Top 20 Pedestrian Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in a pedestrian accident case, in the United States in the year 2018. The list is comprised of personal injury and wrongful death actions that were tried either in a state or federal court.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $85,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard S. Hershenhorn, Diana M. A. Carnemolla of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf |
| Case: | Sipher v. Gray Line New York Tours Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 2 | |
| 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 |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $15,570,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann, Edward S. Goldis of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP |
| Case: | Espinoza v. J.B. Hunt Transport Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, DUI, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jim S. Hart of Williams Kherkher Hart Boundas, LLP; David A. Salazar of The Salazar Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Estate of Chan v. Budd, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $13,935,549.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erika Contreras, Andrew P. Owen, Brian J. Panish, Rahul Ravipudi, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Newland v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $11,354,664.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen D. Phillips, Gregory Phillips of Phillips Law Offices |
| Case: | Estate of Douglas v. Barrientos |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Hit and Run, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | F. Jerome Tapley, Hirlye Ryan Lutz, Adam W. Pittman, J. Curt Tanner of Cory Watson Attorneys |
| Case: | Watts v. Taylor |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Alabama |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $9,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Slade H. McLaughlin, Gina M. Stowe of McLaughlin & Lauricella PC |
| Case: | Estate of Bollinger v. Martin, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott H. Harris of McLane Middleton |
| Case: | Weinhold v. R.S. Audley Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patricia E. Anderson, David M. Beninger, Andrew Hoyal, Ralph J. Brindley of Luvera Law Firm |
| Case: | Jacquemart v. Wong, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Washington |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Rudorfer, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Martinez, et al. v. Whittier Uptown Association, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Security, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian M. King of Law Office of Brian M. King PC |
| Case: | Martinez v. Rainbow Transit |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $6,298,237.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan A. Casey, Patrick K. Gunning, Adam K. Shea of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Scott J. Corwin of Scott J. Corwin, A Professional Law Corporation |
| Case: | Enriquez v. Gonzalez Travel & Tours Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $6,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd A. Restivo of Restivo & Murphy LLP |
| Case: | Wynter v. Transdev Services, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 14 | |
| 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 |
| 15 | |
| 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 |
| 16 | |
| 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 |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $4,321,258.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Linkner, Bruce T. Wallace, Oscar A. Rodriguez of Hooper Hathaway Price Beuche & Wallace; J. Michael Hannon of Hannon Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Short v. WMATA |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $3,852,192.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason T. Wasserman of Silverman Thompson Slutkin White |
| Case: | Seman v. Brown, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Maryland |
| 19 | |
| 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 |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $2,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig Muessig of Law Offices of Craig Muessig; Judson Daws of The Daws Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Estate of Meadows, et al. v. McCloney |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |