Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in California in 2019
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| 1 | |
| 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 |
| 2 | |
| 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 |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott E. Boyer, Arash Homampour of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC; Hamed L. Yazdanpanah of Law Offices of Hamed Yazdanpanah |
| Case: | Estate of Plascencia, et al. v. Deese, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alethia S. Gooden, Trevor M. Quirk of Quirk Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Prewitt v. Chappell |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 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: | $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 |
| 8 | |
| 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 |
| 9 | |
| 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 |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $11,041,719.00 |
| Attorneys: | Olivier A. Taillieu, Maura Taillieu of The Dominguez Firm |
| Case: | Esparza, et al., v. Win Distribution, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith J. Bruno, John A. Kawai, Christopher D. Barnes of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Theresa Bowen Hatch of Bowen Hatch Law, PC; Dustin N. Maricic of Maricic Law Firm; George Maricic of George Maricic APC |
| Case: | Estate of Courts v. Lee, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott E. Spell of Law Office of Scott E. Spell; Michelle Iarusso of Iarusso & Dagher; John S. Levitt of Soltman, Levitt, Flaherty & Wattles LLP; Thomas M. Dempsey of Law Offices of Thomas M. Dempsey |
| Case: | Hatcher, et al. v. Powel, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Contractor Negligence, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $7,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott E. Spell of Law Office of Scott E. Spell; Michelle Iarusso of Iarusso & Dagher; John S. Levitt of Soltman, Levitt, Flaherty & Wattles LLP; Thomas M. Dempsey of Law Offices of Thomas M. Dempsey |
| Case: | Powell v. AT&T Corp. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $6,206,945.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ricardo Echeverria, Charles Mayr of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP; Mike F. O'Brien of Law Offices of Mike F. O'Brien |
| Case: | Dotson v. Aacres, LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Breach of Duty of Care, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident, Catastrophic Injury |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $6,180,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul R. Kiesel, D. Bryan Garcia, Steven D. Archer of Kiesel Law 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 |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $6,103,822.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd S. Bissell, Travis Bissell of Bissell Law Corporation |
| Case: | Sheley v. California Highway Patrol |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $5,661,173.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett J. Schreiber of Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire; Ilan Heimanson of Heimanson & Wolf, LLP |
| Case: | Collins v. Barragan, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
| 18 | |
| 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 |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $5,332,215.00 |
| Attorneys: | H. Gavin Long of Bisnar Chase, LLP; Reza Torkzadeh of The Torkzadeh Law Firm |
| Case: | Diaz v. Gau |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 20 | |
| 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 |
| 21 | |
| 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 |
| 22 | |
| 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 |
| 23 | |
| 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 |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Reza Torkzadeh, Shelly Raiszadeh of The Torkzadeh Law Firm; Torsten Bassell, Nicole H. Lari-Joni of Lari-Joni & Bassell, LLP |
| Case: | Townsend v. Olivo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 25 | |
| 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 |
| 26 | |
| 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 |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $3,328,842.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph H. Low IV of The Law Firm of Joseph H. Low IV; Alaa A. Yasin of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Bibbie v. A-Quality Transport LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 28 | |
| 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 |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $2,759,166.00 |
| Attorneys: | Greyson M. Goody, Brandon J. Simon, Robert T. Simon, Siannah Collado Boutte of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Timothy R. Vrastil of Bish Law; Raquel Cruz, Jeffrey R. Billings of Law Offices of Larry H. Parker, Inc. |
| Case: | Garcia v. Rowe |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $2,726,574.00 |
| Attorneys: | Victoria J. Lazar, Jeremiah A. Lowe of Gomez Trial Attorneys |
| Case: | Mandujano v. Johnston |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $2,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Taylor Rayfield, Geoffrey S. Wells, Tobin M. Lanzetta of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Flores v. ConvergeOne, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 32 | |
| 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 |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $2,082,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Chance J. Pardon of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter |
| Case: | Bliss v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $2,075,640.00 |
| Attorneys: | Quinton B. Cutlip, Christopher B. Dolan, Megan R. Irish, Dianna L. Albini of Dolan Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Vanderheyden v. Jayram |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 35 | |
| 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 |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $1,957,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Nathan Werksman of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Ortega v. Lim |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $1,925,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles "Tony" Piccuta of Piccuta Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Hambrook v. Lafitte, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $1,875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Abraham Dervishian, John Ksajikian, Erik Zograbian of D & Z Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Arreola v. Swift Transportation Co. of Arizona, LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $1,530,472.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel E. Hoffman, Jae Y. Lee of Law Office of Lee & Associates |
| Case: | Pai v. Mayo, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $1,510,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eva D. Silva, Daniel C. Schaar of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Tyson J. Wiles of Wiles & Wiles Attorneys at Law, LLP |
| Case: | Lovejoy v. Santa Cruz Transportation, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 41 | |
| 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 |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $1,495,457.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Conroy, Thomas S. Feher, Brandon J. Simon, Robert T. Simon, Matthew R. Price of The Simon Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Mendez v. Chanthalangsky, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 43 | |
| 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 |
| 44 | |
| 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 |
| 45 | |
| 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 |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,161,069.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin M. Osborne, Julie C. Erickson, Robert S. Arns, Jonathan E. Davis of The Arns Law Firm |
| Case: | Matias v. Star J. Trucking Inc. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 47 | |
| 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 |
| 48 | |
| 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 |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony E. Vieira, Stephen M. Johnson, Campbell W. Filmer of Berglund & Johnson |
| Case: | DeOliveira v. Mendez Transportation |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident, On-board Accident |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $997,324.80 |
| Attorneys: | Siamak Vaziri, David C. Shay of Vaziri Law Group |
| Case: | De Jesus, et al. v. Bhandal Bros, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |