Top 50 Car Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 plaintiff's car accident jury verdicts obtained in the United States in the year 2018. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 20 Car Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018) you have also made the list of Top 100 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 |
21 | |
Amount: | $15,250,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Heather N. Barnes of The Yerrid Law Firm |
Case: | Knoth v. Belhadj |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Gross Negligence, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort |
State: | Florida |
22 | |
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 |
23 | |
Amount: | $14,705,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Charles J. Hurowitz, Michael J. Mingino of Subin Associates, LLP |
Case: | Caldwell v. New York City Transit Authority, et al. |
Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | New York |
24 | |
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 |
25 | |
Amount: | $14,250,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Herbert S. Subin, Eric D. Subin, Jacob M. Porter of Subin Associates, LLP |
Case: | De Los Santos v. NYC Transit Authority, et al. |
Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | New York |
26 | |
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 |
27 | |
Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | J. Greg Allen, Benjamin E. Baker Jr., J. Cole Portis of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.; J. Kendall Few of J. Kendall Few, P.A. |
Case: | Estate of Dial v. Toyota Motor Corp. |
Type: | Breach of Warranty, Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Failure to Monitor, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Failure to Test |
State: | South Carolina |
28 | |
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 |
29 | |
Amount: | $11,490,073.00 |
Attorneys: | Ann H. Rosato, Michael S. Wampold, Felix Gavi Luna, Tomas A. Gahan of Peterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna |
Case: | Vignola v. Mutual of Enumclaw Ins. Co. |
Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death, Consumer Protection, Negligent Tort |
State: | Washington |
30 | |
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 |
31 | |
Amount: | $11,033,528.00 |
Attorneys: | James C. Napoli of Caesar & Napoli, PC |
Case: | Chen v. Cooper |
Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
State: | New York |
32 | |
Amount: | $10,665,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Daniel J. Sherry, Jr. of Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C. |
Case: | Brown v. Silvi Concrete Products, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
State: | Pennsylvania |
33 | |
Amount: | $10,577,854.00 |
Attorneys: | Zachary D. Bodenheimer, Brett M. Rosen, Mustafa H. Dandashly of Goldberg & Rosen |
Case: | Brown v. Lugardo-Soto |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
State: | Florida |
34 | |
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 |
35 | |
Amount: | $9,962,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Leonard S. Becker of Law Offices of Leonard S. Becker; Gregory A. Harris of Law Offices of Gregory A. Harris |
Case: | Bragar v. Chicago Transit Authority, et al. |
Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | Illinois |
36 | |
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 |
37 | |
Amount: | $9,628,450.00 |
Attorneys: | George W. Braly, William W. Speed of Braly, Braly, Speed & Morris, PLLC; Grant L. Davis, Timothy C. Gaarder of Davis Bethune & Jones; Michael M. Blue of Blue Law |
Case: | Estate of Nye v. BNSF Railway Co. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Railroad Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | Oklahoma |
38 | |
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 |
39 | |
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 |
40 | |
Amount: | $8,328,311.00 |
Attorneys: | Frank J. Lombardo, Joseph Stoduto of Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP |
Case: | Morace v. Danielsen Cabinetry Inc., et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | New York |
41 | |
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 |
42 | |
Amount: | $7,984,037.00 |
Attorneys: | Fred A. Cunningham, Gregory Yaffa of Domnick Cunningham & Whalen |
Case: | Whitney v. Mercury Ins. Co. |
Type: | Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
State: | Florida |
43 | |
Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Alaa A. Yasin of Dordick Law Corporation; Erik L. Peterson of Bostwick & Peterson, LLP |
Case: | Estate of Asencio v. City of Covina, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
State: | California |
44 | |
Amount: | $6,840,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Noemi Esparza of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
Case: | O’Kelly v. Bryant |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
State: | California |
45 | |
Amount: | $6,829,318.00 |
Attorneys: | Thomas J. Conroy, Brandon J. Simon, Robert T. Simon of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Benjamin D. Swanson of The Swanson Law Group; Jason R. Sanchez of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP |
Case: | Pacific v. Preciado, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Psychological Injury, Hit and Run, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | California |
46 | |
Amount: | $6,800,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Edward C. Lutz of Law Office of Edward C. Lutz, LLC |
Case: | Gorth v. Stutzman, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | New Jersey |
47 | |
Amount: | $6,476,286.00 |
Attorneys: | Jeffrey T. Stewart, Tiffany R. Ellis, Benjamin J. Wilensky of Seikaly, Stewart & Bennett, P.C. |
Case: | Estate of Stevenson v. Delcore, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | Michigan |
48 | |
Amount: | $6,341,391.00 |
Attorneys: | Stephen S. Eckman of Eckman, Strandness & Egan P.A. |
Case: | M.M., Pro Ami v. Zander |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
State: | Minnesota |
49 | |
Amount: | $6,340,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Michael T. Ridge of Law Offices of Michael T. Ridge |
Case: | Martinez v. The City of NY |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | New York |
50 (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 |
50 (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 |