Top 50 Court Awards in California in 2018
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $36,093,664.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert B. Bale, Roger A. Dreyer, Noemi Esparza of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Aguirre v. Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Strict Liability |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $6,400,375.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc I. Zussman, Peter J. Kim of The Law Offices of Marc I. Zussman |
| Case: | Shin v. Universal Trade Systems |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Negligent Misrepresentation |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $6,101,139.00 |
| Attorneys: | Terry B. Bates, Raagini R. Shah, Ryan R. Wedell, Christine M. Neuharth of Reed Smith LLP |
| Case: | Spirit SPE Portfolio CA C-Stores, L.L.C. v. SB Gas & Wash Management, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Landlord-Tenant, Promissory Note, Real Estate |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $5,945,943.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin A. Day, Jacob M. Clark, Yunnie Y. Son of Alvarado Smith |
| Case: | Elks Building Association of Santa Ana v. J.K. Properties Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Indemnity, Landlord-Tenant, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $3,747,197.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Wright of Law Offices of Michael Wright; Benjamin B. Berger of Berger Harrison A.P.C |
| Case: | JDP 21 California L.L.C. v. Brooks Institute Holding L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Landlord-Tenant |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $2,678,901.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert C. Pearman of Robinson & Pearman LLP; Gerald L. Greene of Law Offices of Gerald Greene; Nelson L. Atkins of Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan L.L.P |
| Case: | Gales v. Catledge |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conspiracy, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Conversion |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $2,230,466.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frederick H. Ebey, Robert E. Wall, III, Dinah V. Sapia of Grunsky Law Firm |
| Case: | CSAA Insurance Exchange v. Premier Restoration & Remodel Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Nuisance |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $2,191,052.50 |
| Attorneys: | Steven Gregory Tidrick, Joel B. Young of The Tidrick Law Firm |
| Case: | Robinson v. Open Top Sightseeing San Francisco, L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard I. Arshonsky, Anne C. Manalili, Helen K. Colindres of Levinson Arshonsky & Kurtz, LLP |
| Case: | Lalani Steel, Inc. v. International Economic and Trading Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unjust Enrichment, Quantum Meruit, Promissory Estoppel |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $1,651,702.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garo Mardirossian, Adam L. Feit of Mardirossian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Lewis v. Ukran, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $1,470,502.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald N. Richards of Law Offices of Ronald Richards & Associates, APC; Geoffrey S. Long of Law Offices Of Geoffrey Long, A.P.C. |
| Case: | AAA Nison Corp. v. Golbari |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Promissory Note |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $1,402,151.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Xavier of Law Offices of David A. Xavier |
| Case: | Bonillas v. Romo |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Personal Injury, Landlord-Tenant, Tenant Harassment |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $1,031,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack M. Schuler of The Law Office of Schuler & Brown; John D. Hardy of Law Offices of John Hardy; David S. Poole, Samuel R.W. Price, Jason R. Beaman of Poole & Shaffery, LLP |
| Case: | Robinson Ranch Golf L.P. v. O&J Golf Construction Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Negligent Misrepresentation, Breach of Warranty of Habitability |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $908,132.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott E. Gizer, Diane M. Luczon, Zachary A. Gidding of Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP |
| Case: | Mazakoda, Inc. v. J&J Oil, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $898,773.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis V. Menke, James D. Menke of Menke & Menke, LLP; Mark Chatow of Chatow Law |
| Case: | C Plus Electronics, Inc. v. Goldentek Display America, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Tortious Interference, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $874,550.32 |
| Attorneys: | Brian M. Grossman of Tesser Grossman LLP |
| Case: | Rubinstein v. Fakheri |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $798,003.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ingrid M. Evans of Evans Law Firm Inc. |
| Case: | L.N. v. Hopkins |
| Type: | Professional Malpractice, Sexual Assault, Lack of Informed Consent |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $787,506.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald K. Brown Jr., Richard L. Seide of Law Offices of Ronald K. Brown Jr., A.P.C |
| Case: | Anaheim West Plaza Partners L.L.C. v. Workout World California L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Landlord-Tenant, Promissory Note |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $768,293.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey P. Alpert, Ashley L. Montgomery, Dean Asher of Alpert Law Group, APC |
| Case: | National Merchant Center Inc. v. FiveFour Group L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $735,242.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman H. Levine, Lori L. Werderitch of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP |
| Case: | The Glen Development Company v. Centrally Grown Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Consumer Fraud, Landlord-Tenant |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $639,942.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul N. Andonian of Hemar, Rousso & Heald, LLP |
| Case: | Nextgen Healthcare Information Systems L.L.C. v. SergeMD Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note, Quantum Meruit |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $558,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick McNicholas, David Angeloff of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Soto v. Meza Auto Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $495,537.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven J. Coté, Travis J. Tom of Chang & Coté |
| Case: | Ozuna Electric Co., Inc. v. Integrated Process Control Engineering, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Intentional Tort |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $474,987.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott R. Ames, Erin M. Kelly of Law Offices of Scott R. Ames |
| Case: | Stanford v. Universal Surveillance Systems L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Unpaid Severance |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $413,117.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marcus A. Mancini, Tara J. Licata, Armando M. Solorzano, Pamela A. Triplett of Mancini & Associates P.L.C. |
| Case: | Mancini & Associates v. Schwetz |
| Type: | Tortious Interference, Debt Collection, Negligent Interference |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $384,812.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark D. Erickson, Christopher B. Maciel of Haynes and Boone, LLP |
| Case: | Husky Tire Corp. v. Fontana Discount Tire L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $383,602.00 |
| Attorneys: | David T. Moutoux of Law Offices of David T. Moutoux |
| Case: | Bakour v. Bilbeisi |
| Type: | Fraud, Misrepresentation, Conversion, Intentional Tort |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $372,794.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rodolfo A. Ruiz-Velasco of Ruiz-Velasco Law Firm |
| Case: | Guerrero v. Valentino's Restaurant Holdings Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $367,533.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew C. Bradford , N. Marc Robinson of Robinson Bradford LLP |
| Case: | Grupe Investment Company Inc. v. Li |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $347,788.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hanzhang Xu of Law Offices of James Zhou; Long Z. Liu of The Liu Law Firm |
| Case: | Xie v. Xie |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Conversion, Promissory Note, Intentional Tort |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $346,386.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian M. Grossman, Nickolas B. Solish, Elina E. Antoniou of Tesser Grossman LLP |
| Case: | Panich v. Portney |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conversion, Elder Financial Abuse, Wills, Trusts & Estates |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $295,835.00 |
| Attorneys: | Reid H. Breitman, Deborah L. Pernice Knefel of Kuzyk Law, LLP; Paul J. Sievers, Alexa P. Stephenson of Geraci Law Firm |
| Case: | Bautista v. Main International Group Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Property Rights, Promissory Note, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $292,894.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerry A. Kaplan, Joseph D. Benincasa of Kaplan, Kenegos & Kadin |
| Case: | Gems & Diamonds Inc. v. Shalev |
| Type: | Conversion, Intentional Tort |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $287,751.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jesus Zelada of The Law Office of Jesus Zelada |
| Case: | Yanez v. Martinez |
| Type: | Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Mental Abuse, Harassment |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $287,055.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nikolaus W. Reed of Law Office of Nikolaus W. Reed |
| Case: | Pyle v. Metropol Entertainment Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Security, Intentional Tort, Restaurant Negligence |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $286,159.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin G. Schmidt, Daniel G. Emilio, Laurie M. Cortez of Emilio Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Kennedy v. Arm Strong Towing Services Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $284,947.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Muse-Fisher, Brian T. Harvey of Buchalter |
| Case: | Strategic Funding Source Inc. v. ProMedia Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Conversion, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $275,001.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd B. Becker of Law Offices of Todd B. Becker; Stephen A. Odom of Law Office of Steve Odom |
| Case: | Espino v. Gracia |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Intentional Tort, Fraudulent Transfer, Commercial Litigation |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $274,823.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert L. Driskell of Driskell & Gordon |
| Case: | Morgan v. Moreno |
| Type: | Property Rights, Elder Financial Abuse, Undue Influence |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $270,628.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ernie Z. Park of Bewley, Lassleben & Miller, LLP |
| Case: | CREA/PPC Long Beach Towne Center PO L.L.C. v. Bestar Collection Ltd. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Landlord-Tenant, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $263,772.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean A. Goodman of Law Offices of Sean A. Goodman |
| Case: | InMed Consulting L.L.C. v. Medrite Medical Solutions L.L.C |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David R. Saunders of Clayson, Bainer & Saunders PLC |
| Case: | Doyle v. DeAngelo |
| Type: | Fraud, Property Damage, Intentional Tort, Real Estate, Negligent Tort, Failure to Disclose |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $240,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jesus A. Rodriguez, Vanessa V. Guzman of Law Offices of Jesus Rodriguez |
| Case: | Molina v. L.D.T. Investments Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Nuisance, Landlord-Tenant, Intentional Tort, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $230,312.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kousha Berokim of Berokim & Duel, P.C. |
| Case: | Jiau v. Ni |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $222,767.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon D.B. Howard, David J. Philipson, Pantea I. Fozouni, Joseph D. Holmes, Kyle K. Shiroma of Law Office of David Philipson |
| Case: | Russell v. Man |
| Type: | Property Damage, Nuisance, Trespass, Negligent Tort |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $208,587.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis V. Menke, James D. Menke of Menke & Menke, LLP |
| Case: | Abhari v. Kia |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Promissory Note |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $202,225.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marshall A. Caskey, Daniel M. Holzman, N. Cory Barari of Caskey & Holzman |
| Case: | Syed v. Sharma |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $189,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allan E. Herzlich, Jerome J. Blum, Marta E. Roza of Herzlich & Blum, LLP |
| Case: | Masque Publishing Inc. v. Cosmi Finance L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $173,560.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerry J. Jen of Jen Law Firm, APC; Tappan Zee, Kimberly S. N. Barrientos, Jamie T. San Gabriel of Zee Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | R.H. Argo Overseas (P) Ltd. v. The Bo Company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $165,567.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tony Forberg of Forberg Law |
| Case: | Fore v. Carlsen |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment |