Number 1 Verdicts 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) – plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in California in the year 2022. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of California.
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| $464,577,265.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm APC; Todd H. Harrison, Brennan S. Kahn of Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin & Harrison APC |
| Case: | Martinez, et al. v. Southern California Edison Co., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment |
| $292,939,761.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John C. Hueston, Moez M. Kaba, Lauren M. Johnson, Sara Haji, Sourabh Mishra, Allison L. Libeu of Hueston Hennigan |
| Case: | Monster Energy Co. v. Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | False Advertising, Intellectual Property Infringement, Tortious Interference, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Commercial Litigation |
| $150,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jude Basile of The Basile Law Firm; David Sullivan of Golper, Sullivan, Rivera & Osuna |
| Case: | Collins v. Diamond Generating Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Gas Explosion, Occupational Injury |
| $102,600,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Clay Barnett III, J. Mitch Williams, Rebecca Gilliland, Dylan Martin of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.; Adam Levitt, Christopher Stombaugh, John E. Tangren, Daniel R. Ferri, Mark M. Abramowitz, Joseph Frate of DiCello Levitt; Jennie Anderson of Andrus Anderson LLP; Anthony Garcia of AG Law PA |
| Case: | Siqueiros, et al. v. General Motors LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Protection |
| $102,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Lauren Cerri, B. Robert Allard of Corsiglia, McMahon and Allard; Natalie L. Weatherford of Taylor & Ring LLP |
| Case: | Students v. Union School District |
| No. 1 in: * | Government Negligence, Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Children's Rights, Child Abuse |
| $85,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mark F. Fleming of Singleton Schreiber; Timothy A. Scott, Marcus Bourassa, Kimberly S. Trimble of McKenzie Scott P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Phounsy v. County of San Diego, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Assault & Battery, Excessive Force, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Death in Custody |
| $73,650,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Rodriguez, Chantal Trujillo, Danay Gonzalez of Rodriguez & Associates; Joseph H. Low IV of The Law Firm of Joseph H. Low IV |
| Case: | Ruckman, et al. v. Big N Deep, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Brain Injury, Burn Injury, Bodily Injury |
| $65,900,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Patrick Richard, Byron Gee, Fred Fudacz, Ilse Scott, Raven McGuane of the Nossaman Law Firm |
| Case: | Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency v. Whittaker Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Pollution, Environmental Protection, Clean Water Act, Public Nuisance |
| $60,445,361.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Arash Homampour of The Homampour Law Firm; Matthew B.F. Biren, John A. Roberts of Biren Law Group |
| Case: | O’Malley v. Diamond Resorts Mgmt. Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Premises Liability |
| $60,300,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael Alder, Eli S. Cohen of Alder Law PC; Michael D. Axline of Miller & Axline |
| Case: | City of Modesto v. The Dow Chemical Co., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Product Liability, Defective Product |
| $56,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | J. Noah Hagey, Jeffrey M. Theodore, Forrest A. Hainline III, J. Tobias Rowe, Douglas S. Curran of Braunhagey & Borden LLP |
| Case: | Stone Brewing Co. LLC v. MillerCoors LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Trademark Infringement |
| $54,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christopher Yates, Sarah Ray, Sy Damle, Britt Lovejoy of Latham & Watkins |
| Case: | Oracle America Inc. v. Hewlett Packard Ent. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Copyright Infringement |
| $52,947,896.67 | |
| Attorneys: | William D. Shapiro, Brian D. Shapiro of Law Offices of William D. Shapiro |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Harris, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Quadriplegia, Paralysis Injury |
| $52,131,453.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jessica M. Dean, Benjamin H. Adams, Rachel A. Gross of Dean Omar Branham Shirley LLP |
| Case: | Chapman v. Avon Prods. Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Asbestos Exposure, Toxic Exposure, Mesothelioma |
| $47,407,070.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas Umberg, Scott B. Garner of Umberg Zipser LLP |
| Case: | Park v. Law Offices of Tracey Buck-Walsh, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Legal Malpractice, Professional Malpractice |
| $44,413,076.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Erika Bright, Noah Nadler, Lauren Leider of Wick Phillips, LLP; Philip E. Cook, Brian J. Wright of The Cook Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Weber Metals Inc. v. ACE American Ins. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Insurance Bad Faith, Property Damage |
| $36,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Arash Homampour, Ronan Duggan of The Homampour Law Firm P.L.C.; Jason S. Halpern of Halpern & Associates |
| Case: | Estate of Andrade v. Tapia |
| No. 1 in: * | Motorcycle Accident |
| $34,508,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dustin L. Collier, V. Joshua Socks, Elizabeth R. Malay of Collier Law Firm, LLP; Brian C. Mathias of Law Office of Brian Mathias; Drew F. Teti of Law Offices of Drew F. Teti |
| Case: | Ruvalcaba v. Santa Cruz City Schools, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Failure to Accommodate, Spoliation of Evidence |
| $31,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Craig J. Lavoie, Brandon E. Martinez, Jr., Jennifer Lynn Bryant, Mari T. Saigal of Munger Tolles & Olson, LLP; Luis Li, Eric P. Tuttle, Melissa Mills of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, PC; Jerome M. Jackson of Law Offices of Jerome M. Jackson |
| Case: | Bryant v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Invasion of Privacy |
| $28,600,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Raymond D. McElfish of McElfish Law Firm |
| Case: | Nevis v. Rideout Memorial Hospital, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Medical Malpractice, Premature Discharge, Failure to Test, Amputation |
| $26,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Victor L. George, Wayne C. Smith of The Law Offices of Victor L. George |
| Case: | Mosley v. Pacifica Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Nursing Home Malpractice, Elder Abuse, Elder Law |
| $21,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Adante Pointer, Patrick Buelna of Pointer & Buelna LLP; Melissa Nold of Nold Law; John Burris of Law Offices of John Burris |
| Case: | Mondragon v. City of Fremont |
| No. 1 in: * | Gunshot Wound |
| $18,794,132.14 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Kim, Maureen Hennessey of Savin Bursk Law |
| Case: | Choto v. Dorothy D. Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Slip & Fall |
| $16,702,050.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christopher B. Dolan, Cioffi C. Remmer of Dolan Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Castro-Gonzalez v. Cazarez |
| No. 1 in: * | Pedestrian Accident, DUI |
| $16,420,725.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brett J. Schreiber of Singleton Schreiber |
| Case: | Neeley v. State of California |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object, Paraplegia |
| $15,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Courtland L. Reichman, Christine Lehman, Shawna Ballard, Khue Hoang, Jennifer Estremera, Ariel Green, Jaime Cardenas-Navia, Michael Matulewicz-Crowley, Philip Eklem, Taylor Mauze of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP |
| Case: | Droplets Inc. v. Yahoo Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Patent Infringement |
| $12,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Leslie F. Levy, Sharon R. Vinick, Katherine L. Smith of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP |
| Case: | M.Z. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Gender Discrimination |
| $11,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Rodriguez, Joel Andreesen, Chantal Trujillo, Danay Gonzalez of Rodriguez & Associates; Joseph H. Low IV of The Law Office of Joseph H. Low IV |
| Case: | Bough, et al. v. J Squared General Contractors Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Forklift Accident |
| $6,678,026.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John N. Demas of Demas Law Group, P.C.; Kelsey DePaoli of The Law Office of Black & DePaoli |
| Case: | Bosch v. Premiere Raspberries, LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Multi-Vehicle Accident |
| $5,513,275.00 | |
| Attorneys: | H. Dean Aynechi, Gilland Jones of West Coast Trial Lawyers APLC; Kamran Shahabi of Valiant Law |
| Case: | Melendez v. Arellano, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Imprisonment, Adult Day Care Negligence |
| $4,512,108.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Taylor Marks, Daryoosh Khashayar, Angela Ness of Khashayar Law Group |
| Case: | Brownlee v. City of San Diego, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Trip & Fall |
| $4,371,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Vince v. City of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Promote |
| $2,900,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert F. Brennan of Law Offices of Robert F. Brennan APC; Stephanie Tatar of Tatar Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Larios v. Specialized Loan Servicing LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | FCRA Violation |
| $2,100,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mark T. Quigley, Aaron L. Osten of Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP |
| Case: | Ryan v. County of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | False Claims Act |
| $1,998,137.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jarod A. Krissman, Ian C. Deady of Krissman & Silver L.L.P. |
| Case: | Martin v. BNSF Railway Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | FELA |
| $1,826,450.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael Alder, Mansour Soltanmoradi of AlderLaw, PC |
| Case: | Garner-Dow, et al. v. Cotti Foods Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Restaurant Negligence |
| $1,800,003.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christopher C. Saldana of Shewry & Saldana, LLP |
| Case: | Marien, et al. v. Kuczewski, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Defamation, Reputational Harm |
| $1,602,988.00 | |
| Attorneys: | James R. Morgan of Law Offices of James R. Morgan |
| Case: | Vaccarezza, et al. v. Baker, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Veterinarian Negligence |
| $1,546,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael F. Sisson of Law Office of Michael F. Sisson; Douglas G. Benedon of Benedon & Serlin LLP; Christopher Brizzolara of Christopher Brizzolara, Attorney At Law |
| Case: | Sharlein v. City of Los Angeles, CA |
| No. 1 in: * | Racial Harassment |
| $1,528,809.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Todd D. Thibodo of Law Offices of Todd D. Thibodo; William R. Chapman of Krupnick & Chapman LLP |
| Case: | Tamny v. Baca |
| No. 1 in: * | Bicycle Accident |
| $1,400,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert Marcereau of Marcereau Law Group |
| Case: | Villegas v. Bayview Service Group, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Funeral Home Negligence |
| $1,345,751.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael Jeandron of Roberts Jeandron Law; Nicole Lahmani of Lahmani Law APC |
| Case: | Villalobos v. Rivas, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus Accident |
| $1,287,602.58 | |
| Attorneys: | Seth W. Wiener of Law Offices of Seth W. Wiener |
| Case: | Hawkins v. Zoegall |
| No. 1 in: * | Unlicensed Activity, Contractor Negligence |
| $1,011,382.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Tyler J. Lindberg, Ty S. Vanderford, Rodolfo F. Ruiz of Vanderford & Ruiz LLP |
| Case: | D.L. v. The Regents of The University of California, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Diagnose, Misdiagnosis |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christa Haggai Ramey of Ramey Law P.C. |
| Case: | E.I., Pro Ami v. El Segundo Unified School District |
| No. 1 in: * | Bullying |
| $972,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Eamon Jafari, Jacob R. Gould, Ike E. Orjiakor, Scott D. Dyle of Barrington Legal Inc. |
| Case: | Ghasemi v. Babaeian |
| No. 1 in: * | Insurance Broker Malpractice |
| $331,831.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Scot D. Wilson, Daniel Kalinowski of Knight Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Smirnov v. Jaguar Land Rover N. A. LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Lemon Law |
| $325,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dennis M. Grady, Jessica Coronado of Grady & Associates |
| Case: | J.M., Pro Ami v. Fallbrook Union High School District |
| No. 1 in: * | Drowning Accident |
| $301,600.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Kaveh S. Elihu, Rhett T. Francisco, Christopher J. DeClue of Employee Justice Legal Group PC |
| Case: | Argueta v. North Ranch Bodycraft & Glass Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Age Discrimination |
| $300,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Krystale Rosal of Law Offices of Mauro Fiore Jr. |
| Case: | Ontiveros v. Pawesome LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Dog Bite, Animal Attack |
| $236,730.00 | |
| Attorneys: | James J. Perkins, Brittany A. Auchard of Colman Perkins Law Group |
| Case: | Safeco Ins. Co. v. Ekimyan |
| No. 1 in: * | Insurance Fraud |
| $200,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Steven P. Goldberg of Goldberg & Gille |
| Case: | Nieman v. Fineman, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Surgical Error, Neurosurgery Malpractice |
| $135,316.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Frances M. Campbell, Nima Farahani, Alexander G. Boone of Campbell & Farahani LLP |
| Case: | Contratto v. Latsko |
| No. 1 in: * | Landlord-Tenant, Wrongful Eviction |
| $110,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Edward Y. Lee, Angela Lee of Law Offices of Edward Y. Lee |
| Case: | Lee v. Strikezon USA Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Workers' Compensation |