Top 10 Truck Accident Settlements in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 truck accident settlements obtained in the United States in the year 2018. The list is comprised of cases filed either in a state or federal court, and those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit. It does, however, exclude cases settled for an undisclosed amount.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Truck Accident Settlements in the United States in 2018) you have also made the list of Top 20 Truck Accident Settlements in the United States in 2018.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $46,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Daniel W. Dunbar, Alexander J. Behar, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Lo v. Consolazio, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 2 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $14,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory Patton of Law Offices of Patton and Mosier |
| Case: | Sholes v. Taylor, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter A. Law, E. Michael Moran, Edward A. Piasta of Law & Moran, Attorneys at Law |
| Case: | Bellamy v. Red Class Transit LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Craig Jones, Craig R. Hill of Jones & Hill, LLC; John M. Welborn, III of John M. Welborn, III, Attorney at Law, LLC |
| Case: | Jackson v. Matte, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy L. Geller of Trapp & Geller |
| Case: | Gallegos v. Ruan Transport Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Security |
| State: | Illinois |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $6,148,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry Bendesky, Robert W. Zimmerman of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky PC |
| Case: | Fredricks v. Gold Medal Environmental |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, David A. Rudorfer of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Perez v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |