Top 20 Car Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $247,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Brent Goudarzi, Marty Young of Goudarzi & Young L.L.P. |
| Case: | Estate of McPherson v. Jefferson Trucking L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $242,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank L. Branson, Debbie Dudley Branson, Eric T. Stahl, Eugene A. 'Chip' Brooker of Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, P.C. |
| Case: | Reavis v. Toyota Motor Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Brain Injury, Defective Product, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Texas |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $128,813,522.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian D. “Buck” Rogers of Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC; Darren Summerville, Anna Cross of The Summerville Firm |
| Case: | Johnson v. Lee |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Quadriplegia |
| State: | Georgia |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $101,361,337.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Brent Goudarzi, John Hall, Marty Young of Goudarzi & Young L.L.P. |
| Case: | Patterson v. FTS International Manufacturing LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $89,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric T. Penn of The Penn Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Blake v. Ali, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $53,648,947.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce L. Schechter, R. Rex Parris, Khail A. Parris of PARRIS; Brian J. Panish, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Lennig v. CRST |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $41,634,170.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander R. Wheeler, R. Rex Parris, Rutger R. Parris, Khail A. Parris, Jonathan W. Douglass, Bernadette N. Manigault of PARRIS |
| Case: | Taylor v. Schilling |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $38,517,300.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Johnson, Anna Sanderson of Johnson, Vorhees & Martucci |
| Case: | Hansen v. Hamilton, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Kansas |
| 9 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $35,014,630.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard I. Levin of Levin, Riback, Adelman & Flangel, P.C. |
| Case: | Ricciardi v. The Allstate Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Illinois |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $32,369,034.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul S. Weinberg of Weinberg & Garber, P.C.; John J. Egan of Egan, Flanagan & Cohen |
| Case: | Dubuque v. Cumberland Farms |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $27,410,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Brent Goudarzi, Marty Young of Goudarzi & Young L.L.P. |
| Case: | Wingfield v. AT&T Corp. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $27,278,615.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas Elefterakis, Oliver R. Tobias of Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek; Steven Smith of Law Office of Steven Smith, PC |
| Case: | George v. Unicorn Construction Enterprises Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $27,091,054.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Pitts Carr, Alex D. Weatherby of Carr & Weatherby; W. Winston Briggs of W. Winston Briggs Law Firm |
| Case: | Sitton v. Ceeda Enterprises Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, DUI, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Georgia |
| 16 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Florida |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charla Aldous, Brent Walker of Aldous \ Walker LLP; Joshua J. Bennett, E. Leon Carter of Carter Arnett PLLC |
| Case: | Brown, et al. v. Beamers Private Club, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Texas |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $22,962,494.66 |
| Attorneys: | James E. Ballidis of Allen, Flatt, Ballidis & Leslie |
| Case: | Dauod v. Geico Insurance Company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| State: | California |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $19,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Dean of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C.; Lawerence A. Wilson of Wilson, Grochow, Drucker |
| Case: | Kota v. Nassau County, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $19,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark C. Joye of Joye Law Firm |
| Case: | Cross, et al. v. XPO Express Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $16,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth J. Allen , Bryan L. Bradley, Robert D. Brown, Thomas R. Benton of Kenneth J. Allen Law Group |
| Case: | Binkowski v. Grand Island Express, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Indiana |