Top 20 Truck Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2019
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $280,065,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon Peak, Christopher B. McDaniel, Ramsey B. Prather, Joel O. Wooten of Butler Wooten & Peak LLP; LaRae D. Moore of Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, PC |
| Case: | Estate of Madere v. Greenwich Ins. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
| State: | Georgia |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $202,230,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dereck G. Capaz, Laura Turbe Capaz of Capaz Law Firm Tampa Personal Injury Attorneys & Car Accident Lawyers; Andres N. Oliveros of Andres N. Oliveros, P.A. |
| Case: | Garcia v. Espildora |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $80,005,006.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond L. Thomas of Ray Thomas, PC |
| Case: | Lozano v. JNM Express L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $42,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randi McGinn, Michael Sievers of McGinn, Montoya, Love & Curry, PA |
| Case: | Hein v. Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Design Defect |
| State: | New Mexico |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $40,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David E. Harris, Louie J. Cook of Sico Hoelscher Harris LLP; Briggs F. Cheney, Joshua Allison of Sheehan & Sheehan, P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Armijo v. Werner Enterprises, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
| State: | New Mexico |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $40,145,909.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jim M. Perdue Jr., Donald H. Kidd, Adam J. Blake of Perdue & Kidd; Errol John Dietze, Raymond H. Reese, Errol John 'Johnny' Dietze, Jr. of Dietze & Reese LLP |
| Case: | Kulik, et al. v. Stallion Production Services LP, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Quadriplegia |
| State: | Texas |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $37,615,818.00 |
| Attorneys: | James L. Mitchell of PayneMitchell Law Group; Charla G. Aldous, Brent Walker of Aldous \ Walker LLP |
| Case: | Milburn v. American Honda Motor Company Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Catastrophic Injury, Quadriplegia |
| State: | Texas |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $32,144,972.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steve R. Romines, Lawrence I. Young of Romines, Weis & Young, PSC |
| Case: | Estate of Garmon v. Jenkins, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 10 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $27,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan J. Hamilton, Jeffrey P. Shiver, Margaret E. Randels of Shiver Hamilton, LLC; James M. Roth of The Roth Firm LLC |
| Case: | Huynh v. MDV Spartannash, LLC |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Georgia |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $26,483,463.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas D. D'Amore, Doug Oh-Keith, Amy Bruning of D'Amore Law Group; Steven J. Brady of Brady Law Group |
| Case: | Estate of Allison v. Smoot Enterprises Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Oregon |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $21,496,420.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew P. Owen, Brian J. Panish, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle 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 |
| State: | California |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $21,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | H. Woodrow Gooding of Gooding & Gooding PA |
| Case: | Glover v. Hill, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $19,215,779.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clay Dugas of Clay Dugas & Associates; Charlton P. Hornsby of Charlton P. Hornsby, PC |
| Case: | Simpson v. Genesis Energy L.P., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $18,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher M. Norem, Cole H. Munvez of Parente & Norem, PC |
| Case: | Estate of Volkov v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Illinois |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $18,130,554.00 |
| Attorneys: | James S. Rogers of Law Offices of James S. Rogers; Michael S. Wampold, Felix Gavi Luna of Peterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna |
| Case: | Sharkey v. State of Washington, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Failure to Maintain, Emotional Distress, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brenden P. Leydon, Nicholas E. Wocl of Wocl Leydon, LLC; Todd S. Miller of Todd S. Miller & Associates |
| Case: | Amparo v. Ayala, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $14,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David R. Williams, Virginia Watson Williams of Williams & Williams |
| Case: | Glover v. Hill, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $13,185,014.00 |
| Attorneys: | Grant L. Davis, Timothy C. Gaarder, Thomas C. Jones, John S. Carroll of Davis Bethune & Jones LLC; James E. Nostdahl, Steven A. Lautt of Pringle & Herigstad, P.C. |
| Case: | Rentz v. BNSF Ry. Co. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Railroad Accident, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort |
| State: | North Dakota |