Top 50 Car Accident Settlements in California in 2018
We 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 |