Top 10 Personal Injury Settlements in Los Angeles County in 2021
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 personal injury settlements obtained in Los Angeles County in the year 2021. The list is comprised of cases that had originated in Los Angeles County, California, and have been settled in or out of court.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Panish, Jesse Creed of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Ray Boucher, Cathy Kim of Boucher LLP; Frank Pitre, Gary Praglin, Kelly Weil of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP; Michael Kelly, Lindsey Bayman of Kirtland & Packard LLP |
| Case: | Plaintiffs v. Southern California Gas Co. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Negligent Maintenance, Gas Leak, Negligent Tort |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $852,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mike Arias, Alfredo Torrijos, Arnold Wang of Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos; Vince Finaldi, John Manly, Sharyl Garza, Jane Reilley of Manly, Stewart & Finaldi |
| Case: | Students v. University of Southern California, et al. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Sexual Battery |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $17,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Homampour, Scott Boyer of Homampour Law Firm; Stanley K. Jacobs of Jacobs & Jacobs, LLP |
| Case: | Mendoza v. Compton Unified School District |
| Type: | Personal Injury, School Safety, Brain Injury, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Victoria Lynn Ersoff of Riley | Ersoff LLP |
| Case: | Martinez Luis, et al. v. Golden Western LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Lead Poisoning |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $6,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Carr, Tyler J. Barnett of Yuhl Carr LLP |
| Case: | Mortensen v. Caltrans |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $6,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel K. Kramer, Teresa A. Johnson of Kramer Trial Lawyers A.P.C.; Michael Burgis of Michael Burgis & Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Flores v. Telfer Pavement Technologies, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Respondeat Superior, Amputation |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tara Lin Mitcheltree, Grant Kevin Riley of Riley | Ersoff LLP |
| Case: | Ordonez, et al. v. Raigorododsky, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Lead Poisoning |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $5,984,209.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Taylor, Robert R. Clayton of Taylor & Ring LLP |
| Case: | Lopez v. De La Cruz, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Amputation |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $5,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tina B. Odjaghian of Odjaghian Law Group |
| Case: | Gaeta v. Casper Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workers' Compensation |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew Nezhad of Oaks Law Firm |
| Case: | Patient v. Doctor |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Negligent Tort |
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| Visit: | Top 20 Personal Injury Settlements in Los Angeles County in 2021 |