Top 100 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in the United States in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 100 motor vehicle accident settlements obtained in the United States 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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| Visit: | Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in the United States in 2020 |
| 51 | |
| Amount: | $1,725,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul A. Sack, R. Brandon Deegan of Law Offices of Paul A. Sack, P.A. |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 52 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark McBratney of Seigel Law, LLC |
| Case: | Gaita v. Novikov, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 52 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey J. Zenna of Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari, P.C. |
| Case: | Priessnitz v. Roe |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 52 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Murphy, David L. Scher of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Skipwith v. Sisters of St. Joseph, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 53 | |
| Amount: | $1,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chris Davis, Brad Bernadt of Davis Law Group |
| Case: | Gursley v. Caliber Concrete Construction, Inc. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alison Cannata Hendele of Gregory J. Cannata & Associates, LLP |
| Case: | Driver v. Electric Company et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wes Kissinger of Harrison White P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Wathano v. Ellis |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 55 | |
| Amount: | $1,591,666.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan D. Marx of Kaplun Marx P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Scavo v. EF Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 56 | |
| Amount: | $1,525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen Z. Williamson of Law Office of Stephen Z. Williamson, P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Soto v. A Very Special Place, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 57 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura F. Sedrish, Jubin J. Niamehr, Randi L. Ibrahim of Jacoby & Meyers LLC |
| Case: | Passenger v. Host Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 57 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 57 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin Jones, Daniel DeSantis of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Munoz v. Hindelang |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 57 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack J. Casciato of Clifford Law Offices |
| Case: | Tokarz v. J.B. Hunt Transport |
| Type: | Business Liability, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 57 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett R. Greiner of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. |
| Case: | David v. Puleio's Service Center Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 57 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew Pillersdorf of The Pillersdorf Law Firm |
| Case: | Jones v. Reachout Healthcare America Ltd. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 57 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett R. Leitner, Justin Varughese, Nicholas Warywoda of Leitner Varughese Warywoda, PLLC |
| Case: | Fleicher v. Olsen, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 58 | |
| Amount: | $1,490,291.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin Jones of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Ascot Limousine Service, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 59 | |
| Amount: | $1,490,123.00 |
| Attorneys: | John E. Molinari of Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari, P.C. |
| Case: | Van Orden v. Stampone, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 60 | |
| Amount: | $1,457,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas D’Amore, Emily Johnson of D’Amore Law Group |
| Case: | Bahena v. Senvoy, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Oregon |
| 61 | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean P. Driscoll of Clifford Law Offices |
| Case: | Rivard v. Zientarski |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 62 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 63 | |
| Amount: | $1,325,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey A. Block, Daniel M. Seiden of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Persaud v. Arch Electric Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 64 | |
| Amount: | $1,302,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Chambers, et al. v. Lee Tsou |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 65 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Epstein of The Epstein Law Firm |
| Case: | Van Slooten v. Waldron, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 65 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lance J. Bitterman, Andrew L. Statmore of Fredson, Statmore & Bitterman |
| Case: | Thomas v. Government Employees Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Single-Vehicle Accident, Amputation |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 65 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert C. Rosenberg of Koenigsberg & Associates Law Offices |
| Case: | Kucur v. Mironis, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 65 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Murphy, David L. Scher of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Rivera v. Transcare New York Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 65 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Coco of Law Offices of John Coco P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Corradengo v. Dalland, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 66 | |
| Amount: | $1,280,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey P. Hoyle, Michael JL Handley of The Law Offices of Jeffrey P. Hoyle |
| Case: | DiAntonio v. Kelly |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 67 | |
| Amount: | $1,275,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard C. Watters of Miles, Sears & Eanni |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Owner of the Bus, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 68 | |
| Amount: | $1,263,580.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hoyt G. Tessener, Christopher R. Bagley, Rosa S. Antunez of Law Offices of James Scott Farrin |
| Case: | Estate of De La Cruz v. Parker, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | North Carolina |
| 69 | |
| Amount: | $1,260,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James J. Nugent of Nugent & Bryant |
| Case: | Geddes v. Porter |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 70 | |
| Amount: | $1,254,166.66 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence D. Minasian of Greenberg Minasian, LLC |
| Case: | Boutin v. Montoya, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samer Habbas of Law Offices of Samer Habbas & Associates, PC |
| Case: | Car Driver v. Car Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Khorsandi, Judd Allen, Brian Beecher of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Baiza v. Gannon |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd Allen, Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Curl v. Futterman |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin T. Ikuta of Hodes Milman LLP; Robert H. Marcereau of Marcereau & Nazif |
| Case: | Kaku v. Foto |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam Hepburn, Michael Hernandez, and Elliott Jung of Hepburn Hernandez & Jung Trial Attorneys, P.C. |
| Case: | Motorcyclist v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garrett R. Chambers, Gary L. Chambers, Chantell Cervantes-Chambers of Law Offices of Chambers & Noronha |
| Case: | Clausen v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 72 | |
| Amount: | $1,227,590.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wade Suthard, Raymond M. Bily of Reiff & Bily |
| Case: | Estate of Vafokulova v. UA International Consulting Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 73 | |
| Amount: | $1,225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alex Nocerino of Chopra & Nocerino |
| Case: | Ortiz v. Watson-Brown, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 74 | |
| Amount: | $1,220,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan C. Teller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | L.V. v. Underinsured Motorist |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 75 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 75 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Nazzaro of The Reardon Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Thompson v. McGrath |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 75 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael T. Heck of Epstein Ostrove, LLC |
| Case: | Lezcano v. Coleman |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 75 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sadat Montgomery of Montgomery Law, PLLC |
| Case: | Driver, et al. v. 18-Wheeler Trucking Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Texas |
| 76 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 77 | |
| Amount: | $1,185,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth W. Elwood of Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari, P.C. |
| Case: | Mitchko v. Evangelista |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 78 | |
| Amount: | $1,175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Joseph Donahue, Jeffrey A. Block of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Jenkins v. Panetta |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 79 | |
| Amount: | $1,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen Z. Williamson of Law Office of Stephen Z. Williamson, P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Sosa v. The City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 80 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David R. Euredjian, Richard M. Foster of Law Offices of Richard M. Foster |
| Case: | Ekizian v. Novack, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 80 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Nazzaro of The Reardon Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Castle v. Estate of Adams |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 80 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John E. Molinari of Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari, P.C. |
| Case: | Smyth v. Estate Cruz, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 80 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Levitz of Shulman & Hill, PLLC |
| Case: | Amer v. De Leso, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
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