Top 20 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in the United States in 2021
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 motor vehicle accident settlements obtained in the United States 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 - 10 | |
| Visit: | Top 10 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in the United States in 2021 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles L. Becker, Colin Burke, Thomas R. Kline of Kline & Specter, PC |
| Case: | Frelich v. SEPTA |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Amputation |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $6,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daryl L. Zaslow of Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Appio v. Isserovich, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, DUI, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 13 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 13 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 14 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith L. Kessler, Ray W. Kahler of Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore; Rob Crary of Crary Clark Domanico & Chuang; David Brown of Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner |
| Case: | Estate of Gilmore, et al. v. The State of Washington, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward Le, Michael Kittleson of Law Office of Edward K. Le; Lawrence Kahn of Lawrence Kahn Law Group |
| Case: | Nguyen v. Lowe |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Washington |
| 16 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $5,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward Le, Michael Kittleson of Law of Edward K. Le |
| Case: | Sheikh v. Nawabi, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Washington |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard E. McGreevy, Brian G. Leach of Leach & McGreevy, LLP |
| Case: | Ringseth v. Lea & Braze Engineering Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James Lundy of Law Office of Richard Kenny, Trial Counsel for Zemsky & Salomon PC |
| Case: | Robinson v. City of New York |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 19 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 20 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas J. Leonardis of Stathis & Leonardis, LLC |
| Case: | Simmons v. State of New Jersey |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William L. Goldman of Law Offices of William L. Goldman |
| Case: | Estate of H.B.H. v. Bodden |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Paralysis Injury |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
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