Top 10 Truck Accident Settlements in California in 2021
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 truck accident settlements obtained in California in the year 2021. 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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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ed Susolik of Callahan & Blaine |
| Case: | Walker v. City of Encinitas |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury |
| 2 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| 2 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Kevin Morrison, Joshua D. White of Altair Law |
| Case: | Maguire, et al. v. Hundal, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Business Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $5,001,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sargis Atanous of Dunnion Law |
| Case: | Harder, et al. v. Golden State Portables, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Danny Soong of Law Office of Danny Soong, APLC |
| Case: | Estate of Decedent v. Trucking Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $3,680,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd Allen, Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi |
| Case: | Fisher v. HBO, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Rafii of Rafii & Associates, PC; Ian P. Samson of Panish, Shea & Boyle, LLP |
| Case: | Acosta v. Fairfield‐Suisin School District, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $2,993,931.42 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Nematollahi, Mark Millard, Christopher Adamson of Adamson Ahdoot LLP |
| Case: | Lee Burton v. Murillo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Breiter, Sung "Sean" Kim, Chance Pardon of Law Offices of Brian Breiter, LLP |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Semi Truck Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
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