Top 20 Truck 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: | $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 |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| 5 | |
| 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 |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $41,864,102.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Daniel W. Dunbar, Alexander J. Behar, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Lo v. Consolazio, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Hit and Run, Negligent Entrustment, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $37,835,259.23 |
| Attorneys: | Ian D. Pinkert, Jay Halpern, Ernesto L. Santos, Jr. of Halpern Santos & Pinkert, P.A.; Jonathan Halperin, Andrew Lucchetti, Isaac A. McBeth of Halperin Law Center; L. Steven Emmert of Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy |
| Case: | Benedict v. Hankook Tire, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Defective Product, Strict Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Quadriplegia |
| State: | Virginia |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Cort Frohlich, Christopher E. Frohlich, Brian M. Beason of Frohlich, Gordon & Beason Law Firm; C. Richard Newsome of Newsome Melton Law Firm; Maegen Peek Luka of Brannock & Humphries |
| Case: | Estate of Dougherty v. WCA of Florida |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $22,035,732.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Brent Goudarzi, Marty Young of Goudarzi & Young L.L.P. |
| Case: | Sullivan v. Enbridge Pipelines (North Texas) L.P. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 10 | |
| 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 |
| 11 | |
| 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 |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $15,502,880.00 |
| Attorneys: | Julie H. Littky-Rubin , Donald R. Fountain Jr., W. Hampton Keen, L. Jason Cornell of Clark, Fountain, La Vista, Prather & Littky-Rubin, LLP |
| Case: | Letterman v. National Truck Center, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Florida |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $14,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, Courtney E. Rowley of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | Guzman v. Defendant Truck Driver, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $13,241,365.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ricardo Echeverria, Kristin E. Hobbs of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP; Mindy S. Bish of Bish Law; Katherine B. Pene of Briskin, Latzanich & Pene LLP. |
| Case: | Wood v. Venegas |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randy Edwards, Paul A. Piland of Cochran & Edwards, LLC; John W. Sherrod of Sherrod & Bernard, P.C. |
| Case: | Johns v. Suzuki Motor Corp. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Georgia |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $11,779,155.00 |
| Attorneys: | Olivier A. Taillieu, Judd R. Allen of The Dominguez Firm |
| Case: | Esparza, et al. v. Win Distribution Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $11,003,576.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory P. DiLeo, Benjamin W. Gulick of Law Offices of Gregory P. DiLeo, APLC; Caleb H. Didriksen, Alex A. Lauricella, Erin Bruce Saucier, Carl A. "Trey" Woods, Jeremy J. Pichon of Didriksen, Saucier & Woods, PLC; Mark E. Young of Plauche Maselli Parkerson; Tony M. Clayton of Clayton, Fruge & Ward Law |
| Case: | Duplessis v. Turner, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Negligent Hiring, Failure to Supervise, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $9,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven T. Baron, Bryan A. Green, Kathryn A. Pryor of Baron & Budd, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Davis v. United Rentals North America |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Contractor Negligence, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $9,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael E. Polen, Jr. of Rubino, Ruman, Crosmer & Polen LLC |
| Case: | Goodwin v. Krohn |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Indiana |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $9,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Boris Treyzon of Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo, LLP |
| Case: | Watts v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |