Top 50 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 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $2,782,544.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric D. Subin, Robert J. Eisen of Subin Associates, LLP |
| Case: | Alvarez v. Richmond Hill Lumber Supply, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $2,579,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gerald H. Clark, Mark W. Morris of Clark Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Silva v. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Bradford DeBry of Robert J. DeBry & Associates; Nathan S. Morris of Eisenberg, Cutt, Kendell & Olson |
| Case: | Estate of Wallace v. Rusk, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Utah |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $2,430,615.00 |
| Attorneys: | Olivier A. Taillieu, 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 |
| State: | California |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $2,418,449.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Blumberg of Blumberg Law Corporation; Karen Denise Lee of Diederich & Associates |
| Case: | Anthony v. Lasso |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Subrogation, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $2,182,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc A. Kamin, Ryan Lamb of Goldberg & Osborne; C. Douglas Weber of Law Offices of C. Douglas Weber |
| Case: | Benedict v. Discount Enterprises, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Arizona |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $2,181,631.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zane Berg, Bryan S. Hofeld, Cristina Sabbagh of Schlesinger Law Offices, PA |
| Case: | Mitchell v. Anderson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Florida |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc G. Williams-Young of Spitler & Williams-Young Co. L.P.A. |
| Case: | Walborn v. Crofts, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Ohio |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon J. Simon, Sophie Etemadi, Eric Bell of The Simon Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Hershock v. Rogan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $1,411,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack J. Fine, Julie Aleve Fine, Cherie H. Fine of Fine, Farkash & Parlapiano, P.A. |
| Case: | McFly v. University of Florida Bd. of Trs. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Florida |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $1,392,232.00 |
| Attorneys: | Victoria L. Olds, Lonniell Olds of Olds & Stephens P.A. |
| Case: | Mickens v. Castillo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Florida |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $1,375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John B. Martinez, Marion M. Reilly, John C. Duff of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales L.L.P.; E. Chevo Pastrano of The Pastrano Law Firm |
| Case: | Rodriguez, et al. v. Air Performance Services, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Retention |
| State: | Texas |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $1,262,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David H. Hanchey , Loreta L. Thibodeaux of The Townsley Law Firm; Kenneth Miller of Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers |
| Case: | Echeverry v. Padgett, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Failure to Supervise, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randall J. Craig of Craig Law Group |
| Case: | Thomas v. Maryland Transit Administration |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Maryland |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shakétta A. Denson of ChasenBoscolo Injury Lawyers |
| Case: | Park v. City of Baltimore, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Maryland |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $1,170,361.00 |
| Attorneys: | David L. Rich, Tamara L. Klopenstein of David L. Rich P.A. |
| Case: | Oldoni v. LM General Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| State: | Florida |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $1,052,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew G. Sfouggatakis of Pavlounis & Sfouggatakis, LLP |
| Case: | Degiulme v. The NYC Transit Authority. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Negligent Tort, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 37 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $953,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George H. “Dutch” Anderson III, Jason P. Herman of Dan Newlin Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Segretto v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Florida |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $894,575.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd M. Fiorella of Fraim & Fiorella PC |
| Case: | Cooley v. Swoope |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Virginia |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $885,772.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Chance J. Pardon of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter |
| Case: | Mirshafii v. Grafton |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $760,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey N. Fieger, Kevin C. Riddle of Fieger Law |
| Case: | Estate of Shafer v. Cameron, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Michigan |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter Graff of Sacco & Fillas LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Davis v. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Uninsured Motorist, Wrongful Death, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $700,742.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric C. Ragatz, Joshua W. Taylor of Edwards & Ragatz, P.A. |
| Case: | Teifer v. Danisavage |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Florida |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Deborah J. Epstein of Epstein Law PLLC |
| Case: | Nyarko v. Letamendi |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $620,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Blake Goldfarb of Burns & Harris |
| Case: | Greenberg v. Azor-Antoine, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $588,922.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Silverman of Horwitz, Horwitz and Associates Ltd. |
| Case: | Rontos v. Salgado-Galicia, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce S. Reznick of Bruce S. Reznick, PC; Steven H. Beldock of Birbrower & Beldock, PC |
| Case: | Muniz v. Kim |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $532,746.00 |
| Attorneys: | David H. Hanchey , Kenneth Miller of Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers |
| Case: | Vinet v. Guerrin, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $522,208.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bennett M. Lessmann Jr., Ian L. Kleinman of Law Offices of Kleinman & Lessmann; Harry A. Shevin of Shevin Law Firm |
| Case: | Storch v. Arnov |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Florida |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jay Silvio Mascolo, Matthew G. Bonanno of Rebenack Aronow & Mascolo LLP |
| Case: | Muzio v. Feldman |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New Jersey |