Top 100 Personal Injury Settlements in California in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 100 personal injury settlements obtained in California in the year 2020. 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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| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert W. Brannen of Penney & Associates |
| Case: | A.H., Pro Ami v. Marks |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tal Hassid of EAccidents, APC |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett C. Drouet of Law Office of Jacob Emrani |
| Case: | Berns v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Katherine Cohan of Law Offices of Katherine R. Cohan |
| Case: | Elloie v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michele C. Kennedy of Swartz & Kennedy |
| Case: | Hirsch v. Pratt |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ardy Pirnia of The Pirnia Law Group |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Car Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dawn L. Hassell and Judy Graziano of The Hassell Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Pham v. Aronian |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 82 | |
| Amount: | $235,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin Gingery, David S. Allard of Gingery Law Group PC |
| Case: | K.B., Pro Ami v. Sanders, et al. |
| Type: | Dog Bite, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Animal Attack, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 83 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael M. Marzban of Cohen & Marzban |
| Case: | Alexander v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 83 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Charles Alder, Mary L. Caruso of AlderLaw PC; Loren M. Merlin of Law Offices of Loren M. Merlin |
| Case: | Hill v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 83 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Babak Kheiri, Michael B. Geoola, Daniel D. Geoulla of B&D Law Group, APLC |
| Case: | Plaintiff v. Apartment Building, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 84 | |
| Amount: | $214,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger S. Kubein of Roger S. Kubein Law Offices |
| Case: | Hernandez v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 85 | |
| Amount: | $205,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michele C. Kennedy of Swartz & Kennedy |
| Case: | Knight v. Diaz |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 86 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Phillip Younglove of Sweet James, LLP |
| Case: | Allen v. Kuykendall |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 86 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mohammad Kazerouni, Abbas Kazerounian, Assal Assassi of Kazerouni Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Consumer v. Laser Hair Removal SPA, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Burn Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 86 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stuart Sherman of Sherman Law Firm |
| Case: | Hall v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 86 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael B. Geoola, Babak Kheiri, Daniel D. Geoulla of B&D Law Group, APLC |
| Case: | Lundgren v. Teller, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 86 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erik S. Velie of Victory Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Ochoa v. Quiroz |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 86 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michele C. Kennedy of Swartz & Kennedy |
| Case: | Passenger v. Host Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 86 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Ounjian of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley LLP |
| Case: | Williams v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Retention |
| 86 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andje Medina, Jeremy Cloyd of Altair Law LLP |
| Case: | Y.M., Pro Ami v. Palo Alto Unified School District |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 87 | |
| Amount: | $195,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerold D. Sullivan of Sullivan & Sullivan; Bob Amirian of Amirian Law Group |
| Case: | Zapata v. Wahba |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 88 | |
| Amount: | $190,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dawn L. Hassel, George Morris of The Hassell Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Pollack v. Chan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 89 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas G. Reinecke of The Reinecke Law Firm; Wayne McClean of Law Office of Wayne McClean |
| Case: | Khoury v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| 89 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas D. Shaffer of Douglas Shaffer Law Offices |
| Case: | Howell v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Failure to Supervise, Negligent Tort |
| 90 | |
| Amount: | $160,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin Ikuta of Hodes Milman LLP |
| Case: | Plaintiff v. Physician |
| Type: | Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Failure to Inform, Negligent Tort |
| 91 | |
| Amount: | $151,200.00 |
| Attorneys: | Santosh Narayan, Narayan Law, APC |
| Case: | Garrison v. Lofgren |
| Type: | Dog Bite, Personal Injury, Animal Attack, Strict Liability |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geraldine Armendariz of Law Offices of Geraldine Armendariz |
| Case: | Albonetti v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michele C. Kennedy of Swartz & Kennedy |
| Case: | Beery v. Moffatt |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Pastore of Lederer & Nojima LLP |
| Case: | Bercian v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Seth I. Rosenberg of Emergent LLP |
| Case: | Cantwell v. Waraich |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ted B. Wacker, Jessica Vanden Brink of Law Offices of Ted B. Wacker |
| Case: | Chang v. City of Santa Monica |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel S. O'Sullivan, James L. Meier of Law Office of Daniel S. O'Sullivan |
| Case: | D.P., Pro Ami v. Family Practice Assoc., et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Medical Malpractice, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dawn Hassell, Judith Graziano, George M. Morris of The Hassell Law Group |
| Case: | Feldman v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian T. Dunn, Marcelis E. Morris of The Cohcran |
| Case: | Freitag v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas A. Leary of Law Offices of Thomas Leary APC |
| Case: | Garland v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Omid Rejali of Rejali Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Stevinson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna H. Cronk of Greenslade Cronk LLP; Michael P. Green of Tofer & Associates PLC |
| Case: | Ihrig v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin Ikuta of Hodes Milman LLP |
| Case: | Plaintiff v. Hospitalist |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Overmedication, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Babak Kheiri, Michael B. Geoola, Daniel D. Geoulla, B&D Law Group, APLC |
| Case: | Rosales v. Quality Group Homes, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Spencer R. Lucas, Marguerite S. Sanvictores of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Simpson v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 92 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry Novack of Law Offices of Barry Novack |
| Case: | Vercellino v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 93 | |
| Amount: | $147,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hirad D. Dadgostar, Azadeh D. Gilbert of Dadgostar Law LLP |
| Case: | Lopez v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 94 | |
| Amount: | $138,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stacey R. O’Neill of Jurewitz Law Group |
| Case: | Ainsworth v. Gutlay |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 95 | |
| Amount: | $135,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gene J. Goldsman of Law Offices of Gene J. Goldsman |
| Case: | Erez v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 96 | |
| Amount: | $133,333.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles A. Bonner, A. Cabral Bonner of Law Offices of Bonner & Bonner |
| Case: | Shine v. State of California |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Walch of Gary K. Walch, A Law Corporation |
| Case: | Davis v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kyle H. Valero of Southwest Legal Group |
| Case: | Frias v. Glassell Park and Recreation Center |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nick T. Movagar, Daniel J. Reeves of Movagar & Yamin PLC |
| Case: | Kelly v. Duncan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter I. Bersin of Law Office of Peter I. Bersin |
| Case: | Levinsohn v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | K. Chike Odiwe, DeWitt M. Lacy of Law Offices of John L. Burris |
| Case: | Mihalovic v. City of Turlock |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard S. Blumenthal of The Barnes Firm L.C. |
| Case: | R.J., Pro Ami v. Fontana Unified School District, et al. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, School Safety, Negligent Hiring, Breach of Duty of Care, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Babak Kheiri, Michael B. Geoola, Daniel D. Geoulla of B&D Law Group, APLC |
| Case: | Ross v. Riverpark Apartment Homes, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Minas Nordanyan of Nordanyan Law |
| Case: | Sarkisyan v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Igor Fradkin, Daniel Azizi of Downtown L.A. Law Group |
| Case: | Winn v. Pershing Square |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 98 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $120,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack H. Anthony, Rebekah Yabko of Law Offices of Jack H. Anthony |
| Case: | D.K. v. County of San Bernardino |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Breach of Duty of Care, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Foster Care Abuse, Negligent Tort, Child Protection |
| 98 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $120,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry S. Zelner of Law Offices of Barry S. Zelner |
| Case: | Ramirez v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Negligent Tort |
| 98 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $120,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Monica Burneikis of Meisel, Krentsa & Burneikis |
| Case: | Rudolf v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 99 | |
| Amount: | $115,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam R. Lugo of Strassburg, Gilmore & Wei LLP; Thomas F. Forsyth of Law Offices of Thomas F. Forsyth |
| Case: | Hess v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 100 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $105,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin L. Gordon of Law Offices of Justin L. Gordon |
| Case: | Brown v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 100 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $105,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard F.G. Thomas of Hodges & Thomas |
| Case: | Faler v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 100 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $105,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michele C. Kennedy of Swartz & Kennedy |
| Case: | Giacomelli v. Bucich |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 100 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $105,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brennan S. Huelse, Demetrios Papanikolas of Oakwood Legal Group LLP |
| Case: | In re V.W. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |