopher D. F. Foster, Jennifer J. Griffin of Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP |
| Case: | Thunder-Jones Contracting Group Inc. v. Reno Contracting Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Commercial Litigation |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $391,880.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert M. Steele, Zachary D. Miller of Miller & Steele Law Firm |
| Case: | Dicker v. RDP L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Conversion, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Bad Faith |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $351,064.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward M. Picozzi of Edward M. Picozzi |
| Case: | Silbermann v. Shangri-La Construction L.P. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Commercial Litigation |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $344,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrance A. Bohm, Bradley J. Mancuso, Rachael E. Sauer of Bohm Law Group, Inc.; Tina M. Locklear, Jordana R. Furman, Kelli M. Farrell of Law Offices Of Tina Locklear |
| Case: | Khan v. Infor (US), Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Commissions |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $311,023.00 |
| Attorneys: | K. Todd Curry of Curry Advisors, APLC; Daniel R. Salas of Daniel R. Salas |
| Case: | Natile L.L.C. v. Woudenberg Enterprises Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Landlord-Tenant, Commercial Litigation |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $301,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jackie Abellada, Barbara Moore of Estelle & Kennedy |
| Case: | Martinez v. Stremiz |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraudulent Concealment, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Real Estate, Negligent Tort, Failure to Disclose, Bad Faith |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $297,636.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy A. Mousavi , Thomas A. Pistone of Mousavi & Lee LLP |
| Case: | Khazeni v. Costa Del Mar Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Landlord-Tenant, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Bad Faith |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $295,756.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith A. Fink, Sarah E. Hernandez, Jennifer H. Yeung of Keith Fink & Associates |
| Case: | Garcia v. Vaughn Management & Services, Inc. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $286,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna Zappia, Edward P. Zappia of The Zappia Law Firm |
| Case: | Patch v. Jackson DeMarco Tidus & Peckenpaugh |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Unjust Enrichment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $253,668.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nico N. Tabibi , Sharon H. Lee of Law Offices of Nico N. Tabibi A.P.C |
| Case: | Nguyen v. LA Girl Jewelry Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Conversion, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $247,159.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew M. Haffner of Haffner Law Group |
| Case: | Haas Automation Inc. v. CTS Electronics Manufacturing Solutions Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $227,432.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas G. Wianecki, Michelle R. Prescott of Wesierski & Zurek LLP |
| Case: | Beaulieu v. Bobileff |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Consumer Fraud, Misrepresentation, Conversion, Intentional Tort |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $222,640.00 |
| Attorneys: | M. Candice Bryner, Tumy N. Nguyen of Law Offices of M. Candice Bryner APC |
| Case: | Huynh v. Lee |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conspiracy, Fraud, Property Rights, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Embezzlement |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $185,425.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott B. Garner, Todd W. Smith of Umberg Zipser LLP |
| Case: | Newport Beach Center for Surgery L.L.C. v. King |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Commercial Litigation, Common Count |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $178,158.00 |
| Attorneys: | Doug E. Jaffe of Law Offices of Douglas Jaffe |
| Case: | Saab v. Conkey |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Legal Malpractice, Negligent Misrepresentation, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Negligent Tort |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $176,977.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjeman R. Beck, Carey B. Wood, Christine J. Haw, Jared V. Walder of Strategic Legal Practices; Steven Brower of Brower Law Group |
| Case: | Zomorodian v. BMW of North America LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Defective Product, Failure to Maintain, Consumer Protection, Lemon Law |