Top 20 Settlements in California in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 settlements obtained in California in the year 2019. The list is comprised of cases filed either in a state or federal court, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit. The list is comprised of cases filed either in a state or federal court, and those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Fiske, Scott Summy of Baron & Budd, P.C.; Edward 'Ed' S. Diab of Dixon Diab & Chambers LLP |
| Case: | Public Entities of California v. PG&E |
| Type: | Negligent Maintenance, Utility Negligence, Negligent Tort, Fire Damage |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $575,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kit A. Pierson, Daniel A. Small, Laura Alexander of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC; Philip L. Pillsbury Jr., Richard L. Grossman of Pillsbury & Coleman, LLP; John L. Cooper, Roderick M. Thompson, Christopher C. Wheeler of Farella Braun + Martel LLP |
| Case: | UFCW & Employers Benefit Trust v. Sutter Health, et al. |
| Type: | Antitrust Violation, Class Action, Unfair Competition, Intentional Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $305,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Williams of Office of the County Counsel |
| Case: | Office of the County Counsel v. Sherwin-Williams, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Strict Liability, Lead Poisoning |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $245,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles Verhoeven, David A. Perlson, Melissa J. Baily, John J. Neukom, Jordan Jaffe of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP |
| Case: | Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $150,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chad A. Readler of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | U.S, et al. v. Insys Therapeutics Inc., et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud, Qui Tam, Kickback, Intentional Tort |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $100,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brianna Primozic Rapp, Jason C. Marsili, Howard Z. Rosen of Rosen Marsili Rapp LLP; Emily P. Rich, Manuel A. Boigues of Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld PC; James R. Hawkins, Gregory E. Mauro of James Hawkins APLC |
| Case: | In Re Wackenhut Wage and Hour Cases |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $69,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Xavier Becerra, Kathleen E. Foote, Natalie S. Manzo of CA DOJ, Office of the Attorney General |
| Case: | State of California v. Teva Pharmaceuticals, et al. |
| Type: | Antitrust Violation, Conspiracy, Unfair Competition, Intentional Tort, Price Fixing |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $37,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Russell P. Reiner, Todd E. Slaughter, April K. Stratte of Reiner, Slaughter & Frankel LLP |
| Case: | Anderson v. Caltrans |
| Type: | Car Accident, Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Catastrophic Injury, Quadriplegia |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $28,715,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi, Ian P. Samson, Paul A. Traina of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Jonathan C. Teller, Bobby Saadian, Daniel B. Miller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Sanchez v. Martinez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $26,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Abigail E. Shafroth, Joseph M. Sellers of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC; Aubry Wand, Matthew J. Matern of Matern Law Group, PC; Michael Rubin, Barbara J. Chisholm, Matthew J. Murray of Altshuler Berzon LLP |
| Case: | Sanchez v. McDonald's Restaurants of California Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $22,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter Rukin, Valerie Brender of Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP; Ian J. McLoughlin, Thomas V. Urmy, Jr. of Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP; Adam J. Shafran of Rudolph Friedmann LLP; Wilmer J. Harris of Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLP |
| Case: | Alfred v. Pepperidge Farm Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Unpaid Benefits |
| 12 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Deborah S. Chang, Brian J. Panish, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Richard L. Duquette of Richard L. Duquette Law Firm |
| Case: | Du v. The City of San Diego |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Construction Defect, Negligent Tort |
| 12 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shannon E. Liss-Riordan, Adelaide Pagano, Anne Kramer, Ben Weber of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, PC; Andrew A. August of Browne George Ross LLP; Brian S. Kabateck, Shant A. Karnikian of Kabateck LLP; Mark J. Geragos of Geragos & Geragos |
| Case: | O'Connor v. Uber Technologies |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Competition, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Unpaid Commissions |
| 12 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian W. Easton, Matthew D. Easton, Travis R. Easton, Gabriel M. Mendoza of Easton & Easton, LLP |
| Case: | Plaintiff v. Premises Owner |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 12 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Joseph Antonelli, Janelle C. Carney of Law Office of Joseph Antonelli; Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II; Walter L. Haines of United Employees Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Tilton v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $16,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy S. Endo, Giselle Olmedo, Jennifer Keating of Leonard Carder LLP |
| Case: | Carter v. XPO Logistics Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $15,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy L. Pierce, Raymond M. Viayra, Jr. of K&L Gates LLP |
| Case: | Keenan Hopkins Suder & Stowell Contractors Inc. v. Webcor Construction LP |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $15,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cornelia Dai, Randy R. Renick of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP; Jay Smith, Joshua F. Young of Gilbert & Sackman, A Law Corporation; Michael D. Singer, Diana M. Khoury, J. Jason Hill, Timothy D. Cohelan, Kristina De La Rosa of Cohelan Khoury & Singer |
| Case: | Valliere v. Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $14,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Christopher V. Bulone of Dordick Law Corporation; Jeffrey S. Dawson of The Law office of Jeffrey S. Dawson |
| Case: | T.J. v. University Community Association |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul L. Hoffman, Catherine E. Sweetser, Raya Marinova of Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLP; Deirdre O'Connor of Seamus Law, APC |
| Case: | Mellen v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Due Process Violation, Government Negligence, Wrongful Conviction, Intentional Tort, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Abuse of Power, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Glugoski, Michael C. Righetti , Matthew Righetti of Righetti Glugoski, PC; James F. Clapp, Marita M. Lauinger, Zach P. Dostart of Dostart Hannink & Coveney LLP; Kevin J. McInerney of McInerney & Jones |
| Case: | Sharp v. Safeway Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steve W. Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP |
| Case: | Free Range Content Inc. v. Google LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unfair Competition, Unjust Enrichment |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $10,965,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew D. Carlson, Shannon E. Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, PC |
| Case: | Groves, et al. v. Instacart, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carly L. Sanchez, Roger E. Booth, Andrew Pruitt of The Law Offices of Booth & Koskoff |
| Case: | J.H. v. County of Riverside |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Negligent Supervision, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Intentional Tort, Breach of Duty of Care, Children's Rights, Failure to Report, Negligent Tort, Child Protection |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $9,475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy D. McMahon, Mark A. Sigala, Ben H. Stoddard of Corsiglia McMahon & Allard, LLP |
| Case: | Kulkarni v. The Sobrato Organization LLC |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Premises Liability, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Architectural Malpractice, Design Defect |