Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2020
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $410,226,608.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Scott Cox, Talley Kaleko, Law Offices of Robert Scott Cox; Benjamin L. Crump, Parks & Crump L.L.C |
| Case: | Washington v. Top Auto Express, Inc. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Florida |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $67,441,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Robert P. Wilson, Marco Crawford, Reggie Blakely of The Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry |
| Case: | Camacho v. Stewart Builders Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Forklift Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $38,164,263.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy S. Trecek, Jesse B. Blocher, Elissa M. Bowlin, Susan R. Tyndall of Habush Habush & Rottier |
| Case: | Vanderventer v. Hyundai Motors Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Negligent Tort, Paraplegia, Paralysis Injury, Design Defect |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $25,656,686.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan Saba, Robert Karwin, Tyler Vanderpool of Rosen Saba LLP |
| Case: | Tusant v. City of Hemet |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $21,513,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Denis M. Delja of The Dunnion Law Firm |
| Case: | Maclovio v. Brewer |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury, Quadriplegia, Paralysis Injury |
| State: | California |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $21,029,363.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Shane Lazenby of Lazenby Law Group L.L.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Holland v. Cypress Insurance Co., et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Georgia |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $18,273,040.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin A. A. Russell of Associates & Bruce L. Scheiner |
| Case: | Cox v. Jason's Grading, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $18,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan M. Ritter, S. Edmond El Dabe of ElDabe Ritter Trial Lawyers; Joshua E. Ritter of Werksman, Jackson & Quinn LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Shen v. Hershel |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $13,478,106.00 |
| Attorneys: | Leon R. Russell of The Russell Law Firm; R. Douglas Gentile of Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes; Frank G. Giunta of Giunta Law, P.C.; Cynthia Hollingsworth of Hollingsworth Walker |
| Case: | Cook v. Valentine |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Brain Injury, Strict Liability, Design Defect |
| State: | Texas |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $11,929,722.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brent P. Frederick, Michael T. Beckers of Frederick & Beckers L.L.C. |
| Case: | Brown v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $10,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Seth A. Harris, Alison R. Keenan, Blake G. Goldfarb of Burns & Harris |
| Case: | Barragan v. NYCTA, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $10,250,272.00 |
| Attorneys: | Langdon ‘Trey’ Smith and Michael Gomez of Jim S. Adler & Associates; Francisco Guerra, IV of Watts Guerra LLP; R. Louis Bratton of The Bratton Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Espinoza, et al. v. John Christner Trucking LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $9,661,233.00 |
| Attorneys: | David D. Guiley, Daniel L. Hightower of Daniel L. Hightower P.A. |
| Case: | Searcy v. Brunelle |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| State: | Florida |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $7,396,314.00 |
| Attorneys: | L. Todd Kelly, Jaime Lynn of The Carlson Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Claxton v. Rayner, et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Failure to Maintain, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Curtis C. Osborne of Osborne Law Firm P.C.; Wade E. Byrd of Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Pendergrass v. S&D Coffee Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | North Carolina |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $5,445,637.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matt Powell of MattLaw |
| Case: | Young v. McCoy, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman M. Hobbie, Jacqueline DeCarlo, Justin Lee Klein of Hobbie, Corrigan & DeCarlo P.C. |
| Case: | N.P., Pro Ami v. Lighty, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Burn Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $4,677,880.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Temming of Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & Tucker |
| Case: | Hanlon v. Henderson, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Ohio |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $4,662,572.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher M. Drury of Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, PA; Todd L. Wallen of Wallen Kelley |
| Case: | Winkeljohn v. Callari |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $4,436,259.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Armienti of Armienti, DeBellis, Guglielmo & Rhoden L.L.P. |
| Case: | Deflorio v. County of Nassau |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $4,375,018.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph F. Gaar Jr., Jacob H. Hargett, Jason M. Welborn, Lucas S. Colligan of Gaar Law Firm; Mark T. Murray of Stevenson & Murray |
| Case: | Hall v. Landstar Ranger Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $4,030,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Emil L. Samuels of Kelner & Kelner |
| Case: | Miller v. Camelot Communications Group Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 23 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Max J Stagliano, Raymond A. Gill of Gill & Chamas L.L.C. |
| Case: | Bennett v. Hill, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 23 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter A. Pentony of WilliamsFord |
| Case: | Keane v. Ibarra, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | West Virginia |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $3,464,288.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond D. McElfish of McElfish Law Firm; Bob B. Khakshooy, Sandeep G. Agarwal of Law Offices of Bob B. Khakshooy |
| Case: | Qaadir v. Adan Ordonez Trucking |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention |
| State: | California |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $3,318,593.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph H. Shaughnessy, Jared Wise, Brian McClain of Morgan & Morgan P.A. |
| Case: | Griggs v. PV Holding Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Florida |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $3,185,209.00 |
| Attorneys: | William Michael Berman of Berman & Riedel; John H. Gomez of Gomez Trial Attorneys |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Wu |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $3,061,682.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Caplis, Babar Waheed, Ethan A. McQuinn of The Dan Caplis Law Firm L.L.C.; Bradley A. Levin, Elisabeth Owen of Levin Sitcoff P.C. |
| Case: | Dahmer v. Palm |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Colorado |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $2,840,765.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy M. Paul, Giovanni Stewart, Michael Fox Orr of Orr Cook. |
| Case: | Wildes v. Northern Florida Transportation Group L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Florida |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $2,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Conrad Szewczyk of Conrad Szewczyk & Associates |
| Case: | Estate of Przeslica v. Rodriguez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $2,797,683.72 |
| Attorneys: | Gary Slobin of Alpert, Slobin & Rubenstein |
| Case: | Estate of Schneider v. Hanasab, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Scooter Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $2,716,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pius Joseph of Law Offices of Pius Joseph |
| Case: | Jimenez v. Badio, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Retention |
| State: | California |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $2,645,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey Patti of Patti & Patti, LLC |
| Case: | Gates v. Passaaic County |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $2,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard L. Pullano, Mathew T. Siporin of Pullano Law Offices |
| Case: | Estate of Lesslie v. Rodriguez, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Atticus N. Wegman of Aitken Aitken Cohn |
| Case: | Barraza v. Ginther |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $2,455,273.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Caplis, Michael P. Kane, Michael Annerino of The Dan Caplis Law Firm L.L.C. |
| Case: | Herbka v. Metro Care Ambulance L.L.C. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Colorado |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $2,258,955.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark T. Packo of Ged Lawyers L.L.P. |
| Case: | Estate of Morreale v. Maida |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $2,239,350.00 |
| Attorneys: | Armen M. Tashjian of Law Offices of Armen M. Tashjian; Stephen L. Bucklin of Bucklin Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Cassady v. LACMTA |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Bus Accident, Business Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $2,221,768.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Benji, Albert Ng of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley; Nicole Dolle of RMD Law |
| Case: | Collazo v. County of Orange |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John L. Nisivaco of Chicago Injury Lawyers, LLC |
| Case: | Perez v. Larry’s Cartage Co., Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $2,011,845.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Zaremba of Zaremba, Brownell & Brown P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Impoco v. Marjam Supply Co. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert L. Mitchell of Cunningham Bounds L.L.C. |
| Case: | Gant v. Southeastern Freight Lines Inc. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Emergency Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Alabama |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $1,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John T. Stamps, III of The Stamps Law Group, LLC; T. Tom Perry, Jr. of Manley Traeger Perry Stapp & Compton |
| Case: | Jordan v. Cheeks, et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Alabama |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $1,911,371.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ivan S. Zackheim of Law Office of Ivan S. Zackheim |
| Case: | Estate of Nikolaychuk v. National Casualty Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Underinsured Motorist, Wrongful Death, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Oregon |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $1,876,346.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott Kang, Natasha Cobb of Kang Law Group |
| Case: | Pecora v. Silva, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Oregon |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Rutledge Durant of Riesen Durant |
| Case: | Glenney v. Robertson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,755,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerold “Gene” Sullivan, David Ebenhack of Sullivan & Sullivan |
| Case: | Smith v. Jennison |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $1,753,220.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank F. Fernandez III, The Fernandez Firm; Daniel A. Iracki, Howard C. Coker, Janeen M. Kirch of Coker Law |
| Case: | Looney v. Crime, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,687,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Taylor Ernst, Don Ernst of Ernst Law Group |
| Case: | Flick v. Reyes |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, DUI, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,639,045.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey A. Danzig, Ven R. Johnson of Johnson Law P.L.C. |
| Case: | Sanderson v. Wright, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Michigan |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,598,759.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam G. Kornblau of Kornblau & Kornblau P.C.; Mark H. Riesenfeld of Law Office of Mark H. Riesenfeld |
| Case: | Toch v. Evans |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |