Top 50 Car Accident Verdicts in California in 2018
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| 1 | |
| 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 & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Lennig v. CRST |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 2 | |
| 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 |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $14,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, Courtney E. Rowley of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | Guzman v. Defendant Truck Driver, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $13,935,549.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erika Contreras, Andrew P. Owen, Brian J. Panish, Rahul Ravipudi, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle 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 |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Alaa A. Yasin of Dordick Law Corporation; Erik L. Peterson of Bostwick & Peterson, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Asencio v. City of Covina, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $6,840,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Noemi Esparza of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | O’Kelly v. Bryant |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $6,829,318.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Conroy, Brandon J. Simon, Robert T. Simon of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Benjamin D. Swanson of The Swanson Law Group; Jason R. Sanchez of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP |
| Case: | Pacific v. Preciado, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Psychological Injury, Hit and Run, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $6,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Rudorfer, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Martinez, et al. v. Whittier Uptown Association, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Security, Negligent Tort |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $6,031,866.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Hamparyan, Laura M. Sasaki of Law Offices of Robert Hamparyan |
| Case: | Fujimoto v. Moore, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $5,203,984.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Vartazarian , Matthew J. Whibley of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Sanchez v. Avis Budget Group |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $4,528,391.91 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Vartazarian , Matthew J. Whibley of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC; William 'Bill' A. Daniels of Daniels Law |
| Case: | Tran v. TNT USA |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $4,408,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas S. Feher, Dylan J. Dordick of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Ramin Soofer of Soofer Law Group |
| Case: | White v. Koocherian |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $4,113,830.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon J. Simon, Robert T. Simon, Siannah Collado Boutté of The Simon Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Godinez v. La Salsa Chilena, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $3,016,507.04 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Jeffrey J. Twomey of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter |
| Case: | Liwag v. Lowey Enterprises, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,659,877.00 |
| 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 Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $2,567,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Timothy R. McCormick of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter |
| Case: | Barragan v. City of South Gate |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $2,325,219.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gerald E. Agnew Jr., Kenneth A. Holdren, Anna H. Cronk of Agnew Brusavich |
| Case: | Tamanaha v. Gramajo Barrios, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Multi-Vehicle Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $2,130,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Greyson M. Goody, Brandon J. Simon, Robert T. Simon, Sophie Etemadi of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Ellen Levin of The Law Office of Ellen Levin, PC |
| Case: | Kurtz v. Few, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $2,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Carpenter, Brian J. Kim of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Ronald M. Papell of Law Offices of Ronald M. Papell |
| Case: | Estate of Minami v. Ekmakji, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,969.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Rahul Ravipudi of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Siamak Vaziri, Mark J. Ginnamore of Vaziri Law Group |
| Case: | Gil v. Andersen Commercial Plumbing Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,925,660.00 |
| Attorneys: | C. Michael Alder, Lauri L. Brenner of AlderLaw, P.C.; Diana J. Spektor of Spektor Law Corporation |
| Case: | Meza v. Chavez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,925,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles "Tony" Piccuta of Piccuta Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Hambrook v. Lafitte, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,925,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Minh T. Nguyen of Nguyen Lawyers, ALC |
| Case: | Hoang v. Santamaria |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,696,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Chambers, II, Victoria J. Lazar, Jeremiah A. Lowe, Benjamin C. Wohlfeil of Gomez Trial Attorneys; Norman Pokorny of York & Pokorny |
| Case: | Gleboff v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,670,689.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ognian Gavrilov of Gavrilov & Brooks; Daniel R. Del Rio, David Trent of Del Rio & Associates |
| Case: | Venkus v. Nolasco |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,552,917.56 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Jeffrey E. Estes of Jeffrey E. Estes & Associates |
| Case: | Kluthe v. Doherty |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,506,330.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Jeffrey E. Estes of Jeffrey E. Estes & Associates |
| Case: | Kluthe v. Holladay, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erick B. Novik, Ryan C. Stanley of Novik & Stanley PC; Robert J. Ounjian, Harry Nalbandyan of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | Chelonis v. Hekking |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $1,177,158.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samer S. Habbas, Jeffery C. Crissman of Law Offices of Samer Habbas & Associates PC |
| Case: | Garcia v. Barnes |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $1,174,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Diana S. Diskin, Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; Alan S. Vertun of Alan S. Vertun, APLC |
| Case: | Lee v. Dependable Highway Express Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Psychological Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $1,169,924.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel M. Gilleon, Samuel A. Clemens, Scott A. Savary, Daniel Petrov of The Gilleon Law Firm; A. King Aminpour of Aminpour & Associates |
| Case: | Payne v. C.H., Pro Ami, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $1,087,017.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony L. Label, Carole Okolowicz of The Veen Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Williams v. Big Dog City Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $1,083,902.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lauren E. S. Horwitz, Shawn J. McCann, Normandy R. Kidd of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC |
| Case: | Perez v. Ilies |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $1,075,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard A. Apodaca of Rodriguez Apodaca Law Firm LLP |
| Case: | Bravo v. Garcia |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $1,051,340.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerold D. Sullivan, John K. Sullivan, David D. Ebenhack of Sullivan & Sullivan |
| Case: | Box v. Flores, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $1,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, Tiva Amiri-Davani of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Edwin Saghian , Shahab Mossavar-Rahmani of Omega Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Barreto v. Betancourt |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $962,560.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard B. Kim of Law Offices of Howard B. Kim |
| Case: | Osorio v. Williams, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $913,434.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bobby Saadian, Colin M. Jones, Daniel B. Miller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Zepeda v. Gutierrez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $872,691.09 |
| Attorneys: | L. Dean Smith, Jr. of Southwest Legal Group |
| Case: | Berrones v. Andrews, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $823,046.00 |
| Attorneys: | C. Michael Alder, Lauri L. Brenner, Daniel S. Desantis of AlderLaw, P.C.; Jennie Levin of Law Offices of Jennie Levin, P.C. |
| Case: | Garcia v. Hernandez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $777,840.00 |
| Attorneys: | John F. Denove, Alicia S. Curran of Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett; Mark Waecker of Law Offices of Mark Waecker; Mark C. Kim of Law Office of Mark C. Kim |
| Case: | Sung v. The County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $775,990.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Douglas D. Shaffer, Christopher V. Bulone, John M. Upton of Dordick Law Corporation; James M. Johnson of Johnson Attorneys Group |
| Case: | Holmes v. Perry |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Collision, Negligent Tort |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $757,091.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Vartazarian , Matthew J. Whibley of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC; Benjamin Kiss of Fischer Zisblatt & Kiss, LLP |
| Case: | Casian v. Lisheng |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $752,079.59 |
| Attorneys: | Nina P. Brahman of The Brahman Law Office |
| Case: | Davis v. Gamal, et.al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Collision, Negligent Tort |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $684,086.00 |
| Attorneys: | Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish, Marguerite S. Sanvictores of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Sean M. Novak of The Novak Law Firm, P.C |
| Case: | Khan v. Sandoval |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $676,400.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul R. Kiesel, D. Bryan Garcia of Kiesel Law LLP |
| Case: | Klier v. Laufer |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $660,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian D. Chase, H. Gavin Long of Bisnar Chase, LLP |
| Case: | Arreola v. Ella, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $650,235.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna Dubrovsky, Pavel Krepkiy of Anna Dubrovsky Law Group, Inc. |
| Case: | Anthony v. Li |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $602,610.00 |
| Attorneys: | Angel J. Carrazco, Steve Cortez, Frank V. Arebalo of Carrazco Law, APC; Stephen A. King of Rodriguez & King |
| Case: | Diaz v. City of Long Beach, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |