Number 1 Settlements in California in 2022
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the largest – in each applicable case type/category – settlements obtained in California in 2022. The list is composed of cases filed either in a state or federal court, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit.
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| $6,000,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Joe Jaramillo, Natalie Lyons of Housing & Economic Rights Advocates; Eileen M. Connor, Toby R. Merrill, Kyra A. Taylor, Joshua D. Rovenger of Legal Services Center of Harward Law School |
| Case: | Sweet, et al. v. Cardona, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Class Action, Consumer Protection |
| $809,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel S. Drosman, Tor Gronborg, Lucas F. Olts, J. Marco Janoski Gray, Heather G. Geiger, Christopher R. Kinnon of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Lance Oliver, Gregg S. Levin, Meghan S. B. Oliver, Max N. Gruetzmacher, Christopher F. Moriarty, Meredith B. Weatherby of Motley Rice LLC |
| Case: | In Re Twitter Inc. Securities Litigation |
| No. 1 in: * | Securities Fraud |
| $550,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Scott Summy, Carla Burke Pickrel, John P. Fiske of Baron & Budd, PC; John H. Gomez of Gomez Trial Attorneys ; Richard Gordon, Martin E. Wolf of Gordon, Wolf & Carney; John R. Wertz of John R. Wertz, Esq. |
| Case: | City of Long Beach v. Monsanto Co., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Environmental Protection, Clean Water Act |
| $453,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Steve Shadowen of Hilliard & Shadowen LLP; Lauren G. Barnes, Shana E. Scarlett of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP; Joseph M. Vanek of Sperling & Slater, LLC |
| Case: | In Re Glumetza Antitrust Litigation |
| No. 1 in: * | Antitrust Violation, Commercial Litigation, Price Fixing |
| $374,400,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer J. McGrath, Darren T. Kavinoky of McGrath Kavinoky LLP |
| Case: | Doe, et al. v. Regents of The University of California |
| No. 1 in: * | Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Psychological Injury, Sexual Battery |
| $185,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Garrett R. Broshuis of Korein Tillery, LLC; Bobby Pouya of Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP |
| Case: | Senne, et al. v. Office of The Commissioner of Baseball, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| $118,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Kelly M. Dermody, Anne B. Shaver, Michelle Lamy of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP; James Finberg, Eve Cervantez, Corinne F. Johnson of Altshuler Berzon LLP |
| Case: | Ellis, et al. v. Google, LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Employment Discrimination |
| $100,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Genie Harrison, Mia Munro, Andrea Fields of Genie Harrison Law Firm, APC; Joseph M. Lovretovich, Nicholas W. Sarris, Brooke C. Bellah of JML Law, APLC |
| Case: | McCracken, et al. v. Riot Games, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Workplace Harassment |
| $90,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David A. Straite, Amy E. Keller, Adam Prom of DiCello Levitt LLC; Stephen G. Grygiel of Grygiel Law LLC; Jason Barnes of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC |
| Case: | In Re Facebook Internet Tracking Litigation |
| No. 1 in: * | Invasion of Privacy, Conversion, Trespass to Chattels |
| $70,700,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Nelson, Nimish R. Desai of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP; Marc Reich of Reich Radcliffe & Hoover LLP |
| Case: | USA, et al. v. Ventura Co. Medi-Cal Managed Care Commission, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | False Claims Act (Qui Tam), Health Care Fraud |
| $50,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel C. Girard, Jordan Elias, Adam E. Polk, Simon S. Grille of Girard Sharp LLP; Steven A. Schwartz, Beena M. McDonald of Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP |
| Case: | In Re MacBook Keyboard Litigation |
| No. 1 in: * | Consumer Fraud |
| $38,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Josh Russ, Pete Marketos, Jamison Joiner, Tyler Bexley, Andrew Wirmani, Leslie Chaggaris, Brett Rosenthal of Reese Marketos LLP; J. Nelson Thomas, Jonathan W. Ferris, Michael J. Lingle of Thomas & Solomon LLP; Sanford Jay Rosen, Van Swearingen of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP; Alex Reese of Farella Braun + Martel LLP |
| Case: | USA v. Academy Mortgage Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Mortgage Fraud |
| $32,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Peter L. Kaufman, Wyatt A. Vespermann of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Stephen R. Cornwell, Nicholas R. Urgesi of Freedman Law |
| Case: | J.G. v. County of Tulare, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Government Negligence, Brain Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Bodily Injury |
| $24,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Eric Benink of Benink & Slavens LLP |
| Case: | Parada, et al. v. City of Riverside |
| No. 1 in: * | Tax Appeals, Ultra Vires |
| $18,850,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Ghyczy, Victor Alexandroff, Nicholas Alexandroff of Alexandroff Law Group |
| Case: | Munoz v. Chubb Custom Market, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Gross Negligence |
| $18,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Brandi, Brian J. Malloy of The Brandi Law Firm |
| Case: | Minor v. City and Summer Camp Contractor |
| No. 1 in: * | Burn Injury |
| $16,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Paul R. Kiesel, D. Bryan Garcia, Stephanie M. Taft of Kiesel Law LLP; Dale K. Galipo, Renee V. Masongsong of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo |
| Case: | Neal, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Assault & Battery, Excessive Force, Gunshot Wound, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Paraplegia |
| $16,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Marcus Petoyan, Mark Geragos of Geragos & Geragos |
| Case: | Motorcyclist v. Home Appliance Retailer |
| No. 1 in: * | Motorcycle Accident |
| $15,785,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Hassan Ali Zavareei, Sabita J. Soneji, Mark Andrew Clifford of Tycko & Zavareei LLP; Brian A. Glasser, John W. Barrett of Bailey & Glasser, LLP; George V. Granade, Michael R. Reese of Reese LLP |
| Case: | Chinitz, et al. v. Intero Real Estate Services |
| No. 1 in: * | TCPA Violation |
| $15,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alexander Yebri of Hillcrest Law, PC |
| Case: | Plaintiff v. Premises Owner |
| No. 1 in: * | Premises Liability |
| $15,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Bradley I. Kramer of Trial Law Offices of Bradley I. Kramer, M.D., Esq. |
| Case: | Patient v. Hospital, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Premature Discharge, Quadriplegia |
| $13,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Amanda Gladin‐Kramer, Denis Delja, Marcela Mercado, Connell Dunnion of Dunnion Law Firm |
| Case: | Auto Driver, et al. v. Agriculture Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck Accident |
| $12,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Tina Wolfson of Ahdoot & Wolfson, PC; Daniel D. Robinson, Wesley K. Polischuk, Michael W. Olson of Robinson Calcagnie, Inc.; Jean Martin, John A. Yanchunis, Ryan J. McGee of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | In Re Ambry Genetics Data Breach Litigation |
| No. 1 in: * | Data Breach |
| $12,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ashkahn Mohamadi of Sweet James, LLP; Jordan D. Johnson of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc.; Andrew Meisel of Meisel Law Group |
| Case: | Pedestrians v. Truck Driver |
| No. 1 in: * | Pedestrian Accident |
| $10,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Helen I. Zeldes, Joshua A. Fields of Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes LLP; Blake J. Lindemann of Lindemann Law Firm APC; Michael J. Flannery of Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca L.L.P. |
| Case: | Quintero v. San Diego Assoc. of Governments |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Confidentiality |
| $10,125,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jory Lange of The Lange Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Sandoval, et al. v. Garden Fresh Restaurants, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Product Liability, Restaurant Negligence, Food Poisoning |
| $9,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Bruce Broillet, Christian T.F. Nickerson of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP; Samuel Ogbogu of Samuel Ogbogu Law Offices |
| Case: | Alagba, et al. v Los Angeles Unified School District |
| No. 1 in: * | School Safety |
| $9,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Victoria L. Ersoff, Grant K. Riley, Tara Mitcheltree of Riley Ersoff |
| Case: | Luis, et al. v. Golden Western LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bed Bug Bite, Landlord-Tenant |
| $9,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Carol M. Brewer, Andrew J. Ogilvie of Ogilvie & Brewer LLP; John Soumilas, James A. Francis of Francis Mailman Soumilas, PC |
| Case: | Ramirez, et al. v. TransUnion LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | FCRA Violation |
| $8,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Erich Tomkinson of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc. |
| Case: | Howell v. Malibu Country Mart, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bicycle Accident |
| $5,900,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Charles A. Jones of Jones Law Firm LLC; Michael Righetti of Righetti Glugoski PC |
| Case: | Chen v. Walmart Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Workplace Safety |
| $5,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Stephen R. Cornwell of Cornwell & Sample LLP; David V. Balakian of Balakian Law Offices |
| Case: | Construction Worker v. ABC Manufacturing Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Construction Accident, Work Accident, Equipment Malfunction, Amputation, Occupational Injury |
| $5,014,999.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Stephen M. Johnson of Berglund & Johnson |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Auto Driver |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object |
| $5,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael Shemtoub of Beverly Law Firm |
| Case: | Hubbs v. Semi Truck Driver |
| No. 1 in: * | Multi-Vehicle Accident |
| $4,900,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin T. Ikuta of Ikuta Hemesath LLP |
| Case: | Minor Patient v. Hospital |
| No. 1 in: * | Birth Injury, Delayed Childbirth, Medication Error |
| $4,100,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Martin S. Schenker, Francisco Unger, Timothy W. Cook of Cooley LLP; Amalia Margarete Wille, Judah Ben Lakin of Lakin & Wille LLP; Angelica Salceda, Emilou MacLean, Sean Connor Riordan, William S. Freeman of ACLU of Northern California, Inc.; Jordan Samuel Wells, Stephanie Padilla of ACLU of Southern California |
| Case: | Rivas, et al. v. Jennings |
| No. 1 in: * | Due Process Violation |
| $3,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gabriel H. Avina of Law Offices of Gabriel H. Avina; Vlad R. Ghenciu of SP Law Group PC |
| Case: | Pena v. City of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Scooter Accident |
| $3,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Courtney C. McNicholas, Nicholas S. Alexandroff, Douglas D. Winter, Abel Nair of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Carpenter, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Whistleblower Retaliation, Wrongful Demotion |
| $2,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Marcus Petoyan, Ben Meiselas of Geragos & Geragos |
| Case: | Patient v. Medical Center |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Inform |
| $2,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin T. Ikuta of Ikuta Hemesath LLP |
| Case: | Patient v. Hospital |
| No. 1 in: * | Surgical Error |
| $2,375,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Janet Herold, Lucy B. Bansal of Justice Catalyst Law; Rachel Lederman of Alexsis C. Beach & Rachel Lederman, Attorneys; Akeeb Dami Animashaun of Akeeb Dami Animashaun, Esq. |
| Case: | Camarlinghi, et al. v. Santa Clara County |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Imprisonment |
| $1,900,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Nicol Hajjar of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Maintenance Worker v. Property Management Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Failure to Accommodate |
| $1,700,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Nicol Hajjar of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Disabled Employee v. Employer |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Termination |
| $1,600,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Scott Cohen of North Bay Justice, APC |
| Case: | Tenant v. Landlord |
| No. 1 in: * | Housing Discrimination, Wrongful Eviction |
| $1,300,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Blaine M. Brown, Ryan W. Young of OC Trial Group, APC |
| Case: | Pistoresi v. Bowery |
| No. 1 in: * | Elder Financial Abuse, Constructive Fraud, Embezzlement |
| $1,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ryan J. Daneshrad, Shantel Yaghoobian of LA Century Law |
| Case: | Motorist v. Drunk Driver, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Head-on Collision, DUI |
| $1,199,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ashkahn Mohamadi of Sweet James, LLP |
| Case: | Victim v. Dog Owner |
| No. 1 in: * | Dog Bite, Animal Attack |
| $1,150,659.68 | |
| Attorneys: | Justin F. Marquez, Bobby Saadian, Nicol E. Hajjar, Rahcel J. Vinson of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Hernandez, et al. v. Nicker Management I, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Meal & Rest Breaks |
| $1,100,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Yolanda M. Medina of Law Offices of Frank P. Barbaro APC |
| Case: | D.L.C., Pro Ami v. Sierra Vista Family Clinic, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Delayed Treatment |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas A. Carlin, Michael D. Levinson, Robert Carroll III of Phillips, Erlewine, Given & Carlin LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Pedestrian v. Marina |
| No. 1 in: * | Drowning Accident |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Judd Allen, Roberto Quiroga, Arash Khorsandi of Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi |
| Case: | Solis v. Ride Share Company |
| No. 1 in: * | Insurance Bad Faith, Underinsured Motorist |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian Beecher, Danny Ledezma, Arash Khorsandi of Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi |
| Case: | Ramirez v. San Diego Gas & Electric |
| No. 1 in: * | Electrical Injury |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Tom Feher of Feher Law APC |
| Case: | Student v. School District |
| No. 1 in: * | Slip & Fall |
| $1,000,000.00 (tie) | |
| Attorneys: | David Yerushalmi of Yerushalmi Law Firm |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Premise Owner |
| No. 1 in: * | Trip & Fall |
| $1,000,000.00 (tie) | |
| Attorneys: | Alan Ahdoot of Adamson Ahdoot LLP |
| Case: | Gallegos v. Ostionearia Bahia Mexican and Seafood |
| No. 1 in: * | Trip & Fall |
| $999,999.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas A. Carlin, Michael D. Levinson of Phillips, Erlewine, Given & Carlin LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Patient v. Primary Care Physician |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Refer |
| $850,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin T. Ikuta of Ikuta Hemesath LLP |
| Case: | Patient v. Urgent Care Center |
| No. 1 in: * | Misdiagnosis, Failure to Test |
| $850,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John R. Habashy of Lexicon Law PC; Scott D. Owens of Scott D. Owens, PA |
| Case: | Escobar v. Major League Baseball, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | FACTA Violation |
| $750,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Wesley G. Ouchi of The Ouchi Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Castillo v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | False Arrest |
| $690,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael Ghozland of Ghozland Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Student v. School |
| No. 1 in: * | School Bus Accident |
| $675,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Nicol E. Hajjar of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Victim of Pregnancy Discrimination v. Employer |
| No. 1 in: * | Pregnancy Discrimination |
| $540,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth M. Sigelman, Penelope A. Phillips of Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates |
| Case: | E.H. v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Diagnose |
| $500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Keith D. Klein, David J. Root of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP |
| Case: | Yogurtland Franchising Inc. v. Brar |
| No. 1 in: * | Trademark Infringement |
| $485,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| No. 1 in: * | Military Discrimination |
| $400,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Employee v. Vendor to Employer |
| No. 1 in: * | Racial Harassment |
| $376,746.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John M. Siciliano of Law Office of John M. Siciliano |
| Case: | Bates v. Southern California Addiction Center, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Promissory Note |
| $325,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| No. 1 in: * | Loss of Opportunity |
| $320,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Parag L. Amin of Law Office of Parag L. Amin, P.C. |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Nicola's Night Club, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligent Security |
| $300,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin T. Ikuta of Ikuta Hemesath LLP |
| Case: | Patient, et al. v. HMO |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Birth , Medical Laboratory Negligence |
| $300,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Oscar H. Gutierrez, Oscar Rene Gutierrez, Rogelio Ruiz of Law Offices of Oscar H. Gutierrez, APC |
| Case: | Edwards v. Allstate Ins. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Uninsured Motorist |
| $281,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| No. 1 in: * | Constructive Discharge |
| $125,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin T. Ikuta, Michelle B. Hemesath of Ikuta Hemesath LLP |
| Case: | Minor Patient v. Medical Group, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Delayed Diagnosis |
| $100,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Phil Younglove, Brianna Younglove of Younglove Law Group |
| Case: | Goodman v. Suss |
| No. 1 in: * | Go-Kart Accident |