Top 50 Car Accident Verdicts in Florida in 2018
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $37,951,887.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daryl D. Parks, Anthony D. Thomas of Parks and Crump, LLC; Roosevelt Randolph, Linje Rivers of Knowles & Randolph, PA |
| Case: | Vickers v. DZE Corp. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $27,437,306.00 |
| Attorneys: | P. Hutchison Brock of Brock Law, LLC |
| Case: | Emerson v. Lambert |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $25,910,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Frank Melton II, C. Richard Newsome, William C. Ourand, Milette E. Webber of Newsome Melton Law Firm; David C. Gibbs of Gibbs Law Firm, PA; Christine D. Spagnoli of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP; Celene Humphries, Maegen Peek Luka of Brannock & Humphries |
| Case: | Estate of Salliotte v. Ford Motor Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $15,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Heather N. Barnes of The Yerrid Law Firm |
| Case: | Knoth v. Belhadj |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Gross Negligence, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $10,577,854.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachary D. Bodenheimer, Brett M. Rosen, Mustafa H. Dandashly of Goldberg & Rosen |
| Case: | Brown v. Lugardo-Soto |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $7,984,037.00 |
| Attorneys: | Fred A. Cunningham, Gregory Yaffa of Domnick Cunningham & Whalen |
| Case: | Whitney v. Mercury Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 7 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward H. Zebersky, Steffani M. Russo of Zebersky Payne |
| Case: | Estate of Medrano v. Stephen |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 7 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Fischer, Ian G. Ward, II of Fischer Redavid PLLC |
| Case: | Henry v. MA Alternative Transportation Services, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $4,327,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Curry G. Pajcic of Pajcic & Pajcic PA |
| Case: | Dicks v. Whitehead, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $4,296,072.96 |
| Attorneys: | Medisa Memic, Marc Matthews of McIntyre Thanasides Bringgold Elliott Grimaldi Guito & Matthews, P.A.; Lisha Bowen of Bowen Law Group |
| Case: | Sullivan v. Neil Francis Pickrem, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $3,647,343.40 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin A. Brown of Farah & Farah |
| Case: | Willing v. Campbell, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $2,937,709.61 |
| Attorneys: | Jana Ranieri Cortina, H. Davis Lewis, Jr. of John Bales Attorneys |
| Case: | Pyfrom v. Coffey, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $2,878,939.14 |
| Attorneys: | Robert T. Joyce, Jamison D. Joyce, Kevin F. Boucher of Joyce & Reyes Law Firm |
| Case: | Miranda v. Rubio |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $2,803,227.93 |
| Attorneys: | Zane Berg, Bryan S. Hofeld, Crane A. Johnstone of Schlesinger Law Offices, PA |
| Case: | Zucker v. Gonzalez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $2,643,606.34 |
| Attorneys: | Fraz Ahmed of Coker Law; Giovanni Stewart of Dawson Orr, PA |
| Case: | Gadson v. Geico General Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,638,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shaun M. Cummings, Thomas D. Roebig, Jr., Luca G. Esposito, Chase P. Florin of Florin Roebig |
| Case: | Gordy v. Lowy, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,439,833.78 |
| Attorneys: | Jason S. Miller of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Wojcik v. Jakway, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,350,304.59 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Holland II of Harrell & Harrell, P.A.; Todd E. Copeland of Todd E. Copeland & Associates, P.A.; Glenn Klausman of Klausman Law |
| Case: | Brower v. Taylor, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $2,107,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott M. McPherson of Scott M. McPherson, P.A. |
| Case: | Kaichen v. Boyd |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Hit and Run, Negligent Tort |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,937,749.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew K. Foster, Talley Kaleko of Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney, P.A. |
| Case: | Stewart-Bailey v. Mays-Munroe Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,882,102.68 |
| Attorneys: | Eric S. Block, Caitlin O'Donnell of Morgan & Morgan, PA; Bruce M. Smith of Law Offices of Bruce M. Smith, P. A. |
| Case: | Franklin v. Nipper |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,740,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ian D. Pinkert, Jay Halpern, Ernesto L. Santos, Jr. of Halpern Santos & Pinkert, P.A. |
| Case: | Simmons v. Winsman, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,619,088.00 |
| Attorneys: | Grant R. Gillenwater, Derrick R. Connell of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Bergen v. Langraf |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,599,749.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jessica E. Shahady of The Ruth Law Team |
| Case: | Holmes-Berry v. Camfferman |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,579,629.00 |
| Attorneys: | William C. Ruggiero of Law Offices of William C. Ruggiero |
| Case: | Wolfson v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,430,640.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vincent P. Gallagher, Katie D. McCranie of BeachLifeLaw |
| Case: | Barquinero v. Geico General Ins. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,417,938.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Bilotta of Vassallo, Bilotta, Friedman & Davis |
| Case: | Manning v. Mohr, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Curry G. Pajcic, Robert J. Link of Pajcic & Pajcic PA |
| Case: | Copeland v. Jones, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,320,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank DiGiacomo of Law Office of Frank DiGiacomo, Esq. |
| Case: | Estate of Metheny v. Wallbusters Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,259,091.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles A. Sullivan Jr. of Charles A. Sullivan Jr., Attorney At Law; Dane R. Ullian of Gould Cooksey Fennell, P.A. |
| Case: | Fong, et al. v. McClellan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $1,125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard C. Coker, Stefano Di Portigliatti, Daniel A. Iracki, N. Joel Harris of Coker Law |
| Case: | Tennant v. Handi-House Mfg. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard C. Coker, Daniel A. Iracki of Coker Law; Dexter Van Davis of Davis Law Group P.L. |
| Case: | Waters v. Spa Crest Manufacturing |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $1,060,859.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph A. Wolsztyniak, Gary W. Roberts of Gary Roberts & Associates |
| Case: | Farland v. Peltz |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $942,139.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Evan Bassett of Salter, Healy, Bassett & Rivera; Gregg W. Abel of Abel Law Group, P.A. |
| Case: | Galvez v. Green |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $923,082.00 |
| Attorneys: | Luis A. Sosa of Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Ryles |
| Case: | Estate of Okerlund v. Lapon |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $908,493.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy S. Clark of Clark Law |
| Case: | Estate of Fernandez v. Meader |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $900,130.00 |
| Attorneys: | Preston J. Scheiner, Benjamin A. A. Russell of Associates & Bruce L. Scheiner |
| Case: | Maynor v. Geico General Ins. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $888,035.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd G. Rosen, Mustafa H. Dandashly of Goldberg & Rosen |
| Case: | Borges v. Sanchez-Perez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $870,870.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason Mulholland of Mulholland Law, P.A. |
| Case: | Razaqyar v. Metal Bldg. Installers Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $847,320.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph H. Graves of Graves Thomas Injury Law Group |
| Case: | Bridgewater v. Martensen |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $845,650.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachary A. Friedman, Gary A. Friedman of Friedman & Friedman, PA |
| Case: | Abanto, et al. v. City of Miami Beach |
| Type: | Car Accident, Moped Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $811,867.48 |
| Attorneys: | Jason W. Gelinas of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Raulerson v. Robinson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $800,765.00 |
| Attorneys: | Karl F. Pansler , Christopher S. Ison of The Pansler Law Firm |
| Case: | Rolstad v. Grizzard |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott R. Jeeves, Christopher A. Cotten of Jeeves Law Group P.A. |
| Case: | Banks v. Handy Can Disposing and Recycling |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $745,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas P. Panagakis of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Mazza v. Southern Pioneer |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $714,588.50 |
| Attorneys: | Paul C. Perkins, Mallory Widgren of Paul & Perkins P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Smith v. Johnson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $673,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy M. Ingram of Ingram Injury Law |
| Case: | Abdelshahid v. Safelite Group Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $660,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric C. Ragatz, Josh W. Taylor, William K. Walker of Edwards & Ragatz, P.A. |
| Case: | Davis v. Champion Brands, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $655,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric S. Block, Timothy S. Moran, Caitlin O'Donnell of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Carlson v. Condit |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $652,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allen W. Lindsay of Lindsay & Lindsay P.A.; C. Phil Hall of Taylor, Warren & Weidner P.A. |
| Case: | Whitfield v. Southern-Owners Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel W. Courtney of Daniel W Courtney, P.A. |
| Case: | Ritterman v. Bradley, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |