Top 50 Car Accident Settlements in California in 2018

Top 50 Car Accident Settlements in California in 2018We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 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
21 (tie)
Amount:$1,000,000.00
Attorneys:Brian K. Andrews, Jerry L. Johnson, Peter M. Lazarus of Pacific Attorney Group
Case:Junio v. Hanna
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability
21 (tie)
Amount:$1,000,000.00
Attorneys:Robert T. Simon of The Simon Law Group, LLP; David Azizi of Law Offices of David Azizi
Case:Garcia v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort
21 (tie)
Amount:$1,000,000.00
Attorneys:Megan J. Lane of Sweet James LLP
Case:Camacho v. Lee and KL Fenix Corporation
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort
22 (tie)
Amount:$850,000.00
Attorneys:John M. Feder of Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn
Case:Estate of Wu v. City and County of San Francisco
Type:Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort
22 (tie)
Amount:$850,000.00
Attorneys:Lisa L. Bradner , Daniel P. Costa of The Costa Law Firm
Case:Uhler v. Sacramento Regional Transit District
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Negligent Tort
23
Amount:$800,000.00
Attorneys:Kevin Crockett of Sweet James LLP
Case:Ronald Blanchard v. Bill Joe Lairmore
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort
24
Amount:$775,000.00
Attorneys:Matthew B. Nezhad of NSL Law Firm
Case:E. v. Raymond, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
25
Amount:$750,000.00
Attorneys:William M. Paoli, Court B. Purdy of Paoli Purdy, LLP
Case:Gardiner v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort
26
Amount:$749,999.00
Attorneys:Jonathan C. Teller, Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm
Case:Leel v. Arango
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
27
Amount:$705,000.00
Attorneys:Daniel R. Baradat of Baradat & Paboojian, Inc.
Case:Morales v. California Freight Express
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort
28
Amount:$700,000.00
Attorneys:John F. Denove of Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett
Case:Estate of Phoenix v. City of Los Angeles, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort
29
Amount:$650,000.00
Attorneys:R. Thomas Wire of Law Offices of R. Thomas Wire
Case:Granados v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
30
Amount:$625,000.00
Attorneys:Candice S. Klein of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Tigran Martinian of Martinian & Associates Inc; Dmitriy Cherepinskiy of Cherepinskiy Law Firm, PC
Case:Salcedo v. The County of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
31
Amount:$600,000.00
Attorneys:David A. Fox, Christopher L. Hendricks of Fox Law, APC
Case:Slavey v. Stanley, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
32
Amount:$500,000.00
Attorneys:Jordon R. Harlan of Harlan Law, PC; Andrew E. Hillier of Hillier Law, APC
Case:Manzanero v. Estate of Earl Mohler
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort
33 (tie)
Amount:$450,000.00
Attorneys:Laurence H. Mandell, Mara E. J. Burnett of The Mandell Law Firm; Anna Talasazan of The Law Offices of Anna Talasazan
Case:Klein v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort
33 (tie)
Amount:$450,000.00
Attorneys:David Azizi, Raymond Ghermezian of Law Offices of David Azizi
Case:Belman v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
34
Amount:$420,000.00
Attorneys:Douglas L. Gordon, Aida S. Macedo of Miles, Sears & Eanni, PC
Case:Mulhollen v. Estate of Myles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
35
Amount:$400,000.00
Attorneys:Jordon R. Harlan of Harlan Law, PC; Jeffrey A. Milman, Benjamin T. Ikuta of Hodes Milman, LLP
Case:Hernandez v. Smith
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
36
Amount:$375,000.00
Attorneys:Samer S. Habbas of Law Offices of Samer Habbas & Associates PC
Case:Ramos v. Malke
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
37
Amount:$370,000.00
Attorneys:Carlos A. Gomez of The Dominguez Firm
Case:Vargas v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort
38
Amount:$364,950.00
Attorneys:Alan B. Snitzer of Law Offices of Alan B. Snitzer; John C. Ye, Gail W. Richardson of Law Offices Of John C. Ye, APLC
Case:Cheshewalla v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort
39
Amount:$340,000.00
Attorneys:Steven D. Davis of Steven D. Davis Law Group, APC
Case:S.M., Pro Ami, Burruel v. City of Rialto, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, School Safety, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort
40
Amount:$330,000.00
Attorneys:Steven C. Glickman of Glickman & Glickman; Wiesman Pirian of Law Offices of Wiesman Pirian
Case:Ceja v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort
41
Amount:$319,000.00
Attorneys:Austin L. Alfonso of Berriz Law Group
Case:In re E.J.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
42
Amount:$305,501.00
Attorneys:Steven C. Eggleston, Thomas C. Ramirez of Eggleston Law Office
Case:Quinones v. Rentokil North America Inc.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability
43 (tie)
Amount:$300,000.00
Attorneys:Ryan D. Harris, Katie McIver of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc.
Case:White v. Cunningham
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
43 (tie)
Amount:$300,000.00
Attorneys:C. Michael Alder, Marni B. Folinsky, Allison L. Stone of AlderLaw, P.C.; Ghazal Amy Vahdat of Vahdat & Aboudi, APLC
Case:Estate of Leal v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort
43 (tie)
Amount:$300,000.00
Attorneys:Cameron Y. Brock, Craig D. Rackohn of The Law Offices of Burg & Brock
Case:Mahmoudian v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort
43 (tie)
Amount:$300,000.00
Attorneys:Michele C. Kennedy of Swartz & Kennedy
Case:Moses v. Madruga, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort
44
Amount:$292,500.00
Attorneys:Adam M. Rose of The Law Office of Robert L. Starr; Steven A. Lerman of Steven A. Lerman & Associates, Inc.
Case:Kay v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort
45
Amount:$250,000.00
Attorneys:Allan F. Davis, Patrick B. Embrey of Robinson Calcagnie Inc.; Maryam Parman, Melody Parman of Avrek Law Firm
Case:Hepperle v. Hauser
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
46
Amount:$234,000.00
Attorneys:Robert D. Rentzer of Robert D. Rentzer, Attorney At Law
Case:Nevoso v. Franco
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability
47
Amount:$205,000.00
Attorneys:Michele C. Kennedy of Swartz & Kennedy
Case:Zimmerman v. CSAA
Type:Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort
48 (tie)
Amount:$200,000.00
Attorneys:Beau R. Burbidge, Walter H. Walker, III of Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP
Case:Domin v. City and County of San Francisco
Type:Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
48 (tie)
Amount:$200,000.00
Attorneys:Timothy L. Dominguez of The Dominguez Firm
Case:Medina v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort
49
Amount:$180,000.00
Attorneys:Jeffrey A. Milman, Benjamin T. Ikuta of Hodes Milman, LLP
Case:Scotton v. Tellez
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
50 (tie)
Amount:$175,000.00
Attorneys:Randolph K. Gille of Goldberg & Gille
Case:Malone v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort
50 (tie)
Amount:$175,000.00
Attorneys:Shawn J. McCann, Normandy R. Kidd of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC
Case:Benton v. Moctezuma
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
50 (tie)
Amount:$175,000.00
Attorneys:Jacques Beugelmans of Law Offices of Jacques Beugelmans
Case:Peart v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
50 (tie)
Amount:$175,000.00
Attorneys:Daniel G. Sheldon of Scolinos, Sheldon & Nevell
Case:Ring v. Aken
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort
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