Top 100 Car Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018
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| 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 |