Top 50 Truck Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 plaintiff's truck 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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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 |
21 | |
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 |
22 | |
Amount: | $7,424,135.00 |
Attorneys: | Marc A. Chandler of Chandler Trial Law |
Case: | Torres v. First Transit Inc. |
Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
State: | Florida |
23 | |
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 |
24 | |
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 |
25 | |
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 |
26 | |
Amount: | $6,297,025.00 |
Attorneys: | Terrence Kay of Terrence Kay PC |
Case: | David v. Industrial Commercial Electric Co. |
Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | Oregon |
27 | |
Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Mark C. Joye, Mark J. Bringardner of Joye Law Firm |
Case: | Estate of G.C. v. XPO Express Inc., et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | South Carolina |
28 | |
Amount: | $5,232,994.00 |
Attorneys: | David C. Wenholz, Sean B. Swords of The Wenholz Law Firm, PC; Luke Dow of Luke Dow Law Firm; Ernest F. Bogart of Owen & Bogart, Lawyers |
Case: | Padron et al. v. The Texas Department of Transportation et al. |
Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
State: | Texas |
29 | |
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 |
30 (tie) | |
Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Melissa Garcia Mosier of McWhirter, Bellinger, Associates, P.A. |
Case: | Estate of Oickle v. XPO Express Inc., et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | South Carolina |
30 (tie) | |
Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Peter C. Wetherall of Wetherall Group, Ltd.; Brent W. Coon of Brent Coon & Associates; James A. Morris, Jr. of Morris Law Firm |
Case: | Gibbons v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. |
Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Failure to Maintain, FELA, Negligent Tort |
State: | Nevada |
31 | |
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 |
32 | |
Amount: | $3,647,343.40 |
Attorneys: | Kevin A. Brown of Farah & Farah |
Case: | Willing v. Campbell, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
State: | Florida |
33 | |
Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Rocky Wilkins, Gregory J. Bosseler, Paul V. Ott of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
Case: | Franklin v. Dugda, et al. |
Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
State: | Mississippi |
34 | |
Amount: | $3,383,093.00 |
Attorneys: | Jonathan Brozyna, Keith M. Carter, William R. Daniel of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
Case: | Capote v. JVS Contracting Inc., et al. |
Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
State: | Florida |
35 | |
Amount: | $3,382,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Sean K. Claggett, Matthew S. Granda, Samuel A. Harding, William T. Sykes, Shannon L. Wise of Claggett & Sykes Law Firm |
Case: | Cobos v. JMR & CLS Inc., et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Defective Product, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, DUI, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
State: | Nevada |
36 | |
Amount: | $3,285,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Aleksandr S. Cherny of Cherny & Podolsky PLLC |
Case: | Vargas v. Wakefern Food Corp., et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | New York |
37 | |
Amount: | $3,016,507.04 |
Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Jeffrey J. Twomey of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter |
Case: | Liwag v. Lowey Enterprises, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
State: | California |
38 (tie) | |
Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Dean P. Smith, Joshua I. Ramos of Ramos & Ramos; Wayne C. Felle of Wayne C. Felle, P.C. |
Case: | Milligan v. Bifulco, et al. |
Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
State: | New York |
38 (tie) | |
Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Noble McIntyre, Jeremy Thurman, Jordan L. Klingler (Southerland) of McIntyre Law, P.C. |
Case: | Estate of Eickstaedt v. Doug Butler Enterprises Inc.,et al. |
Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
State: | Oklahoma |
39 | |
Amount: | $2,803,227.93 |
Attorneys: | Zane Berg, Bryan S. Hofeld, Crane A. Johnstone of Schlesinger Law Offices, PA |
Case: | Zucker v. Gonzalez, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
State: | Florida |
40 | |
Amount: | $2,659,877.00 |
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 Entrustment, Negligent Tort |
State: | California |
41 | |
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 |
42 | |
Amount: | $2,576,069.00 |
Attorneys: | Matthew J. Grossman, Howard A. Spier of Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso & Spier, P.A. |
Case: | Downing v. Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport, Inc. |
Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
State: | Florida |
43 | |
Amount: | $2,356,669.00 |
Attorneys: | John "Jed" E.D. Powell of Jed Powell & Associates, PLLC |
Case: | Pecota v. Cement Distributors, Inc. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | Washington |
44 | |
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 |
45 | |
Amount: | $2,283,778.00 |
Attorneys: | Tom Pennekamp of Pennekamp Law; Kimberly L. Boldt, Mario R. Giommoni of Boldt Law Firm, P.A. |
Case: | Diaz v. City of Homestead |
Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
State: | Florida |
46 | |
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 |
47 | |
Amount: | $1,980,500.00 |
Attorneys: | Keith E. Patton of Shrader & Associates, LLP; Dennis O. Moore of Tinsman & Sciano, Inc. |
Case: | Meckell, et al. v. Rutiaga, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | Texas |
48 | |
Amount: | $1,898,000.00 |
Attorneys: | John J. MacInerney of Hofeld and Schaffner |
Case: | Rodriguez v. Fore Transportation, Inc. |
Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | Illinois |
49 | |
Amount: | $1,696,500.00 |
Attorneys: | Robert J. Chambers, II, Victoria J. Lazar, Jeremiah A. Lowe, Benjamin C. Wohlfeil of Gomez Trial Attorneys; Norman Pokorny of York & Pokorny |
Case: | Gleboff v. City of San Diego |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
State: | California |
50 | |
Amount: | $1,693,302.00 |
Attorneys: | Michael W. Boyd, Jennifer Jameson McKendree of Bell & Boyd, PLLC |
Case: | Beeson v. Nute, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
State: | Arkansas |