Top 20 Truck Accident Settlements in California in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 truck accident 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.
For firms that have made the list and would like to signify their achievement on their website or in other marketing materials, TopVerdict.com has issued a special electronic badge that is available for purchase here.
If you are the attorney who obtained one of the 20 settlements on this list, you can display a separate, personalized badge on your bio page to showcase your victory and potentially generate more business for your firm. You can buy your personalized attorney badge here. You can also obtain a personalized plaque to display in your office.
Important: While we strive to achieve maximum accuracy and completeness of our lists, we cannot guarantee either at 100%. If you believe another settlement should be on this list, please submit it to us today.
Copyright Notice
All content, inclusive of lists, product images, and firm logos, used in Top Verdict’s marketing and/or communications materials are an intellectual property of TopVerdict.com. Any type of use of the content, in whole or in part, without express written permission by TopVerdict.com, is strictly prohibited.
Duly acquired electronic badges shall only be used in the form, contents, and colors designated by TopVerdict.com, without alterations.
Special Note: TopVerdict.com, among other measures to protect its intellectual property, reserves the right to remove the names of copyright violators and their case names from any and all of our lists, prior and future, without a prior notice.
Special Appreciation
This and other lists of ours is made possible thanks to the attorneys and law firms who generously support our work by purchasing accolades from our online store.
If you too find our publication of benefit to your business, please show your appreciation by way of becoming a customer. Please be aware that the number and variety of lists published by us are solely driven by the interest we receive from you in the form of orders. Your participation counts. Thank you for your attention and support!
| 1 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Christopher V. Bulone of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Terry v. Meadowbrook Meat Co. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ranger J. Wiens of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc. |
| Case: | Christian v. Joe O. Rocha Dairy, Inc, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $4,125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Motorcyclist v. Truck Driver |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $3,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garet D. O’Keefe, Amy O’Keefe of O’Keefe & O’Keefe LLP |
| Case: | Salazar v. Magic Gourmet Trading Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident, Catastrophic Injury |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Greyson M. Goody, Robert T. Simon of The Simon Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Gonzalez v. Downing Construction Inc. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Agundez v. Smokey Points Distributing Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd Allen, Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Alvarenga v. Muniain |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kamelia Jalilvand of Jalilvand Law Corporation |
| Case: | Haile v. Howard |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Failure to Train, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $1,190,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Farias Luna v. La Brucherie Produce, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Panish, The Hon. Peter Polos, Ret. of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Laura Lynn Davidson, Jubin J. Niamehr of Jacoby & Meyers LLC |
| Case: | Denil v. Bassett |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul R. Kiesel, Mariana A. McConnell of Kiesel Law LLP |
| Case: | Garcia v. A&G Trucking LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Renee J. Nordstrand, Douglas M. Black of NordstrandBlack PC |
| Case: | Hanson v. City of Santa Barbara, et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arin Khodaverdian of Alpine Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Truck Driver |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard C. Watters of Miles, Sears & Eanni |
| Case: | Richardson v. JCT Trucking Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $998,080.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dawn L. Hassell, Lisa Villasenor of The Hassell Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Tow Truck Driver, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Catastrophic Injury |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $968,638.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack Bazerkanian, James Shin of C&B Law Group LLP; Stephen K. Mcelroy of Carpenter Zuckerman & Rowley |
| Case: | Plaintiff v. Trucking Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Christopher V. Bulone of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Valdez v. Cano |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
| 13 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd Allen, Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Zamora v. A1 Oil Recycling, LLC, at al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd Allen, Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Martinez v. Alameda Recycling & Metals |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Miles B. Cooper, Maryanne B. Cooper, Jonathan C. Harriman of Emison Cooper & Cooper LLP |
| Case: | Miller v. Ceballos, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Brian Kramer of Law Office of R. Brian Kramer; Estela Richeda of Law Office of Estela Richeda |
| Case: | Mercado v. Alvarez, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Hamparyan, Laura Sasaki of Hamparyan Injury Lawyers |
| Case: | Reeves v. Otis, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $531,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott A. Ritsema, Brian D. Chase of Bisnar Chase; Robin Jacobs, Dawn Ly of Law Office of Robin Jacobs Inc. |
| Case: | Lucero v. Mehta |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura L. Davidson, Jesse French, Adina A. Ostoia, Jubin J. Niamehr of Akiva Niamehr LLP |
| Case: | Perez v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James D. Rush of Rush Injury Law |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Truck Driver |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dawn L. Hassell and Lisa Villasenor of The Hassell Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Iguban‐Misa v. Carone & Co, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |