Top 50 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
21
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
22
Amount:$12,450,000.00
Attorneys:Daniel O. Goforth, Ryan D. King, Avi Moshenberg of Goforth Law Firm P.C.; Jim S. Hart of Williams Hart Boundas Easterby, LLP
Case:John v. New Prime Inc., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention
State:Texas
23
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
State:California
24
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
State:California
25
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
State:California
26
Amount:$10,026,616.00
Attorneys:Karen E. Terry, Jack P. Hill of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley; Roger N. Messer of Messer & Messer Law Offices
Case:Estate of Poindexter, et al. v. Zarcharzewski, et al.
Type:Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort
State:Florida
27
Amount:$10,000,000.00
Attorneys:Ramzy P. Ladah of Ladah Law Firm
Case:Livesey v. Skidds, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention
State:Nevada
28
Amount:$9,658,894.00
Attorneys:Bill Barton, Brent Barton of Barton Trial Attorneys; Jeffrey R. Davis of Davis Law Firm
Case:Moutal and Newman v. Exel, Inc.
Type:Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort
State:Oregon
29 (tie)
Amount:$9,000,000.00
Attorneys:Grant L. Davis, Timothy C. Gaarder, Thomas C. Jones, John S. Carroll of Davis Bethune & Jones LLC; Gentner F. Drummond, John S. Farley III of Drummond Law Firm, PLLC
Case:Estate of Knight, JR.,v. BNSF Railway Company, et al.
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Railroad Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:Oklahoma
29 (tie)
Amount:$9,000,000.00
Attorneys:David M. Beninger, Andrew Hoyal, Robert N. Gellatly of Luvera Law Firm; Kevin P. Durkin, Kristofer S. Riddle, Sean P. Driscoll of Clifford Law Offices, P.C.
Case:Wilmotte v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Truck Accident, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:Washington
30
Amount:$8,215,218.00
Attorneys:Timothy M. O'Brien, Jeffrey Gaddy of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A.
Case:Ngo v. Vitro America, Inc.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Vicarious Liability, Dangerous Instrumentality
State:Florida
31
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
State:California
32
Amount:$7,000,000.00
Attorneys:Jeffrey K. Kroll, Ava Gehringer of Kaveny + Kroll L.L.C.
Case:Estate of Murray v. Radu, et al.
Type:Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident
State:Illinois
33
Amount:$6,872,000.00
Attorneys:Ann R. Johnson, Michael Feldman of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP
Case:Dewinkeleer v. Portland Stoneware Packaging Co. Inc., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:New York
34
Amount:$6,450,000.00
Attorneys:Eloy E. Gaitan, Steven J. Kherkher, Cesar Tavares, Jim S. Hart, Kevin C. Haynes of Williams Hart Boundas Easterby, LLP
Case:Galindo, et al. v. Great Southwestern Construction, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:Texas
35
Amount:$6,126,000.00
Attorneys:Kevin R. Boyle, Andrew P. Owen, Brian J. Panish, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP
Case:HSU v. R & P Food Processing Inc. et al.
Type:Car Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention
State:California
36
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
State:California
37
Amount:$5,500,000.00
Attorneys:J. Robert Potter, Ted L. Mann, R. Steven Cole of Mann & Potter, PC; Gerald C. Swann, Jr. of Ball, Ball, Matthews & Novak
Case:Estate of D. Peace v. Berkeley Scrap Metal
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort
State:Alabama
38
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
39
Amount:$5,300,000.00
Attorneys:Bradley J. Kaplan of Kaplan Trial Lawyers
Case:Arce v. Amguard Insurance Co.
Type:Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Fall, Ladder Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident
State:Florida
40
Amount:$5,020,150.00
Attorneys:Roger N. Messer of Messer & Messer Law Offices
Case:Estate of Feketa v. Zacharzewski
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort
State:Florida
41
Amount:$5,006,467.00
Attorneys:Christian D. Searcy, Karen E. Terry of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley
Case:Estate of B.P. v. Estate of Roney
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort
State:Florida
42
Amount:$5,000,000.00
Attorneys:Ryan A. Casey, Patrick K. Gunning, Brian J. Panish, Adam K. Shea of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Matthew B. Cunningham of Cunningham Law Firm
Case:Estate of Troupe v. Pavestone, L.L.C., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, DUI, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:Arizona
43
Amount:$4,820,000.00
Attorneys:Charles E. Finelli of The Law Office of Charles E. Finelli & Associates; Michael E. Garron of Law Office of Michael E. Garron P.C.
Case:Jorge v. Mercedes, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability
State:New York
44
Amount:$4,700,000.00
Attorneys:Spencer P. Browne of Reyes Browne Reilley
Case:Metheny v. Drina Trans Inc., et al.
Type:Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Underinsured Motorist, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort
State:Texas
45
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
State:California
46
Amount:$4,425,000.00
Attorneys:Joshua B. Trumbull, Emily A. Harris of JBT & Associates, P.S.; Ben W. Wells of Ben Wells & Associates; Joel P. Nichols of Deno Millikan Law Firm PLLC
Case:Burns v. Ceva Freight Canada Corp., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:Washington
47
Amount:$4,170,173.00
Attorneys:John N. Satcher II of Satcher Law Firm PLLC
Case:Woulard v. Greenwood Motor Lines Inc., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior
State:Mississippi
48 (tie)
Amount:$3,500,000.00
Attorneys:Brad J. Brady, Ann C. Gronlund, Cara L. Roberts of Brady Preston Gronlund PC
Case:Estate of Jones v. Naber
Type:Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort
State:Iowa
48 (tie)
Amount:$3,500,000.00
Attorneys:Chuck R. McRae, Michele D. Biegel of McRae Law Firm, PLLC
Case:Gonzalez v. Coastal Industrial Contractors Inc., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention
State:Mississippi
49
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
State:California
50
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
State:California
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