Top 20 Pedestrian Accident Settlements in the United States in 2018
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| 1 | |
| 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 |
| 2 | |
| 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 |
| 3 | |
| 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 & Run, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan E. Levitt, Michelle L. Greenberg, Lucas W. Morgan of Frier Levitt, LLC |
| Case: | Dertouzos v. NJ Transit |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 5 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Clifford, Kevin P. Durkin, Sean P. Driscoll, Henry R. Simmons of Clifford Law Offices, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Coath v. Chicago Transit Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Illinois |
| 6 (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 |
| 6 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert B. Linder of Law Office of Robert B. Linder |
| Case: | Kan v. Rainbow Transportation Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 6 (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 |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas A. Wise of Weitz & Luxenberg |
| Case: | Estate of Pedestrian v. NYCTA, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $4,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam C. Josephs of The Josephs Law Firm |
| Case: | Inman v. Wichser, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frederick C. Aranki, Daniel P. O'Toole, David L. Scher of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Leviyev v. Yeshoua, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brittany A. Russell, Adam H. Rossol, Matthew O. Sullivan of Spar & Bernstein P.C. |
| Case: | Smith v. Cerebral Palsy Transport Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $3,919,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish, Jefferson Saylor, Marguerite S. Sanvictores of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Patel v. Eichmann |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $3,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew D. Dubin of Dubin Law Group |
| Case: | Virginia Mayer v. Lynn Woods |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark S. Algorri, Patrick S. Nolan, Ernest P. Algorri, N. Alex Lopez, Sam S. Soleimany of DeWitt Algorri & Algorri |
| Case: | Y.G., Pro Ami v. City of Montclair |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Quadriplegia |
| State: | California |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William D. Shapiro of The Law Offices of William D. Shapiro |
| Case: | Estate of Warren v. Lin, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nussin S. Fogel of Law Offices of Nussin S. Fogel |
| Case: | Plaintiff Employee v. Defendant Market |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Mazie, Adam M. Epstein of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman LLC |
| Case: | Apad v. New Jersey Transit |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Valerie A. Yarashus, John J. Carroll, Jr., Jessica M. Gray of Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C. |
| Case: | Jane Doe v. Delivery Co., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher T. Moyer of Master Weinstein Moyer, P.C. |
| Case: | Bullman v. Hecht, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley T. Weeks, Erik Gunderson of Charlton Weeks LLP; David J. Mirback of Law Offices of David J. Mirback & Associates; Gregory A. Yates of Law Offices of Gregory A. Yates P.C.; Vickie L. Cartony of Law Offices of Ripley & Associates APC |
| Case: | Estate of Duboise, et al. v. County of San Bernardino, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd F. Nevell, Daniel G. Sheldon of Scolinos, Sheldon & Nevell |
| Case: | Estate of Lirtsman v. Stalberg, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | California |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Miguel G. Caballero, Frank J. Perez of The Law offices of Perez & Caballero; Matthew S. McNicholas, Juan C. Victoria of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Botton v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nathan Hughey of Hughey Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Family of Carlton v. Buffalo Wild Wings |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $1,920,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Major A. Langer, Alvin Chang of Perona Langer Beck Serbin Harrison; William D. Shapiro of Robinson Calcagnie Inc.; James F. Tierney, III of Welebir & Tierney |
| Case: | Mitchell v. Williams |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Failure to Report, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth W. Elwood of Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari, P.C. |
| Case: | Sarrecchia v. State of NJ, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John (Jack) S. Hoyt III of Hoyt & Hoyt, PC |
| Case: | Cole v. Atlantic Health Ambulance Corp, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,590,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Murray L. Greenfield of Murray L. Greenfield & Associates |
| Case: | Estate of Reidy v. Hospitality Supportive Systems L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,530,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin L. Parsons of Gill & Chamas, LLC; Michael F. Lombardi of Lombardi & Lombardi, P.A. |
| Case: | Negron, et al. v. Aguigar, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death |
| State: | New Jersey |