Top 50 Personal Injury Settlements in California in 2021
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 personal injury 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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| 11 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Personal Injury Settlements in California in 2021 |
| 21 | |
| 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 |
| 22 | |
| 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 |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Warren R. Paboojian, Jason S. Bell, Kevin B. Kalajian of Baradat & Paboojian Inc. |
| Case: | Reyes v. California Highway Patrol |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ashkahn Mohamadi of Sweet James, LLP |
| Case: | Skateboarder v. Events Co. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pete Kaufman, Brian Panish, Whitney Smith of Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Winfield v. YTLife Investments, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Toxic Exposure, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd Allen, Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi |
| Case: | Meadows v. Broadbase, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel B. Miller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Auto Drivers |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 25 | |
| 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 |
| 26 | |
| 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 |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arin Khodaverdian of Alpine Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Plaintiff v. Property Owner, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Burn Injury, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $2,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jon Teller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Delvecchio v. Bella |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $2,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Ruiz Munoz v. Neilson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Castro v. Feliciano, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 31 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy Cloyd, Craig M. Peters of Altair Law |
| Case: | Worker v. Machine Manufacturer |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Equipment Malfunction, Strict Liability |
| 31 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Glassman, Jonathan Davidi of Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP; Joseph S. Nourmand of Law Offices of Joseph S. Nourmand |
| Case: | Anderson v. Carreon, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 31 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacob H. Seropian of Seropian Law, A PC |
| Case: | Injured Driver v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 31 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hazel Chang of the Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Gomez v. Fred, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 31 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ashkahn Mohamadi of Sweet James, LLP |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Semi-Truck Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $1,965,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Auto Drivers |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $1,805,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Hoffman, Michael Avanesian of JT Legal Group |
| Case: | Compos, et al. v. Poon |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Negligent Tort |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel B. Miller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Barajas v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James D. Rush of Rush Injury Law; Christopher Light, Michael Miller of Light Miller, LLP |
| Case: | Gilbert v. City of Oakland |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $1,715,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Meza v. Nanoo, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $1,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ashkahn Mohamadi of Sweet James, LLP |
| Case: | Truck Driver v. Truck Driver |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $1,625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Ruvalcava v. Carey of San Diego, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $1,575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jon Teller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Contreras v. Foletta, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $1,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd Allen, Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi |
| Case: | Arredondo v. R.S. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $1,525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Judd Allen, Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi |
| Case: | Cerros v. Ride Share Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $1,515,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua Yagoubzadeh, Sunny G. Khehra of Yagoubzadeh Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Injured Driver v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ashkahn Mohamadi of Sweet James, LLP |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Bicyclist v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James D. Rush, Scott D. Cohen of Rush Injury Law |
| Case: | Crisostomo v. Oewel |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher Adamson of Adamson Ahdoot LLP |
| Case: | Salazar, et al. v. Kobyluk, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $1,425,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel DeSantis of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Driver v. Trucking Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Grijalva Calderon v. Bernards Brothers, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,301,548.53 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Hoffman of JT Legal Group |
| Case: | Moscoso v. Gustafson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Property Damage, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert T. Simon, Jenny V. Anglin, Greg A. Jackson of The Simon Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Ross v. Boettger |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Butman v. Allen, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew Nezhad, Greg Diarian of Oaks Law Firm |
| Case: | JoAnn v. An, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Loya v. Ellis, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Rogel Velasquez v. Russell |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Warren R. Paboojian, Nolan C. Kane of Baradat & Paboojian Inc. |
| Case: | Soto v. Garcia’s Supermarket |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jon Teller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | P.A., et al. v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Evans v. Stanton Coyle |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard C. Watters of Miles, Sears & Eanni; David G. Edwards of Law Office of David G. Edwards |
| Case: | Pickup Driver v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Finley v. Polk |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Avanesian of JT Legal Group |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Saalfeld |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Negligent Tort |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Kahululani Solis v. Gorman Health Group, LLC., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon J. Simon of The Simon Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Auto Driver, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel DeSantis of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | ML v. Bus Co. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ashkahn Mohamadi of Sweet James, LLP |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Pick‐up Truck Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
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