Top 10 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 personal injury verdicts obtained in California in the year 2019. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of California.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2019) you have also made the list of Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2019.
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1 | |
Amount: | $2,055,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Michael J. Miller, Curtis G. Hoke, David J. Dickens, Jeffrey Travers, Nancy Guy Armstrong Miller of The Miller Firm, LLC; R. Brent Wisner, Michael L. Baum, Pedram Esfandiary of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC; Mark Burton of Audet & Partners, LLP; Steven J. Brady of Brady Law Group |
Case: | Pilliod v. Monsanto Co. |
Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
2 | |
Amount: | $113,402,626.00 |
Attorneys: | Steven R. Vartazarian, Matthew J. Whibley of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC |
Case: | N.R., Pro Ami v. County of San Bernardino Children and Family Services |
Type: | Assault & Battery, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Intentional Tort, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Negligent Tort, Child Protection |
3 | |
Amount: | $80,267,634.00 |
Attorneys: | Aimee H. Wagstaff, David J. Wool, Kathryn M. Forgie of Andrus Wagstaff PC; Lori E. Andrus of Andrus Anderson LLP |
Case: | Hardeman v. Monsanto Company |
Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
4 | |
Amount: | $70,578,289.00 |
Attorneys: | Joseph H. Low IV of The Law Firm of Joseph H. Low IV; Daniel Rodriguez, Chantal A. Trujillo, Danay Gonzalez of Rodriguez & Associates |
Case: | Cuevas v. Rai Transport Inc. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
5 | |
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 |
6 | |
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 |
7 | |
Amount: | $29,400,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Denyse F. Clancy, Joseph D. Satterley, Ted W. Pelletier, Mark A. Swanson of Kazan, McClain, Satterly & Greenwood |
Case: | Leavitt v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Fraudulent Concealment, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Talc Exposure, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
8 | |
Amount: | $28,435,964.00 |
Attorneys: | Peter C. Beirne, Nectaria Belantis, Bryon P. Josselyn, Joshua S. Paul of The Paul Law Firm |
Case: | Webb v. General Cable Corp. |
Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
9 | |
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 |
10 | |
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 |