Top 100 Car Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 100 plaintiff's car accident jury verdicts obtained in the United States in the year 2018. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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| 1 - 50 | |
| Visit: | Top 50 Car Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018 |
| 51 | |
| Amount: | $6,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Muhammad S. Aziz, Michelle A. Ciolek of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz |
| Case: | Lopez v. Polaris Industries, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Texas |
| 52 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 53 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark C. Joye, Mark J. Bringardner of Joye Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of G.C. v. XPO Express Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 54 | |
| Amount: | $5,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Levine of Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo, LLP |
| Case: | Barrett v. Smith |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 55 | |
| Amount: | $5,560,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Barton Warren, Derek W. Simpson of Warren & Simpson, PC |
| Case: | Donaldson v. Johnston, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Alabama |
| 56 | |
| Amount: | $5,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Kent Emison, Cory L. Atkins, Mark A. Emison, Lindsey Scarcello of Langdon & Emison; Michael X. Edgett of Cason, Edgett, Mahan & Lutjen, LLC |
| Case: | Knight v. Zey |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Missouri |
| 57 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 58 (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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas J. Leonardis of Stathis & Leonardis, LLC |
| Case: | Tortorella v. Ong |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 58 (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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Melissa Garcia Mosier of McWhirter, Bellinger, Associates, P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Oickle v. XPO Express Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 59 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 60 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 61 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 62 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 63 | |
| Amount: | $4,192,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kristina M. Georgiou of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC |
| Case: | Bonavita v. Quibble Cab Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 64 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 65 | |
| Amount: | $3,931,022.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig M. Rothenberg, Dean S. Pashaian of Rothenberg, Rubenstein, Berliner & Shinrod, LLC |
| Case: | Grecco v. McCowan, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 66 | |
| Amount: | $3,797,573.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick M. Regan, Paul J. Cornoni of Regan Zambri Long PLLC |
| Case: | Tovar v. Hayden, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 67 | |
| Amount: | $3,651,685.00 |
| Attorneys: | Coby L. Wooten, Mattilyn Smith of Coby L. Wooten, Attorney at Law, PC; James L. Mitchell of PayneMitchell Law Group |
| Case: | Estate of Contreras v. General Motors, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 68 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 69 | |
| Amount: | $3,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory Stathis, Marc D. Portlock of Stathis & Leonardis, LLC |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Feldman |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 70 | |
| Amount: | $3,555,176.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin G. Lillis, Nick Gjelaj of Mullaney & Gjelaj |
| Case: | Roldan v. Gersten |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jolene J. Manke, David J. Churchill of Injury Lawyers of Nevada |
| Case: | Pizanowski v. Stepanyan, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Nevada |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kelly Castor of Law Offices of Katherine G. Houghton |
| Case: | Leighton v. Flack, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 72 | |
| Amount: | $3,493,666.00 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Clegg of Law Offices of David J. Clegg |
| Case: | Vansickle v. McLean |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 73 | |
| Amount: | $3,382,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean K. Claggett, Matthew S. Granda, Samuel A. Harding, William T. Sykes, Shannon L. Wise of Claggett & Sykes Law Firm |
| Case: | Cobos v. JMR & CLS Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Defective Product, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, DUI, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
| State: | Nevada |
| 74 | |
| Amount: | $3,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William Schwitzer, Rory M. Shectman of William Schwitzer & Associates, PC |
| Case: | Maitre v. Vazquez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 75 | |
| Amount: | $3,285,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aleksandr S. Cherny of Cherny & Podolsky PLLC |
| Case: | Vargas v. Wakefern Food Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 76 | |
| Amount: | $3,220,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua P. Geist of Goodrich & Geist, P.C. |
| Case: | Kirkpatrick v. Geico Casualty Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Brain Injury |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 77 | |
| Amount: | $3,154,368.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roy M. Bowes, Mitchell A. Palmer of Roy M. Bowes & Associates; M. Suzanne "Suzy" Montero of Sternberg, Naccari & White, LLC; Warren A. "Chip" Forstall of The Law Offices of W.A. "Chip" Forstall Jr.; Joel T Chaisson II of Chaisson & Chaisson |
| Case: | Baldassaro v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 78 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 79 | |
| Amount: | $3,010,033.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Dwyer, Vance B. Grannis Jr., Conor E. Tobin of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. |
| Case: | Lind v. Harrington |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 80 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Siegel of Law Office of Robert A. Siegel |
| Case: | Debicharran v. Draguc |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 81 | |
| Amount: | $2,982,980.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan A. Boyack of Richard Harris Law Firm |
| Case: | Morgan v. Lujan, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Nevada |
| 82 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 83 | |
| Amount: | $2,930,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Gomez, Langdon Smith of Jim S. Adler & Associates |
| Case: | Joiner v. Chen, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 84 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 85 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 86 | |
| Amount: | $2,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Mabry Jr., John L. Lewis, J. R. Vicha of Mabry Lewis Law Firm |
| Case: | Lance v. Ramirez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Security, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 87 | |
| Amount: | $2,716,258.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew E. Cook, Kate Cook, Robert H. Childres III of Cook Law Group LLC |
| Case: | Smith v. White Oak Landscape Co. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Georgia |
| 88 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 89 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 90 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 91 | |
| Amount: | $2,597,218.04 |
| Attorneys: | Richard F. Neville III of Davis Law Firm |
| Case: | Hager v. Thomas, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 92 | |
| Amount: | $2,579,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alfred V. Altopiedi of Law Offices of Alfred V. Altopiedi, PC |
| Case: | Farese v. Robinson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 93 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 94 | |
| Amount: | $2,551,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Israel Garcia of Law Office of Israel Garcia |
| Case: | Andrade v. Allstate Property & Casualty Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 95 | |
| Amount: | $2,508,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Beth M. Diamond, Jordan S. Finkelstein of Dinkes & Schwitzer; Nick Banilov of Banilov & Assocates, PC |
| Case: | Casanova v. Cioffi, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 96 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark V. Kuminski of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. |
| Case: | Bayer-Tomaselli v. Siegel |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 96 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kathleen M. DiGiovanni of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. |
| Case: | Coppola v. Yabon |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 96 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kathleen M. DiGiovanni of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. |
| Case: | Driver v. The Allstate Corp. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 97 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 98 | |
| Amount: | $2,356,669.00 |
| Attorneys: | John "Jed" E.D. Powell of Jed Powell & Associates, PLLC |
| Case: | Pecota v. Cement Distributors, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Washington |
| 99 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 100 | |
| 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 Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |