Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in Los Angeles County in 2019
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $21,496,420.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew P. Owen, Brian J. Panish, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Rada v. Hardin Irvine Automotive Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Catastrophic Injury |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $17,270,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick M. Ardis, Kip E. Whittemore of Wolff Ardis, P.C.; Todd F. Nevell, Daniel G. Sheldon, Abaigeal A. Loving of Scolinos, Sheldon & Nevell |
| Case: | Romo v. Hyundai Motor America, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Corey Arzoumanian, Arash Homampour, Nareen M. Touloumdjian of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC; David H. Greenberg, Emily A. Ruby of Law Office of David H. Greenberg |
| Case: | Courtney v. Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Strict Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $11,061,472.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph H. Low IV of The Law Firm of Joseph H. Low IV; Simon P. Etehad of Etehad Law APC; Diana S. Diskin, Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | McPhoy v. Mendez Ramirez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $11,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Vartazarian, Matthew J. Whibley of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC; Navid A. Natanian, Edward R. Yaghoubi of Law Offices of Navid A. Natanian, APLC |
| Case: | Estate of Garcia v. TRI-Modal Distribution Services Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $6,180,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul R. Kiesel, D. Bryan Garcia, Steven D. Archer of Kiesel Law LLP; Hamilton E. Arendsen, Joseph C. Cane, Jr. of Arendsen Cane Molnar LLP |
| Case: | Hazard v. Vehicle Effects, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Faulty Workmanship |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $5,352,493.00 |
| Attorneys: | Quinton B. Cutlip, Christopher B. Dolan, Megan R. Irish, Dianna L. Albini of Dolan Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Castro v. Edwards, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $5,310,021.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Edmond El Dabe, Jonathan M. Ritter of Eldabe | Ritter Trial Lawyers |
| Case: | Shui v. B.R. & Sons, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $4,738,369.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence Grassini, Lars C. Johnson, Roland G. Wrinkle, Robert B. Reagan Jr. of Grassini & Wrinkle |
| Case: | Estate of Knopp v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $4,532,436.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Murphy, Jr., John D. Barron of James R. Murphy, A Law Corporation |
| Case: | Williams v. Rivera, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Kelly, Douglas S. Saeltzer, Doris Cheng of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger |
| Case: | Estate of Alvarez v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Bus Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $3,464,288.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond D. McElfish of McElfish Law Firm; Sandeep G. Agarwal, Bob B. Khakshooy of Law Offices of Bob B. Khakshooy (California Attorney Group) |
| Case: | Qaadir v. Figueroa and Pacifica Trucking |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $3,375,205.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones, Daniel B. Miller of Wilshire Law Firm; Jesse B. Chrisp of Law Offices of J. Chrisp |
| Case: | Orrin v. Sundaralingam |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,005,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garo Mardirossian, Adam L. Feit of Mardirossian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Estate of Munoz v. Morales, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,430,615.00 |
| Attorneys: | Olivier A. Taillieu, Judd R. Allen, Jennifer R. Bagosy , Alex M. Valenzuela , Matthew K. Joy of The Dominguez Firm |
| Case: | Galvez v. Firchow |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,969.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Spencer R. Lucas of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Siamak Vaziri, Mark J. Giannamore of Vaziri Law Group |
| Case: | Gil v. Buczynski, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas S. Feher, Robert T. Simon, Shelby Kail, Brooke L. Bove of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Nick T. Movagar, Steven S. Yamin, Daniel J. Reeves of Movagar & Yamin, PLC |
| Case: | Williams v. G & H Non-Emergency Medical Transportation LLC |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Truck Accident, Paramedic Malpractice, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, On-board Accident |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,312,139.00 |
| Attorneys: | Molly McKibben, Alan L. Van Gelder of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | MacKenzie v. Solomon, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,232,471.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pejman A. Ben-Cohen, Paul S. Zuckerman, Steven E. Spencer, Daniel Benji, Marina R. Pacheco of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | Guadalupe v. Figueroa, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan Aghabegian, Almara Sepanian of Aghabegian & Associates |
| Case: | Gamez v. Wood |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,139,035.00 |
| Attorneys: | Haik A. Beloryan of Beloryan & Manukyan LLP |
| Case: | Cardenas v. Taormina |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Olivier A. Taillieu, Maura Taillieu of The Dominguez Firm |
| Case: | Calcanas v. Schier |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $834,650.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark J. Leonardo of Kuzyk Law, LLP |
| Case: | Juarez v. Ziegler |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brad M. Simon, Robert T. Simon, Sophie Etemadi, Brooke L. Bove of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Michael Schwimer, Mitchell E. Rosensweig of Schwimer Weinstein, LLP |
| Case: | Cabezas v. Meza, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $513,545.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jake Douglass of Douglass Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Ochua v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $502,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi, Ian P. Samson, Paul A. Traina, Whitney T. Smith of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Ardy Pirnia of The Pirnia Law Group |
| Case: | Alfaro v. Love |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $495,492.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pejman A. Ben-Cohen, Robert J. Ounjian of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Edwin Saghian , Shahab Mossavar-Rahmani, Timothy A. Gauthier of Omega Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Cameron v. Meza |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $485,605.00 |
| Attorneys: | Siamak Vaziri, Mark J. Giannamore, Shawn K. Elliott, Alex D. Guerrero of Vaziri Law Group |
| Case: | Reyes v. Flaum |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $483,018.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Andrade, Taylor R. Dann, Matthew H. Conley of Andrade Law Offices |
| Case: | Fuentes v. Hartley |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $470,976.15 |
| Attorneys: | Siamak Vaziri, David C. Shay, Aaron G. Miller of Vaziri Law Group |
| Case: | Catalan v. Pakket Delivery Services LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $427,459.00 |
| Attorneys: | C. Michael Alder, Neil K. Gehlawat, Jennifer P. Burkes, Daniel S. Desantis of AlderLaw, PC; Neal R. Rosenthal of Law Office of Neal R. Rosenthal, APC |
| Case: | Cardona v. Vongkavivathanakul |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $365,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lee W. Previant, John W. Noland of NP Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Iriarte v. Weaver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $337,492.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry S. Zelner of Law Offices of Barry S. Zelner |
| Case: | Flores v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $326,100.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond D. McElfish, Tara Heckard-Bryant of McElfish Law Firm |
| Case: | Sorfazian v. Saltzberg |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $296,311.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Fink of Law Offices of Robert S. Fink |
| Case: | Rogers v. Drew |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $260,995.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Poulter, Patrick Jacobs, Allen G. Haroutounian, Dylan Ruga of Stalwart Law Group |
| Case: | Perez v. Gullett |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $255,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen K. McElroy, Josh M. Dowell of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Derryl S. Halpern of Halpern Law Firm (CA) |
| Case: | Gumrikyan v. Park |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $247,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Armen K. Akaragian of Akaragian Law, Inc. |
| Case: | Chumpulpackdee v. Conrad |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Chance J. Pardon of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter |
| Case: | Allahverdian v. Gundrachyan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brad M. Simon, Robert T. Simon, Jenny V. Anglin, Greg A. Jackson of The Simon Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Lasater v. Mandzhikyan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $197,395.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark J. Leonardo of Kuzyk Law, LLP |
| Case: | Kurzon v. Rawson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $177,937.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ibiere N. Seck, Siannah Collado Boutte of The Simon Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Zartuche v. Aquino |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $176,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander R. Wheeler, Rutger R. Parris, Jonathan W. Douglass, Ellery S. Gordon of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Mclaughlin v. Sterbenz |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $166,651.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ani Aghaeian of Aghaeian Law |
| Case: | Rezvani v. Vazquez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $165,702.00 |
| Attorneys: | P. Christopher Ardalan, Geoffrey S. Hickey, Mark K. Drew of Ardalan & Associates PLC |
| Case: | Lopez-Rivera v. Morales |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $159,277.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Edmond El Dabe, Jonathan M. Ritter, Dana I. Castruita of Eldabe | Ritter Trial Lawyers |
| Case: | Hailu v. Margolis |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $155,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David C. Kadin of Law Office of David C. Kadin; William G. Sayegh of Sayegh Law |
| Case: | Martinez v. Tai |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $130,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Vartazarian, Matthew J. Whibley of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC; Navid A. Natanian, Melody S. Kashani of Law Offices of Navid A. Natanian, APLC |
| Case: | Freeman v. Chour |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $129,849.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard D. Hoffman of Richard D. Hoffman Law Office |
| Case: | Yoon v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $128,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony S. Petru, Victor A. Russo, Ashley L. Rivkin of Hildebrand, McLeod & Nelson, LLP |
| Case: | Balandra v. Lahr |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $121,460.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tom G. Antunovich of Bisnar Chase, LLP |
| Case: | Lim v. Wang, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |