Top 20 Pedestrian Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2019
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| 1 | |
| 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: | Johnson, et al. 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 |
| State: | California |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $43,083,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott Rynecki of Rubenstein & Rynecki; John K. Avanzino of Avanzino & Moreno, PC |
| Case: | K.C.C. v. United Lubavitcher Yeshiva, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, School Bus Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $32,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ira Newman, Edward J. Sanocki, Carl B. Tegtmeier of Sanocki, Newman & Turret, LLP |
| Case: | Lassalle v. City of NY, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Burn Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $30,840,015.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark A. Avera of Avera & Smith, LLP; Donald M. Hinkle of Hinkle & Foran |
| Case: | Faircloth v. Cantina Tallahassee, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, DUI, Strict Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Florida |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charla G. Aldous, Brent Walker, Caleb M. Miller of Aldous \ Walker LLP |
| Case: | Becker v. Greyhound Bus Lines, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Texas |
| 5 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $18,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon T. Bishop of Alexander Shunnarah Injury Attorneys, P.C. |
| Case: | Lucas v. Cannon |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Alabama |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $16,426,488.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hyram Montero, Aron J. Gibson of Montero Law Center |
| Case: | Estate of Menendez v. Mcinturff |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kimberly O. Weingart, J. Randolph Pickett, Christopher A. Larsen of Pickett Dummigan McCall LLP; Sonia Montalbano of McKean Smith LLC |
| Case: | Laing v. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District Of Oregon, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Amputation |
| State: | Oregon |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $13,003,024.00 |
| Attorneys: | George G. Argionis of Argionis & Associates L.L.C. |
| Case: | Andrades v. Menard, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Forklift Accident, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $12,983,311.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ramon A. Arreola, Joseph L. Messa, Jr. of Messa & Associates, PC |
| Case: | Spencer v. Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $12,037,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wesley T. Straw, Nicole M. Ziegler, Matthew D. Emerson of Emerson Straw PL |
| Case: | Burbano v. Short |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Amputation |
| State: | Florida |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benedict Morelli, David Sirotkin, Alexander Morelli, Michael S. Schlesinger of Morelli Law Firm |
| Case: | Wu v. NYCTA |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $10,172,391.00 |
| Attorneys: | John N. Demas, Tim S. Spangler of Demas Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Korsmo v. Ashby, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $8,281,522.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian F. LaBovick, Peter R. Hunt of LaBovick Law Group |
| Case: | Jacobus v. Randle, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $7,075,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eugene Gozenput of Pazer, Epstein, Jaffe & Fein, P.C |
| Case: | Lopez v. Lidonnici |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin F. Barcus, Paul Alexander Lindenmuth of Ben F. Barcus & Associates PLLC |
| Case: | Fite v. Mudd, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Failure to Maintain, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | Washington |
| 17 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 18 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $3,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Evan J. Lide of Stark & Stark |
| Case: | Zaburski v. Klein |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 20 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |