Top 20 Car Accident Settlements in the United States in 2018
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patricia E. Anderson, David M. Beninger of Luvera Law Firm; Alisa R. Brodkowitz, Kenneth R. Friedman, Rachel Luke of Friedman | Rubin |
| Case: | Sanchez v. Airbus Helicopters, et al. |
| Type: | Aviation Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Burn Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | Washington |
| 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: | $28,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith L. Kessler, Brian F. Ladenburg, Brad J. Moore of Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore; Michael W. Montgomery of The Law Offices of Harold D. Carr |
| Case: | Seward v. State of Washington, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Quadriplegia |
| State: | Washington |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ted M. Rosenberg, Erin M. Hargis of Rosenberg & Gluck, LLP |
| Case: | Iacone v. Passanisi, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Failure to Maintain, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $20,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William D. Shapiro of The Law Offices of William D. Shapiro |
| Case: | Turner v. City of Banning |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin J. Conway of Cooney & Conway; Timothy J. Cavanagh, Michael Sorich of Cavanagh Law Group |
| Case: | Estate of Manzera, et al. v. Frugoli, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Illinois |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $16,475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian S. Chacker of Gay & Chacker |
| Case: | Le v. TM Kovacevich, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $13,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter M. Lazarus, P. Mark Shayani, Michael Hollomon of Pacific Attorney Group |
| Case: | Flores v. Defendant Motorist |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $13,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen L. Bulzomi, John R. Christensen, Jeremy A. Johnston of Evergreen Personal Injury Counsel |
| Case: | Schulte v. Mullan, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Failure to Monitor, DUI, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | Washington |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Carpenter, Brian J. Kim, Steven L. Mazza, Gary S. Lewis of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Maryam Parman of Avrek Law Firm |
| Case: | Rossab v. Walgreen Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; James M. Johnson of Johnson Attorneys Group |
| Case: | Gray v. Bull |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William D. Shapiro of The Law Offices of William D. Shapiro |
| Case: | Blackburn v. City of Hesperia |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard H. Schoenberger, Douglas S. Saeltzer of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger |
| Case: | Van Fleet v. City of Oakland |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory L. Bentley, Clare H. Lucich, Matthew W. Clark of Bentley & More LLP |
| Case: | Gruppioni, et al. v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Failure to Protect, Hit and Run, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $11,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Alan L. Van Gelder of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Olin v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 13 | |
| 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 |
| 14 | |
| 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 |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $8,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Neil Sugarman of Sugarman and Sugarman, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Passenger v. Tavern, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Goudie, et al. v. State of California, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 17 | |
| 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 |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Johnston, Lauren Bullock of Johnston & Hutchinson LLP; Peter Gezoukian of Gezoukian & Nalbandyan, PC |
| Case: | Reyes v. LADWP |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James C. Buckley, Ronald Unger, Mimy A. Bailey of Buckley & Associates |
| Case: | Estate of Xu, et al. v. City of Issaquah, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William M. Paoli, Court B. Purdy of Paoli Purdy, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Lockridge v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death |
| State: | California |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick D. Cummings, Joseph P. Shannon, Jonathan Svitak of Shannon Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Robertshaw v. Maurer Truck Leasing, et. al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment |
| State: | Illinois |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $4,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul F. Ferguson, Jr. of The Ferguson Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Hendon, et al. v. Analytical Technology Consultants, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Contractor Negligence |
| State: | Texas |