Top 20 Premises Liability Settlements in California in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 premises liability 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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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $12,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Court B. Purdy, William M. Paoli of Paoli & Purdy P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Shear v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $9,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Gordon Kaupp of Kaupp & Feinberg LLP; Ryan J. Vlasak of Bracamontes & Vlasak P.C. |
| Case: | Maxwell v. City of Oakland |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Beecher, Tina Eshghieh, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Meneses Valera v. 510 Brush Street, LP |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Breiter, Chance Pardon of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Minor v. Owner |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain, Emotional Distress, Drowning Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $4,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dawn L. Hassell, Judy Graziano of The Hassell Law Group, P.C.; Thomas J. Brandi of The Brandi Law Firm |
| Case: | Plaintiff v. Commercial Property Owner |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark R. Swartz of Law Office of Mark R. Swartz PC |
| Case: | Weiser v. Gianulias |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 7 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard S. Blumenthal of The Barnes Firm |
| Case: | Hernandez v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort |
| 7 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Brandi, Brian J. Malloy of The Brandi Law Firm |
| Case: | Torres v. State of California, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $2,988,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Fabrice N. Vincent, Robert J. Nelson of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Haner v. Lane, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Entrustment, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $2,175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Carr, Tyler J. Barnett of Yuhl Carr LLP |
| Case: | Corona v. 6809 Stanford Avenue LLC |
| Type: | Business Liability, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Negligent Tort, Design Defect |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $2,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Carr, Tyler J. Barnett of Yuhl Carr LLP |
| Case: | Kulig v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam Shea, Patrick K. Gunning of Panish, Shea & Boyle; Matthew de Lira, Oliver Pelly of Phillips & Pelly |
| Case: | Sastoque v. QSC Ventures Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Hiring, Restaurant Negligence, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John F. Denove, Alicia S. Curran, Kyle Tracy of Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel S. DeSantis of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Minor Burn Victim v. Landlord |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Burn Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tigran Martinian, Arash Zabetian, Tom Vertanous of Martinian & Associates |
| Case: | Vasquez v. 950 Gramercy, LLC |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott H. Carr, Ivan Puchalt of Greene, Broillet & Wheeler LLP |
| Case: | Zhang v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Walter H. Walker, III of Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP |
| Case: | Sims v. City of Richmond, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Uninsured Motorist, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Amputation |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dawn L. Hassell, Lisa Villasenor of The Hassell Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Yoshida v. Vik's Distributors, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ashkahn Mohamadi of Sweet James LLP |
| Case: | Victim v. Dog Owners |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Dog Bite, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Animal Attack, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan R. Harlan of Harlan Law PC |
| Case: | Gomez v. City of Cerritos |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Haytham Faraj, Katherine Melik‐Stepanyan of Carpenter Zuckerman & Rowley |
| Case: | Tapia, et al. v. State of California |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura F. Sedrish, Maria I. Gomez of Jacoby & Meyers LLC |
| Case: | Cook v. 340 Restaurant & Nightclub |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel D. Geoulla, Michael B. Geoola, Babak Kheiri of B&D Law Group, APLC |
| Case: | Vargas v. Chapel of the Chimes, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Zaragoza Gutierrez v. Southern Fireplace Distributors |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark S. Algorri, Patrick Nolan of DeWitt Algorri & Algorri ; Candice McGurk Bond, Scott Aval, Breanne J. Reguly of Bond & Taylor LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Chatman v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $812,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott Dunning of Dunning Law Group APC |
| Case: | Salinas v. City of Oakland |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shawn Sasooness of Sasooness Law Group |
| Case: | Binder v. Anda-Torres |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $790,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James D. Rush of Rush Injury Law |
| Case: | Weissenberg v. Carquinez Women's Club |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Tort |