Top 50 Motorcycle Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018
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| 1 | |
| 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 |
| 2 | |
| 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 |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| 4 | |
| 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, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 5 | |
| 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 |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| 7 | |
| 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 |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $8,042,476.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas S. Feher, Robert T. Simon, Shelby Kail, Travis E. Davis of The Simon Law Group, LLP; T. Gabe Houston of Houston Law of California, PC |
| Case: | Soulliere v. Suzuki Motor of America Inc. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| 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 |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $5,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Levine of Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo, LLP |
| Case: | Barrett v. Smith |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $5,510,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard H. Schoenberger, Joseph A. Nicholson of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger; Greg A. Coates of Law Office of Greg A. Coates |
| Case: | Bruce v. Telfer Technologies, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $5,220,550.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nuru L. Witherspoon of The Witherspoon Law Group |
| Case: | Watson v. Coca-Cola Refreshments, USA Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $2,585,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard C. Kornberg of Law Offices of Howard Craig Kornberg |
| Case: | Estate of Roberto v. CRST Dedicated Services Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $2,551,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Israel Garcia of Law Office of Israel Garcia |
| Case: | Andrade v. Allstate Property & Casualty Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,325,219.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gerald E. Agnew Jr., Kenneth A. Holdren, Anna H. Cronk of Agnew Brusavich |
| Case: | Tamanaha v. Gramajo Barrios, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick A. Salvi, Brian L. Salvi of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard PC |
| Case: | Estate of Conklin v. Gilbert, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Illinois |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,925,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles "Tony" Piccuta of Piccuta Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Hambrook v. Lafitte, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,777,042.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Joseph Malouf of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Bean v. Eldridge Electric Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,668,365.80 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Burg, David J. Crough of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, PC |
| Case: | Calvin Moon v. Jill Gooden |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Colorado |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,218,721.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pete Leehey of The Biker Lawyers PC |
| Case: | Estate of Kephart v. Clayton Ridge Community Schools |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Iowa |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,051,340.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerold D. Sullivan, John K. Sullivan, David D. Ebenhack of Sullivan & Sullivan |
| Case: | Box v. Flores, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,005,675.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marco F. Bendinelli, Jared J. Mazzei of Bendinelli Law Firm, P.C |
| Case: | Fulton v. Nappier |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Colorado |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Vartazarian of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC; Bradley S. Wallace, Daniel S. Desantis of The Wallace Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Perez v. Dhoot |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $770,131.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerry C. Goldhagen of Law Office of Jerry C. Goldhagen |
| Case: | White v. Davis |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $684,086.00 |
| Attorneys: | Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish, Marguerite S. Sanvictores of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Sean M. Novak of The Novak Law Firm, P.C |
| Case: | Khan v. Sandoval |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $635,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas J. Robinson of Law Office of Douglas J. Robinson |
| Case: | Bowers v. Smith |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $525,734.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dallas A. Robinson, Joseph Abdallah, William McAfee of Kanner & Pintaluga P.A. |
| Case: | Umbach v. Santamaria |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph J. Appel of Appel Law Firm LLP |
| Case: | Young-Petrillo v. Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Carr of Yuhl Carr LLP |
| Case: | Gougeon v. Parks |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $499,614.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul M. Silva, Peter J. Somera, Jr. of Somera & Silva, LLP |
| Case: | Demieri, et al. v. Seltzer |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $476,116.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric M. Knobloch of Gruber Law Offices, LLC |
| Case: | Arnsdorf v. Erie Insurance Exchange |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $473,476.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul L. Lees of Lees Law Office |
| Case: | Fournier v. Forward |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $452,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jim R. Lawyer, Rob Conklin of Lawyer, Lawyer, Dutton & Drake, L.L.P. |
| Case: | Beach v. Pingel, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Iowa |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lourdes de Armas, Daniel S. Desantis of AlderLaw, P.C. |
| Case: | Bagwell v. Miller |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $362,886.00 |
| Attorneys: | Teresa A. Trucchi of Suppa, Trucchi & Henein L.L.P |
| Case: | Vinson v. Schmidt |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $340,247.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gabriel H. Avina of Law Offices of Gabriel H. Avina; Kevin S. Conlogue of The Law Office of Kevin S. Conlogue |
| Case: | Lewis v. Wilson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $316,627.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Bryan Ulmer, III, Sarah A. Kellogg of The Spence Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Harrell v. Shwartz |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Wyoming |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $315,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce D. Fox of Fox & Farley Attorneys at Law |
| Case: | Roy v. Terry |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Tennessee |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory J. Cannata of Gregory J. Cannata & Associates, LLP |
| Case: | Camillo v. Nunez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $242,474.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ervin B. Nevitt of Coplan & Crane Ltd. |
| Case: | Wheeler v. Sadkowska |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $230,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Zervopoulos of Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro |
| Case: | Novick v. Prizzia |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $209,235.00 |
| Attorneys: | Trevor Gordon , David Knight of Gordon & Partners, P.A. |
| Case: | Ciraolo v. De Pro-Sanjuan |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $196,785.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory A. Gold, Pamela B. Maass, Michael J. Rosenberg of The Gold Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Powell v. Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Colorado |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $168,919.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher G. Klemick, Herman M. Klemick of Klemick & Gampel, P.A. |
| Case: | Armstrong v. Farley |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $165,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua Ram of Krentsel & Guzman LLP |
| Case: | Duffy v. Fritz, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $158,325.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garrett R. Chambers, Gary L. Chambers, Chantell Cervantes-Chambers of Law Offices of Chambers & Noronha |
| Case: | Ayalavalencia v. Taylor |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $155,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachary A. Friedman, John S. Seligman of Friedman & Friedman, PA; Lauri W. Ross of Ross & Girten |
| Case: | Killingseder v. Croft, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| State: | Florida |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence M. Simon of Javerbaum, Wurgaft, Hicks, Kahn, Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C. |
| Case: | Brownrigg v. Shamah, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $144,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey J. Zenna of Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari, P.C. |
| Case: | Moreno v. Toriello, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $108,905.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Traut of Traut Firm |
| Case: | Kelperis v. Phuoc |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pending update |
| Case: | Pending update |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pending update |