Top 100 Verdicts in California in 2022
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| Visit: | Top 50 Verdicts in California in 2022 |
| 51 | |
| Amount: | $3,892,490.00 |
| Attorneys: | Josh D. Gruenberg, Pamela Vallero of Gruenberg Law; John Morris of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP; Jon R. Williams of Williams Iagmin LLP |
| Case: | Dell’Anno v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Wrongful Demotion |
| 52 | |
| Amount: | $3,740,417.31 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan C. Teller of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC; Byron (B.J.) Abron of Abron Law PC |
| Case: | Holguin, et al. v. Premier General Engineering Construction, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 53 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Angel J. Horacek of Law Offices of Angel J. Horacek, PC; Barbara DuVan-Clarke of Blackstone PC |
| Case: | Young v. DPSS |
| Type: | Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire |
| 54 | |
| Amount: | $3,324,262.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wendy Musell, Brittany Wightman of Law Offices of Wendy Musell; Jean K. Hyams of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP; Joseph Y. Avrahamy of Law Offices of Joseph Y. Avrahamy; Michael O’Beirne of Law Offices of Michael O’Beirne |
| Case: | Bronshteyn v. State of California |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Personal Injury, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Accommodate |
| 55 | |
| Amount: | $3,053,850.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander J. Zeesman, Diana Zeesman of Accident Fighters A.P.C.; Kevin S. Conlogue of Conlogue Law L.L.P. |
| Case: | Turner v. Mills, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 56 | |
| Amount: | $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 |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Consumer Protection, FCRA Violation |
| 57 | |
| Amount: | $2,764,982.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam Shea, Nicholas Yoka, Spencer Lucas of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi L.L.P.; Jeffrey A. Shane of Law Offices of Jeffrey A. Shane |
| Case: | Green v. Navab |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 58 | |
| Amount: | $2,648,989.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin E. Jerisat of Law Offices of Martin Jerisat |
| Case: | Ortiz v. Delgado |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 59 | |
| Amount: | $2,514,198.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel W. Dunbar, Nadine Khedry of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Nash v. Bae |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 60 | |
| Amount: | $2,491,376.00 |
| Attorneys: | David B. Farkas, John S. Gibson, Justin Ilhwan Park of DLA Piper LLP |
| Case: | CJ Freshway America Corp. v. The N9 Int’l Trading Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment, Tortious Interference, Conversion, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Interference, Negligent Tort |
| 61 | |
| Amount: | $2,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David deRubertis, Joshua M. Webster of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC; Scott Mann of Mann & Elias |
| Case: | Stender v. Costco Wholesale |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 62 | |
| Amount: | $2,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Giancarlo Mendez, Michael A. Sanchez, Arielle B. Farias of Mendez & Sanchez APC |
| Case: | Aguilar, et al. v. Ortiz, Jr. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 63 | |
| Amount: | $2,106,949.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin I. Aarons, Shannon H.P. Ward of The Aarons Law Firm |
| Case: | Bidye v. UMA Enterprises Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 64 | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark T. Quigley, Aaron L. Osten of Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP |
| Case: | Ryan v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | False Claims Act , Government Negligence, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| 65 | |
| Amount: | $2,084,589.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Scott Russo of Russo & Duckworth LLP |
| Case: | Irvin v. Kumiva Group LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit |
| 66 | |
| Amount: | $1,998,137.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jarod A. Krissman, Ian C. Deady of Krissman & Silver L.L.P. |
| Case: | Martin v. BNSF Railway Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, FELA, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Occupational Injury |
| 67 | |
| Amount: | $1,923,876.00 |
| Attorneys: | Caspar Jivalagian, Aaron Turchin of KJT Law Group L.L.P. |
| Case: | Lopez v. Chang |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 68 | |
| Amount: | $1,880,740.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Alder, Dustin Thordarson, Viridiana E. Aceves, Guyane Saroian of AlderLaw PC; Stanley K. Jacobs of Jacobs & Jacobs LLP |
| Case: | Kokonis, et al. v. Xerox Business Solutions Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 69 | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Josh D. Gruenberg, Benjamin S. Silver, Jesse Collmann, Pamela Vallero, Joshua P. Pang of Gruenberg Law |
| Case: | Martinez v. Costco Wholesale Corp. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 70 | |
| Amount: | $1,810,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chance J. Pardon, Timothy R. McCormick, Sung ‘Sean’ Kim of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP |
| Case: | Carmack v. American Multi-Cinema Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 71 | |
| Amount: | $1,780,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin L. Stanley of Law Office of Martin Stanley |
| Case: | Wilkie v. Philippe |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 72 | |
| Amount: | $1,750,058.51 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Hernandez, Elliott Jung of HHJ Trial Attorneys |
| Case: | Female Patient v. Psycare Associates, Inc. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 73 | |
| Amount: | $1,730,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David C. Shay, Mark J. Nagle of Vaziri Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Fulp v. Pajarillaga, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 74 | |
| Amount: | $1,686,493.46 |
| Attorneys: | Eddie B. Dennis of Lederer & Nojima, LLP |
| Case: | Harry v. Goldstein |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort |
| 75 | |
| Amount: | $1,643,898.14 |
| Attorneys: | Byron (B.J.) Abron of Abron Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Flores v. Alonso, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 76 | |
| Amount: | $1,609,904.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Jonathan H. Davidi of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP; Tracy Baer, Andrew L. Treger of Baer Treger LLP |
| Case: | LeClair v. Morton |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 77 | |
| Amount: | $1,602,988.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Morgan of Law Offices of James R. Morgan |
| Case: | Vaccarezza, et al. v. Baker, et al. |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Professional Malpractice, Veterinarian Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 78 | |
| Amount: | $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 |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment |
| 79 | |
| Amount: | $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 |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 80 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,001.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin S. Conlogue of Conlogue Law, LLP |
| Case: | Marroquin v. Unidentified LAPD Officer, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | V. James DeSimone, Ryann E. Hall of V. James DeSimone Law |
| Case: | Kerrigan, et al. v. Orange County Coroner’s Office |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Fraudulent Concealment, Government Negligence, Negligent Misrepresentation, Personal Injury, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carol Gillam, Sara Heum of The Gillam Law Firm |
| Case: | Erhart v. BofI Holding Inc. |
| Type: | Defamation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Victor L. George, Meylin P. Alfaro, Elvis Tran of Law Offices of Victor L. George |
| Case: | Shia v. Tuldanes, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 81 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremiah A. Lowe, Victoria J. Lazar of Lowe Lazar Law LLP |
| Case: | Fernandez-Lawson v. Kepple |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 82 | |
| Amount: | $1,494,653.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aimee E. Kirby, Christopher B. Dolan, Christina Garcia of Dolan Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Mejia-Lopez v. Garcia, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| 83 | |
| Amount: | $1,460,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jamie L. Keeton, Adam C. Zamost of Schlichter & Shonack LLP |
| Case: | Lilac Care Residential Home LLC, et al. v. Fajardo, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Fraud in the Inducement, Tortious Interference, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Negligent Tort |
| 84 | |
| Amount: | $1,437,200.00 |
| Attorneys: | Armen Akaragian, Adam Feit of Mardirossian Akaragian L.L.P. |
| Case: | Duric v. Taylor |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 85 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Marcereau of RHM Law Group |
| Case: | Villegas v. Bayview Service Group, Inc. |
| Type: | Emotional Distress, Wrongful Disposition of Remains, Negligent Tort, Funeral Home Negligence |
| 86 | |
| Amount: | $1,379,149.00 |
| Attorneys: | Evan A. Garcia, Edwin Hong, Robert T. Simon, Brad Simon, Jenny V. Anglin, Greyson M. Goody of The Simon Law Group LLP; Shawn L. Mangoli of Beverly Hills Injury Firm |
| Case: | Noriega v. Preston |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 87 | |
| Amount: | $1,345,751.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Jeandron of Roberts Jeandron Law; Nicole Lahmani of Lahmani Law APC |
| Case: | Villalobos v. Rivas, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 88 | |
| Amount: | $1,339,698.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel DeSantis, Gail Richardson, Bobby Saadian, Sutton A. Shapiro of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Espinosa v. Steed |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 89 | |
| Amount: | $1,287,602.58 |
| Attorneys: | Seth W. Wiener of Law Offices of Seth W. Wiener |
| Case: | Hawkins v. Zoegall |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Unfair Business Practices, Intentional Tort, Unlicensed Activity, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Failure to Disclose, Faulty Workmanship |
| 90 | |
| Amount: | $1,270,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Blake E. Burtchaell of Burtchaell Law, APC; Jason R. Sanchez of The Simon Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Bote v. Downey Wholesale Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 91 | |
| Amount: | $1,237,854.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bijan Darvish of Law Office of Bijan Darvish, APC; Jason Erlich of Erlich Law Firm |
| Case: | Mendoza v. County of Orange |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment |
| 92 | |
| Amount: | $1,215,753.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shawn J. McCann, Jesse E. French of BD&J PC |
| Case: | Alvarado v. Altoma |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| 93 | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Carreon v. U.S. Foodservice, Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Personal Injury, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment |
| 94 | |
| Amount: | $1,147,100.00 |
| Attorneys: | Morris J. Fodeman, Wendy L. Devine, Natalie J. Morgan of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC; Michael T. Hilgers of Hilgers Graben PLLC |
| Case: | NuVasive Inc. v. Alphatec Holdings Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 95 | |
| Amount: | $1,109,666.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chance J. Pardon, Brian J. Breiter, Peter Kevin Diamond of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP |
| Case: | Valdez v. Jones |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 96 | |
| Amount: | $1,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Bryan Kirsh of Shegerian & Associates |
| Case: | Bravo v. Huy Fong Foods, Inc. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter, Ashley E. Kim of McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP |
| Case: | Albano v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin J. Kanarek of BD&J, PC |
| Case: | Minor Student v. Burbank Unified School District |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 97 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christa Haggai Ramey of Ramey Law P.C. |
| Case: | E.I., Pro Ami v. El Segundo Unified School District |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, School Safety, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Mental Abuse, Negligent Training, Failure to Supervise, Bullying, Negligent Tort |
| 98 | |
| Amount: | $972,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eamon Jafari, Jacob R. Gould, Ike E. Orjiakor, Scott D. Dyle of Barrington Legal Inc. |
| Case: | Ghasemi v. Babaeian |
| Type: | Negligent Misrepresentation, Professional Malpractice, Insurance Broker Malpractice, Negligent Tort, Unpaid Benefits |
| 99 | |
| Amount: | $939,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan A. Medler, Jerold “Gene” Sullivan of Sullivan & Sullivan |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Bishop |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 100 | |
| Amount: | $882,791.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nina P. Brahman of The Brahman Law Office APC |
| Case: | Ware, et al. v. Hairston, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |