Top 20 Truck Accident Settlements in the United States in 2018

Top 20 Truck Accident Settlements in the United States in 2018We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 truck accident settlements obtained in the United States in the year 2018. The list is comprised of cases filed either in a state or federal court, and those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit. It does, however, exclude cases settled for an undisclosed amount.

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1
Amount:$46,000,000.00
Attorneys:Brian J. Panish, Daniel W. Dunbar, Alexander J. Behar, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP
Case:Lo v. Consolazio, et al.
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:California
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:$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
4
Amount:$14,000,000.00
Attorneys:Gregory Patton of Law Offices of Patton and Mosier
Case:Sholes v. Taylor, et al.
Type:Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort
State:California
5
Amount:$12,000,000.00
Attorneys:Peter A. Law, E. Michael Moran, Edward A. Piasta of Law & Moran, Attorneys at Law
Case:Bellamy v. Red Class Transit LLC, et al.
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:South Carolina
6
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
7
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
8
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
9
Amount:$6,148,000.00
Attorneys:Larry Bendesky, Robert W. Zimmerman of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky PC
Case:Fredricks v. Gold Medal Environmental
Type:Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:Pennsylvania
10
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
11 (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
11 (tie)
Amount:$5,000,000.00
Attorneys:William J. Ronalter, James W. Bergenn of Shipman & Goodwin LLP
Case:Galikas v. Baggott Family Farms Corp., et al.
Type:Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort
State:Connecticut
12
Amount:$4,750,000.00
Attorneys:Colin M. Jones, Daniel B. Miller of Wilshire Law Firm
Case:Moore v. Gaytan, et al.
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort
State:California
13
Amount:$4,500,000.00
Attorneys:Eric J. Parker, Susan M. Bourque, Heather M. Boutet (Cox) of Parker Scheer LLP
Case:Estate of Decedent v. General Contractor
Type:Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Wrongful Death, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort
State:Massachusetts
14
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
15
Amount:$3,800,000.00
Attorneys:Peter E. Meyers, Todd W. Gardner of Swanson Gardner Meyers PLLC
Case:Lagozzinq v. McDonough & Sons, Inc., et al.
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Catastrophic Injury
State:Washington
16
Amount:$3,516,402.00
Attorneys:James S. Rogers, Heather M. Cover of Law Offices of James S. Rogers; Patrick K. Gunning of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP
Case:Estate of Allender, et al. v. Carlson Steel Works, Inc., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort
State:Washington
17 (tie)
Amount:$3,500,000.00
Attorneys:Michael E. Carr, John “Jack” Beesley, Patrick E. Carr, A. Laurie Koller of Carr & Carr Attorneys At Law
Case:Estate of Childress v. Doornbos, et al.
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention
State:Oklahoma
17 (tie)
Amount:$3,500,000.00
Attorneys:Dominic F. Pechota of Trial Lawyers For Justice
Case:Thompson v. State of Iowa, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:Iowa
17 (tie)
Amount:$3,500,000.00
Attorneys:Bradley M. Henry, Valerie A. Yarashus of Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C.
Case:Estate of Bicyclist v. Garbage Truck Driver, et al.
Type:Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:Massachusetts
18
Amount:$3,375,000.00
Attorneys:Michael J. Hurwitz, Stephen J. Murphy of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP
Case:Zuniga v. Watkins, et al.
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort
State:New York
19
Amount:$3,250,000.00
Attorneys:Kenneth A. Hoffman of Mitchell Hoffman & Wolf
Case:Estate of Komada v. Dove, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:Illinois
20 (tie)
Amount:$3,000,000.00
Attorneys:Patrick M. Flaherty of Kinnally Flaherty Krentz Loran Hodge & Masur P.C.
Case:Estate of E.V. v. Estate of Stenger
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort
State:Illinois
20 (tie)
Amount:$3,000,000.00
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 Tort
State:California
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