Top 100 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2020
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| Visit: | Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2020 |
| 51 | |
| Amount: | $1,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter W. Kolp of Peter Kolp, PC; Nick Gjelaj, Pat Mullaney of Mullaney & Gjelaj, PLLC |
| Case: | Buckner v. Mcgill |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 52 | |
| Amount: | $1,482,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Katherine Moorhouse of Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman L.L.C., |
| Case: | Verdin v. Magiera |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 53 | |
| Amount: | $1,428,033.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher B. Dolan, Lourdes DeArmas, Taylor French of Dolan Law Firm PC; Gerard L. Friend, Edgar Vera of Law Office of Gerard L. Friend |
| Case: | Argueta v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 54 | |
| Amount: | $1,382,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan C. Teller, Daniel Desantis, Bobby Saadian, Megan Lazar of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Stewart v. Wake |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 55 | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Chance J. Pardon, Jeffrey J. Twomey of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP |
| Case: | Kozlovsky v. Zilbershertyn |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 56 | |
| Amount: | $1,135,346.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Mann of Ledger Law |
| Case: | Bryant v. Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 57 | |
| Amount: | $1,135,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Robert P. Wilson of The Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry |
| Case: | Jackson v. Texdoor Transportation, L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 58 | |
| Amount: | $1,125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles D. Onofry of Schnieder & Onofry P.C.; William S. Diekhoff of William S. Dieckhoff Attorney at Law LLC |
| Case: | Waterford v. Sanchez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Failure to Train, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Arizona |
| 59 | |
| Amount: | $1,109,105.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Azizi, Arthur Djougourian of Law Offices of David Azizi; Thomas S. Feher of Feher Law, APC |
| Case: | Carter v. Stepter |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 60 | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua B. Irwin of Irwin & Poznanski L.L.P. |
| Case: | Nazario v. Exclusive Ambulette Service Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 61 | |
| Amount: | $1,051,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven N. Newton of Richard D. Hobbs & Associates P.C.; Bethany L. Schneider of Schneider Law P.C.; Mitchell E. McGough of Mitchell E. McGough Law L.L.C. |
| Case: | Montague v. Ann Herrera |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Georgia |
| 62 | |
| Amount: | $1,026,872.00 |
| Attorneys: | Calabrese + Sreenivasan LLC |
| Case: | Kelly v. Yeun, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 63 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Lalikos of Schneider & Lalikos, LLP |
| Case: | Parra v. Cerar |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 63 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas P. O’Malley of Subin Associates, LLP |
| Case: | Khilkevich v. Rothstein |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 64 | |
| Amount: | $974,215.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lindsey A. Carpenter of Meshbesher & Spence Ltd. |
| Case: | Ronning v. Plaisted Cos. Inc. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 65 | |
| Amount: | $948,653.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Wampold, Tomas Gahan of Peterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna |
| Case: | Hopkins v. Integon General Ins. Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Brain Injury, Consumer Protection, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 66 | |
| Amount: | $919,429.00 |
| Attorneys: | Maridith Ramsey & Pete Balzarini of Davis Law Group |
| Case: | Limon v. J&H Express, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Washington |
| 67 | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Simon Hannanian, Bill Hamel of Subin Associates L.L.P. |
| Case: | Castro v. Bruzola, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 68 | |
| Amount: | $860,042.00 |
| Attorneys: | Candice S. Klein, Sarah Kim of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Lumpkin v. Hanassaab |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 69 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph “Buddy” Brown, Robert L. Mitchell of Cunningham Bounds L.L.C. |
| Case: | Meade v. Wright Transportation Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Alabama |
| 70 | |
| Amount: | $835,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark D. Apelian of Bryman & Apelian |
| Case: | Fishman v. Rice |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 71 | |
| Amount: | $831,679.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick J. Giese, Shawn S. Kasserman, Katherine A. Twardak of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman L.L.C., |
| Case: | Mackeben v. O’Meara, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 72 | |
| Amount: | $825,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian M. King of Brian M. King Law Office PLLC |
| Case: | Stengel v. Foxworth |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 73 | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew N. Posgay, Seth B. Roebuck, Coker Law |
| Case: | Choisser v. Consul |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 74 | |
| Amount: | $780,715.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony H. Quackenbush of Kelley Uustal P.L.C |
| Case: | Flotz v. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Auth. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Florida |
| 75 | |
| Amount: | $772,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott A. Burleigh, Martin H. Sitler of Ronald E. Sholes P.A |
| Case: | Andrason v. Law |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Florida |
| 76 | |
| Amount: | $758,262.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin Jaffe, David Moffett of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Berrios v. State Farm Mutual Auto Ins Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 77 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Glassman, Nathan Werksman of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Hermosillo v. Robinson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | California |
| 77 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey S. Wrage, Duane W. Hartman of Blachly, Tabor, Bozik & Hartman L.L.C. |
| Case: | Johnson-Borman v. Taylor, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Indiana |
| 77 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin D. Swenson, Brian D. Shelley, Jake R. Spencer, Chrystal Mancuso-Smith of Swenson & Shelley P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Hatch v. Hatch |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Utah |
| 78 | |
| Amount: | $747,520.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randy G. McKee of McKee Law Firm L.L.C.; Royce Duplessis of Duplessis Law Firm |
| Case: | Smith v. Busick, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 79 | |
| Amount: | $736,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carnegie Mims, Husein Hadi of the Hadi Law Firm |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. GEICO |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Deceptive Trade Practices, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Consumer Protection, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 80 | |
| Amount: | $725,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason Herbert of Krentsel & Guzman L.L.P. |
| Case: | Geraldi v. Sambrook, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 81 | |
| Amount: | $681,850.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam Lewis, Joseph McGowin of Arnold & Itkin LLP; Aron Hutchins of Holt Hutchins PLLC |
| Case: | Elrod v. Siegert Water Wells, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 82 | |
| Amount: | $680,240.00 |
| Attorneys: | Glenn E. Auletta of Gruenberg Kelly Della |
| Case: | Grillo v. Turello |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 83 | |
| Amount: | $658,716.47 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. McKenna, Michael C. McKenna of McKenna Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Miller v. Jennifer A. Garzone, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 84 | |
| Amount: | $651,773.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley J. Myers, Michael C. Kane, Joel S. Hengstler of The 702 Firm |
| Case: | Medina v. Uribe-Sanchez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Nevada |
| 85 | |
| Amount: | $641,860.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Nojima of Lederer & Nojima LLP; Greyson Goody of The Simon Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Luciano v. Knopf |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | California |
| 86 | |
| Amount: | $622,167.65 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew R. Bronsnick of Mandelbaum Salsburg P.C. |
| Case: | Gelber v. NJ Transit Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 87 | |
| Amount: | $619,610.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas R. Bennerotte, Wade W. Rabenhorst of Bennerotte & Associates, P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Gulbranson v. Estate of Gulbranson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 88 | |
| Amount: | $615,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith J. Bruno, Stephen K. McElroy of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley LLP |
| Case: | Larson v. O’Reilly |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 89 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John R. Gorman of Lutz, Shafranski, Gorman & Mahoney P.A. |
| Case: | Diaz v. Kugan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 89 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Panarella of Krentsel Guzman Herbert LLP |
| Case: | Black v. Chowdhury, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 90 | |
| Amount: | $597,949.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles D. Slane of TSR Injury Law |
| Case: | Petersen v. Estate of Munion |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 91 | |
| Amount: | $562,797.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven B Vinick of Stein Sperling Bennett DeJong Driscoll P.C. |
| Case: | Clemetson v. Nguyen |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Maryland |
| 92 | |
| Amount: | $516,905.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert F. Kulik, Kulik Law Firm P.A; Fraz Ahmed, Coker Law |
| Case: | Murphy v. Swinson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 93 | |
| Amount: | $512,947.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam H. Lotkin of Rutter Mills L.L.P. |
| Case: | Doyle v. Burrell |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Virginia |
| 94 | |
| Amount: | $511,993.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig A. Hoffman of Ruberry, Stalmack & Garvey L.L.C., |
| Case: | Shaw v. Holliday, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 95 | |
| Amount: | $507,748.00 |
| Attorneys: | John S. Hinman, Seth E. Workman of Hinman Law Group P.C.; Joseph Pourshalimy, Laura Ames of Law Offices of Joseph Pourshalimy, PC |
| Case: | Bassett-Smith v. Flores |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 96 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas A. Yazinski, Michael Pisanchyn, Bradley Moyer of The Pisanchyn Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Manuel v. Leigton, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 97 | |
| Amount: | $499,200.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas A. Norden, Joseph Moro of William McBride Law Group P.A. |
| Case: | Pineda-Garcia v. Talley |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Colorado |
| 98 | |
| Amount: | $487,637.00 |
| Attorneys: | Armin R. Mizani of Mizani Law Firm; Patrick Gallaghe of J. Patrick Gallagher P.C; Thomas M. Michel of Griffith Jay & Michel L.L.P |
| Case: | Arce v. Nelson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 99 | |
| Amount: | $485,219.00 |
| Attorneys: | Guy E. Mattson of Heartland Injury Law P.A. |
| Case: | Dockter v. Samperio |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 100 | |
| Amount: | $473,068.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ben F. Barcus of Law Offices of Ben F. Barcus & Associates P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Bennett v. Jarvis, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Washington |