Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in Los Angeles County in 2019
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $40,137,769.00 |
| Attorneys: | David C. Greenstone, Stuart J. Purdy, Marissa Langhoff, Lisa M. Barley of Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC |
| Case: | Cabibi v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Talc Exposure, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $34,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer L. Alesio, Daniel P. Blouin, John Richardson, Paul C. Cook, Deborah R. Rosenthal, Benjamin D. Goldstein of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC |
| Case: | Putt v. Ford Motor Company |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $26,619,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter C. Beirne, Nectaria Belantis, Bryon P. Josselyn, Joshua S. Paul of The Paul Law Firm |
| Case: | Phipps v. Copeland Corp. LLC |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benno B. Ashrafi, Venus Burns, Leonard Sandoval, Josiah Parker, Tyler R. Stock of Weitz & Luxenberg |
| Case: | Sabetian v. Brand Insulations Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $21,496,420.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew P. Owen, Brian J. Panish, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle 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 |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| 7 | |
| 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 |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $7,680,460.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gibbs C. Henderson, Gary M. Paul, Erin M. Wood of Waters, Kraus & Paul |
| Case: | Kline v. Zimmer Inc. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Defective Medical Device, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Design Defect |
| 9 | |
| 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 |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $6,126,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin R. Boyle, Andrew P. Owen, Brian J. Panish, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | HSU v. R & P Food Processing Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $5,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kyle J. Scott of Kyle Scott Law, PLC; Keith J. Bruno of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP |
| Case: | K.R., Pro Ami v. Long Beach Unified School District, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, School Safety, Trip & Fall, Brain Injury, Denial of Medical Care, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $5,447,664.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joel Krissman of Krissman & Silver LLP |
| Case: | Peterson v. City of Long Beach |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort, Admiralty Law, Jones Act, Maritime Injury |
| 13 | |
| 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 |
| 14 | |
| 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 |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Luis A. Carrillo, Michael S. Carrillo, Xena Mashburn of Carrillo Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Jane B.M. Doe v. El Monte Union High School District, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Failure to Supervise, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention |
| 16 | |
| 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 |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $3,490,346.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric J. Dubin of Dubin Law Firm; Annee Della Donna of Law Offices of Annee Della Donna |
| Case: | Tanoos v. Tarzana Treatment Centers Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Inadequate Care, Negligent Tort |
| 18 | |
| 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 |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $3,375,205.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones, Bobby Saadian 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 |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $3,223,949.00 |
| Attorneys: | Caspar Jivalagian, Aaron S. Turchin of KJT Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Libaryan v. Aero Port Services Inc. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Fall, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,429.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benno B. Ashrafi, Venus Burns, Michael T. Reid of Weitz & Luxenberg |
| Case: | Groves v. D.W. Nicholson Corp. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $2,681,235.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce M. Bunch of Law Offices Of Bruce M. Bunch; William C. Saacke of The Saacke Law Group |
| Case: | Sunstedt v. Nazarian |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Negligent Tort |
| 23 | |
| 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 |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,969.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Spencer R. Lucas of Panish Shea & Boyle 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 |
| 25 | |
| 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 |
| 26 | |
| 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 |
| 27 | |
| 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 |
| 28 | |
| 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 |
| 29 | |
| 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 |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $1,041,165.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Traylor of Law Office of Michael S. Traylor |
| Case: | Richard v. Deanco Healthcare LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Hospital Malpractice, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Sexual Harassment, Intentional Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Sexual Battery |
| 31 | |
| 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 |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $937,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | H.W. Trey Jones of Law Office of H.W. Trey Jones; Simona A. Farrise of Farrise Law Firm |
| Case: | Godber v. Calportland Co., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Work Accident, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $877,032.00 |
| Attorneys: | George G. Mgdesyan, Araksya Boyadzhyan, Silva Maranjyan of Mgdesyan Law Firm |
| Case: | Leon v. Kenk Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $852,019.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bill Robins, III, Stephen J. Kelly, Ari Friedman, Robert Bryson, Paloma Carrero of Robins Cloud LLP |
| Case: | K.W. v. Sun Hospitality Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Teresa A. Johnson, Daniel K. Kramer of Kramer Holcomb Sheik LLP |
| Case: | Perez v. Hibachi Buffet |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Restaurant Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 36 | |
| 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 |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $789,328.00 |
| Attorneys: | George G. Mgdesyan, Araksya Boyadzhyan of Mgdesyan Law Firm |
| Case: | Leon v. Shell Gas Station, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $760,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mickel M. Arias, Katherine Harvey-Lee, Eugene Feldman of Arias Sanguinetti Wang and Torrijos, LLP |
| Case: | Worhach v. Banuelos |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $748,281.92 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew T. Ryan of The Ryan Law Group |
| Case: | Schonder v. Star Waggons Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 40 | |
| 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 |
| 41 | |
| 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 |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $502,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi, Ian P. Samson, Paul A. Traina, Whitney T. Smith of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Ardy Pirnia of The Pirnia Law Group |
| Case: | Alfaro v. Love |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 43 | |
| 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 |
| 44 | |
| 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 |
| 45 | |
| 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 |
| 46 | |
| 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 |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $433,100.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward J. Deason of Law Offices of Edward Deason |
| Case: | Perez-Palacios v. Grandmaison Construction Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $430,718.00 |
| Attorneys: | Molly McKibben, Christine D. Spagnoli of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Sutton v. Tracey |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 49 | |
| 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 |
| 50 | |
| 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 |