Top 50 Verdicts in California in 2022
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 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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| Visit: | Top 20 Verdicts in California in 2022 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Invasion of Privacy, Emotional Distress, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $28,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond D. McElfish of McElfish Law Firm |
| Case: | Nevis v. Rideout Memorial Hospital, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Railroad Accident, Premature Discharge, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Failure to Test, Amputation |
| 23 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $26,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Victor L. George, Wayne C. Smith of The Law Offices of Victor L. George |
| Case: | Mosley v. Pacifica Corp. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Nursing Home Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Elder Abuse, Negligent Tort |
| 23 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $26,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Rudorfer, Wyatt Vespermann of Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP; Sheri S. Manuwal, Robert I. Manuwal of Manuwal & Manuwal |
| Case: | Student v. Pasadena Unified School District |
| Type: | School Safety, Sexual Assault, Emotional Distress, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $23,965,999.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shafeeq Sadiq of Sadiq Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Leon v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Vehicular Accident |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $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 |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $18,794,132.14 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Kim, Maureen Hennessey of Savin Bursk Law |
| Case: | Choto v. Dorothy D. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $16,420,725.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett J. Schreiber of Singleton Schreiber |
| Case: | Neeley v. State of California |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Paraplegia, Paralysis Injury |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Commercial Litigation |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $12,211,641.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan Van Gelder, Aaron L. Osten of Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP |
| Case: | Vu v. 2447 Pacific Coast Highway LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Sexual Battery |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $11,955,702.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas L. Gordon, Lyndsie N. Russell of Miles, Sears & Eanni |
| Case: | Viruegas v. State of California |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam Seth Cashman, Douglas Stephen Tilley of Singer Cashman LLP |
| Case: | Eventbrite, Inc. v. MRG Concerts Ltd. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel K. Kramer, Teresa A. Johnson of Kramer Trial Lawyers A.P.C.; Alexander Eisner of Shawn Steel Law Firm |
| Case: | Knight v. Haskell, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $10,083,960.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick Nolan, Sam Soleimany of DeWitt Algorri & Algorri |
| Case: | Hatfield v. Renville |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $10,008,705.00 |
| Attorneys: | Trevor M. Quirk, Aletheia S. Gooden of Quirk Law Firm LLP |
| Case: | Reynoso, et al. v. Burch, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $9,117,715.96 |
| Attorneys: | Pejman Ben-Cohen, Robert Ounjian of Carpenter & Zuckerman; Fred Dudek of Dudek Law Firm |
| Case: | Hampton v. American Multi-Cinema, Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $8,251,686.46 |
| Attorneys: | Trevor M. Quirk, Leonidas Nicol of Quirk Law Firm LLP |
| Case: | Endreszl v. Antonyan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $8,233,049.89 |
| Attorneys: | Byron (B.J.) Abron of Abron Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Ahmadinejad v. Alonso, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $8,114,725.04 |
| Attorneys: | Jason Fowler, Ryan K. Kahl of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Wells v. Williams |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $5,934,714.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Mark Lim, John David of Shegerian & Associates Inc.; Eric A. Boyajian of Law Offices of Eric A. Boyajian, APC |
| Case: | Ramirez v. World Oil Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Failure to Accommodate |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Imprisonment, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Negligent Training, Elder Abuse, Adult Day Care Negligence, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $5,235,055.10 |
| Attorneys: | Connor J. Traut, Eric V. Traut of Traut Firm |
| Case: | Kozy v. County of Orange |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $5,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin Tryk of Tryk Law, APC |
| Case: | Carrera v. Whittaker, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Sexual Assault, Intentional Tort, Psychological Injury, Sexual Battery |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tal Rubin, Daniella E. Rubin of Law Office of Tal Rubin P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Shepard v. California Department of Transportation |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $4,512,108.00 |
| Attorneys: | Taylor Marks, Daryoosh Khashayar, Angela Ness of Khashayar Law Group |
| Case: | Brownlee v. City of San Diego, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $4,371,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Vince v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Accommodate, Failure to Promote |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $4,357,763.40 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen M. Garcia, William M. Artigliere of Garcia & Artigliere |
| Case: | Martinez v. Rechnitz, et al. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Nursing Home Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Fall, Negligent Hiring, Elder Abuse, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $4,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig M. Peters of Altair Law; James Kawahito of Kawahito Law Group |
| Case: | Smith v. St. Francis Homes Assoc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $4,005,551.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce L. Schechter, Khail A. Parris, Eric N. Wilson, Rene E. Ucros of Parris Law Firm; Ibiere Seck of Seck Law |
| Case: | Friedstein v. Stilson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Deborah S. Chang, Candice S. Klein, Sarah S. Kim, Patrick K. Gunning of Chang Klein LLP; Daniel W. Johnson of Berglund & Johnson Law Group |
| Case: | Schweissinger v. Crown Dodge |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vincent Vallin Bennett, Patricia Garcia of Banafshe Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Young v. Dignity Health, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rob Marcereau of Marcereau & Nazif |
| Case: | Aguirre v. Iyengar |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
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