Top 10 Verdicts in California in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 plaintiff's jury 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 Verdicts in California in 2019) you have also made the list of Top 20 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: | $222,216,159.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lewis E. Hudnell, III of Hudnell Law Group P.C.; Jonathan T. Suder, Corby R. Vowell, Dave R. Gunter of Friedman Suder & Cooke PC |
| Case: | Opticurrent L.L.C. v. Power Integrations Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $70,578,289.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph H. Low IV of The Law Firm of Joseph H. Low IV; Daniel Rodriguez 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 |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $63,419,988.00 |
| Attorneys: | Duane C. Miller of Miller, Axline & Sawyer |
| Case: | City of Atwater v. Shell Oil Co., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Pollution, Product Liability, Nuisance, Defective Product, Environmental Protection, Clean Water Act , Trespass, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $62,448,750.00 |
| Attorneys: | Glenn D. Pomerantz, Kelly M. Klaus, Rose L. Ehler, Juliana M. Yee, Stephanie Goldfarb Herrera, Rowley J. Rice of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP |
| Case: | Disney Enterprises Inc. v. VidAngel Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $60,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Evan L. Ginsburg of Law Offices of Evan L. Ginsburg; William M. Paoli, Court B. Purdy of Paoli Purdy, LLP |
| Case: | Summer Johnson and Steven De La Cruz v. Town of Apple Valley |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $58,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nathan Goldberg, Dolores Y. Leal of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg |
| Case: | Kahn v. Hologram USA, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment, Sexual Battery |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $51,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher Lilly, Pooja S. Nair, Jennifer C. Wang of TroyGould |
| Case: | Greenfield LLC v. Kandeel |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Conversion, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation |
* This and other lists of plaintiff's jury verdicts, in our publication, may occasionally include a small number of counter- and/or cross-plaintiff's jury verdicts.