Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2021
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| 11 - 20 | |
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| 21 | |
| Amount: | $20,636,313.44 |
| Attorneys: | Mark J. Leonardo of Kuzyk Law, LLP |
| Case: | Isom v. MacCarthy |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $20,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Donald J. Cazayoux Jr., J. Lane Ewingof Cazayoux Ewing Law Firm; Robert M. Marionneaux Jr. of Marionneaux Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Glaser v. Cowart |
| Type: | Business Liability, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $19,142,635.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason A. Itkin, Cory Itkin of Arnold & Itkin LLP |
| Case: | Casarez v. Taylor, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Texas |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $19,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David L. Kwass, David J. Langsam of Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky P.C.; John M. Dodig, Jason A. Daria of Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner |
| Case: | Estate of Rosner v. Bill Anskis Co. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $18,946,635.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peyton P. Murphy, Ashleigh N. Mazerac, Brian L. McCullough, Troy D. Morain, Renee H. Pennington, James E. Moore of Murphy Law Firm L.L.C.; Lewis O. Unglesby of Unglesby Law Firm |
| Case: | Barber Brothers Contracting Co. LLC v. Capitol City Produce Co. LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $18,150,750.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack J. Casciato, Bradley M. Cosgrove of Clifford Law Offices P.C. |
| Case: | Cornejo v. Alliance Shippers Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $14,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin J. Sansone of Sansone & Lauber |
| Case: | Woodgate v. ST. James Winery Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Missouri |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $13,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew Finkelstein, Kenneth Fromson of Finkelstein & Partners |
| Case: | Noller v. Red Hawk Fire & Security, LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $13,100,559.00 |
| Attorneys: | William E. Applegate IV, David B. Lail, Reynolds H. Blankenship of Yarborough Applegate Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Cato v. South Carolina Department of Transport., et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jessica L. O’Neill Gooding, Robert F. Goings of Goings Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Bookman v. Buffkin |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | D. Joe Griffith, Zachary Smith of Hughes & Coleman |
| Case: | Peterson v. Smith, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Amputation |
| State: | Tennessee |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $11,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kelly A. George, DeeAnn Lee Germany, James A. Scimeca of Burch, George & Germany |
| Case: | Estate of Twyman v. Gilliland, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Oklahoma |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $11,875,827.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce Botsford of Bruce Botsford P.A. |
| Case: | Abellard, et al. v. Carter, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Florida |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $11,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin Fernandez IV, Paul Jon Layne, Carlos E. Silva of Silva & Silva P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Quetglas v. Discount Rock & Sand Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| State: | Florida |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $11,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert W. Cottle, Daniel M. Ryan of The Cottle Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Wolford v. Jimenez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Nevada |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $10,755,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carlos E. Mahoney of Mills & Mahoney, P.A. |
| Case: | Green v. Plunkett |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | North Carolina |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sevy Fisher, Travis Davis of Simon Law Group; Justin Heim of Law Offices of Justin Heim |
| Case: | Mena-Garcia v. Herrera |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jon Heck, David M. Scott of Isaacs & Isaacs P.S.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Short v. Marvin Keller Trucking Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $9,328,323.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard C. Watters, Lyndsie N. Russell of Miles, Sears & Eanni |
| Case: | Jones v. Hiller Aircraft Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew J. Gelbach of Andrew J. Gelbach P.C.; Josh Meisner of Meisner & Burks L.L.C. |
| Case: | Ford v. Wolfe |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Amputation |
| State: | Missouri |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald Bone of Ronald Bone, P.A.; Matthew E. Haynes of Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath |
| Case: | Warner v. M.E. Thompson, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Dangerous Instrumentality |
| State: | Florida |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $7,625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Katherine Harvey-Lee of California Truck Law; Mariano Morales of Morales Law Office; Robert L. Collins of Robert L. Collins, Attorney at Law |
| Case: | Estate of Naranjo v. Inzunza, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $7,377,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joe B. Stephens of The Stephens Law Firm |
| Case: | Perez v. Greater Houston Transport. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Texas |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charlotte E. Glinka of Keches Law Group P.C.; Benjamin R. Novotny of Trial Lawyers for Justice P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Rosenthal v. Davignon, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charlotte E. Glinka, Karen Zahka of Keches Law Group P.C.; Nicholas Rowley, Benjamin R. Novotny of Trial Lawyers for Justice P.C. |
| Case: | Castillo v. Davignon |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $6,733,519.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Hall, Mara Brust of Hall Law P.A. |
| Case: | Kelley v. The Bernick’s Co., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Amputation |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $6,640,031.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matt T. Morgan, Keith R. Mitnik, Nick Russo of Morgan & Morgan P.A. |
| Case: | Burke v. Lancheros, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Florida |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $6,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Greyson Goody, Blake Burtchaell of The Simon Law Group |
| Case: | Castaneda v. Perez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin L. Elder, Kent M Luckey, Garrett M. Penney of Penney & Associates |
| Case: | Zmrzel, et al. v. Lyft, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Philip R. Potter, Nathaniel E. Edmonds, Roxanne M. Hinson of Westmoreland, Patterson, Moseley & Hinson, LLP |
| Case: | Keadle v. Manheim Remarketing, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Georgia |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $5,367,996.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shawn McCann, Lauren Horwitz of BD&J, PC |
| Case: | Garcia v. Freitas, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention |
| State: | California |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $5,272,097.31 |
| Attorneys: | Scott L. Henratty, Zeb I. Goldstein of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Napper v. Napolitano, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $5,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chad Kelliher of Fulmer Sill; Daniel Hays of Chansolme Harroz Hays |
| Case: | Davis v. Gresham |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Oklahoma |
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