Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in the United States in 2020
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| Visit: | Top 20 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in the United States in 2020 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $4,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher DiGirolamo of Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi |
| Case: | Polifonte v. D’Amario-Aubin |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury, Paralysis Injury |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 22 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 23 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $3,625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul J. Edelstein of Edelsteins, Faegenburg & Brown LLP |
| Case: | McGhee-Mack v. Harley, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $3,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward Capozzi, Corey Dietz of Brach Eichler |
| Case: | Garris v. City of Paterson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew Owen of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Cheong v. Collopy |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Khorsandi, Brian Beecher, Judd Allen of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Mora v. Valley Forge |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $3,449,900.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick J. Mullaney of Mullaney & Gjelaj, PLLC |
| Case: | Poletayev v. Danna, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $3,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David S. Levy, Moshe Borukh of Spar & Bernstein P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of S.P. v Denali Water Solutions, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $3,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Greg Prosmushkin, of Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Motorcyclist v. Bus Co. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Business Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $3,255,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan H. Anderson, R. Matthew Graham, Anne I. Allen of Thompson Law LLP |
| Case: | Allen v. USAA General Indemnity Co., et. al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | Texas |
| 31 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mike Kazerouni, Abbas Kazerounian, Assal Assassi of Kazerouni Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 31 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward Horn of Law Office of Edward Horn; Terrence L. Tarver of Tarver Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Espinal v. The State of New York |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $3,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph D. Morath of Connors LLP |
| Case: | Dunn v. Covanta Niagara I, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $3,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd F. Kleeger of Hecht Kleeger & Damashek, PC |
| Case: | Harderman v. NYCTA, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Business Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 34 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 34 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 34 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $2,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Miller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Motorcyclist v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $2,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lauren D. Fraser of Javerbaum, Wurgaft, Hicks, Kahn, Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C. |
| Case: | DeMario, et al. v. Supreme Mulch LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Paralysis Injury |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Crockett of Sweet James LLP |
| Case: | Starbuck v. Wilkins |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | California |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Michaels of MLG, APLC |
| Case: | Vargas v. Muller |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matt Wurdeman of Connelly Law Offices |
| Case: | Passenger v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph LaBarbiera of LaBarbiera & Martinez |
| Case: | Ibanez v. Hurtadao, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ray Kahler, Keith Kessler, Paul Stritmatter, Brian Ladenburg of Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore |
| Case: | Hammons v. State of Washington, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack J. Casciato of Clifford Law Offices |
| Case: | Murphy v. LTI Trucking, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc Reibman, Steven Weiner of Reibman & Weiner |
| Case: | Barrett v. Holohan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen Z. Williamson of Law Office of Stephen Z. Williamson, P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Morel v. The State of New York |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $2,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Maridith Ramsey, Chris Davis of Davis Law Group |
| Case: | Passenger v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Consumer Protection |
| State: | Washington |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arash H. Zabetian of The Zabetian Firm; Haytham Faraj of The Law Offices of Haytham Faraj; Tigran Martinian of Martinian & Associates |
| Case: | Collins v. Stockton Covenant Church |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $2,035,413.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sumeet Kaul of Morgan & Morgan |
| Case: | Patel v. Raczka |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Scooter Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 43 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew C. Bryman, Mark D. Apelian of Bryman & Apelian |
| Case: | Ruparelia v. A&R Telecom Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Zabetian of Martinian & Associates Inc.; Haytham Faraj of Law Offices of Haytham Faraj PLLC |
| Case: | Garcia v. Gonzalez, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian P. Murphy of Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo, LLP |
| Case: | Schinina v. Musillo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Darren T. Moore of The Law Offices of Darren T. Moore PC |
| Case: | Lopez v. ECCO, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward J. Rebenack of Rebenack Aronow & Mascolo LLP |
| Case: | Estrada v. Sasso |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary Slobin of Alpert Slobin & Rubenstein LLP |
| Case: | Palumbo v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 44 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lisle W. Blackbourn of Godfrey, Liebsle, Blackbourn & Howarth S.C. |
| Case: | G.V., Pro Ami v. Pope Transport Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Paraplegia, Paralysis Injury |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Haggard, Adam C. Finkel of The Haggard Law Firm P.A.; Michael S. Davis of Boone & Davis P.A |
| Case: | Estate of Greco v. Round Up Country L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Florida |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael P. O'Connor of Thon Beck Vanni Callahan & Powell |
| Case: | Tor 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 |
| State: | California |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas J. Leonardis of Stathis & Leonardis, LLC |
| Case: | Pollard v. EAB Transport Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $1,990,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roy T. Willey, IV, Eric M. Poulin, Lane D. Jefferies of Anastopoulo Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Passenger v. Trucking Co., et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,952,616.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robin J. Bond of Douglas & London P.C. |
| Case: | K.W., Pro Ami v. Stewart, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New York |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $1,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael D. Herman of Herman Khan, PC |
| Case: | Bonner v. Spargo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 48 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 48 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tamara Vannah of Vannah & Vannah; Michael C. Van, Travis J. Robertson of Shumway Van |
| Case: | James v. Outdoor Promotions Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Nevada |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond A. Gill Jr. of Gill & Chamas L.L.C. |
| Case: | Brown v. Cohen, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, School Bus Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Murphy, Michael J. Hurwitz of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Diaz v. American B D Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |