Top 20 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in the United States in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 motor vehicle accident settlements obtained in the United States 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.
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| 1 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $28,715,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi, Ian P. Samson, Paul A. Traina of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Jon 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 |
| State: | California |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gail S. Kelner, Robert S. Kelner of Kelner & Kelner |
| Case: | JB v. XYZ Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $23,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan H. Zehl, Matthew L. Martin, Eric J. Allen of Zehl & Associates, PC |
| Case: | Burley v. Johnson Supply and Equipment Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Head-on Collision, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | Texas |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $19,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Angelo A. Ziotas, Marco A. Allocca, Sarah A. Ricciardi of Silver Golub & Teitell LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Vomoca v. Wakefern Food Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $12,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Mazie, Adam M. Epstein of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman LLC |
| Case: | Gillespie v. New Jersey Transit Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick A. Salvi, Patrick Salvi, II , Brian L. Salvi, Carly E. Shannon of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard PC |
| Case: | Calderon v. Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident, Amputation |
| State: | Illinois |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $8,625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Homampour, Armine Safarian of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC; William W. Weathers of Peach & Weathers |
| Case: | Fowler v. California Community News LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Emotional Distress, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter S. Gordon, Supriya Kichloo of Gordon & Gordon (NY) |
| Case: | Khan v. MTA, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher M. Davis of Davis Law Group, P.S. (WA) |
| Case: | Estate of Auto Driver v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $7,997,563.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher B. Dolan, Jeremy M. Jessup, Kimberly Levy of Dolan Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Sudha, et al. v. Gomez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James C. Napoli of Caesar & Napoli, PC |
| Case: | Xu v. NYCTA, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $6,955,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy L. Geller of Trapp & Geller |
| Case: | M.R. v. Pace Suburban Bus, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $6,087,629.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hank Stout, Graham E. Sutliff of Sutliff & Stout, Injury & Accident Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Mild v. Detmar Logistics, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $5,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Davy Yockey of J. Davy Yockey Attorney At Law |
| Case: | Sieger v. Eddington Tavern, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura F. Sedrish, Jubin J. Niamehr, Maria Gomez of Jacoby & Meyers LLC |
| Case: | Brighton v. Hiromi Onishi |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 17 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan C. Juliano of John L. Juliano PC |
| Case: | Valladares v. Schember, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 17 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Irvin V. Cantor, Elliott M. Buckner, Joseph L. Cantor of Breit Cantor Grana Buckner PLLC; Brandon M. Gladstone of Becker, Kellogg & Berry, P.C. |
| Case: | Xu, et al. v. Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Virginia |
| 17 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul M. McMahon, Richard J. Murphy of Costello, McMahon, Burke & Murphy Ltd. |
| Case: | Estate of Lee v. Rice, et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 17 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Khorsandi, Judd R. Allen, Brian G. Beecher, Danny Ledezma of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Flores v. La Tapatia Tortilleria, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 17 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Alaa A. Yasin of Dordick Law Corporation; Edwin Saghian , Shahab Mossavar-Rahmani, Robin Saghian of Omega Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Hayes v. City of Long Beach |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Mass Transit Accident |
| State: | California |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $4,970,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Ghozland of Ghozland Law Firm |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Bus Driver, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $4,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James D. Montgomery Jr. of Montgomery Law Firm L.L.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Adams v. City of Chicago, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $4,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eustace de Saint Phalle, Nicole R. Castronovo of Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC |
| Case: | Quintero v. Vianna, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |