Number 1 Settlements in Los Angeles County in 2023
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We are pleased to present to you a list of the largest – in each applicable case type/category – settlements obtained in Los Angeles County in 2023. The list is composed of cases filed in a state or federal court located in Los Angeles County, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit, but originating from the county.
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| $96,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dan Donovan, Christopher Keegan, Matt Owen, Holly Trogdon of Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
| Case: | Amplify Energy Corp. v. M/V Danit, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Damage, Subrogation |
| $54,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jamie L. Crook, Asaf Orr, Alexis M. Alvarez, Logan T. Talbot, Eliana G. Mata, Juan Gamboa, Irene K. Meyers of California Civil Rights Department; Jahan C. Sagafi, Moira Heiges-Goepfert, Adam L. Koshkin, Chauniqua D. Young, Rebecca L. Pattiz, Amy L. Maurer, Emma R. Janger of Outten & Golden, LLP |
| Case: | CRD v. Activision Blizzard Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination |
| $26,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian Easton, Mani Navab, Gabriel Mendoza, Matthew Easton of Easton & Easton, LLP |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Doe Defendants |
| No. 1 in: * | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Contractor Negligence, Occupational Injury, Work Premises Liability |
| $24,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Eric Dubin of Dubin Law Firm; Annee Della Donna of the Law Offices of Annee Della Donna; Luis A. Carrillo, Michael S. Carrillo, J. Miguel Flores of Carrillo Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Tapia, et al. v. CHP Officers, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Assault & Battery, Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| $19,999,999.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Carrillo, Luis A. Carrillo, Laura M. Jimenez of Carrillo Law Firm, LLP; Anthony M. DeMarco, Joanna Robles of the Law Office of Anthony DeMarco |
| Case: | Sexual Abuse Victims v. LAUSD, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Sexual Assault & Battery |
| $13,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Carrillo, Luis A. Carrillo of Carrillo Law Firm, LLP; Arnoldo Casillas of Casillas & Associates; Robin D. Perry of Law Offices of Robin D. Perry & Associates |
| Case: | Sahagun, et al. v. Long Beach Unified School District, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Gunshot Wound |
| $12,842,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Teller, Clayton Lee of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | H.F. v. Vehicle Owner., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Car v. Car Collision, Rear-end Collision |
| $11,350,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | James P. Carr, Tyler J. Barnett of Yuhl Carr LLP |
| Case: | Injured Truck Driver v. At-Fault Truck Driver |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Truck Collision |
| $10,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Setareh of Setareh Law APLC; Danielle Lincors, Arash Homampour of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Auto Driver |
| No. 1 in: * | Single-Vehicle Accident, Car v. Pedestrian Collision |
| $8,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Steve Vartazarian, Matthew Whibley of The Vartazarian Law Firm |
| Case: | Patient v. Healthcare Insurer |
| No. 1 in: * | Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice |
| $7,005,285.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Stephen M. Johnson, Daniel W. Johnson of Berglund & Johnson |
| Case: | K.W. v. Premises Owner |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object, Entertainment Premises Liability |
| $6,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Bevin Allen Pike, Daniel Jonathan, Trisha K. Monesi of Capstone Law APC |
| Case: | Canela v. Helix Elec. Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wage & Hour Violation, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| $5,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey L. Molchan of Legal Offices of David Grey |
| Case: | Estate of Pedestrian v. Truck Driver |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Pedestrian Collision |
| $5,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Yosi Yahoudai of J&Y Law |
| Case: | Saldivar, et al. v. Han, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Scooter Accident, Car v. Scooter Collision |
| $5,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | P. Ryan Banafshe of Banafshe Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Singer, et al. v. Harrison |
| No. 1 in: * | Head-on Collision, DUI |
| $5,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benny Khorsandi, Brian Beecher, Arash Khorsandi of Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi |
| Case: | Motorcyclist v. Truck Driver |
| No. 1 in: * | Paralysis Injury, Truck v. Motorcycle Collision |
| $4,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Laura F. Sedrish of Jacoby & Meyers |
| Case: | Maiden v. City of Inglewood, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Public Premises Liability |
| $4,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Deborah Chang, Candice Klein, Patrick Gunning, Sarah Kim of Chang Klein LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Patient v. Rehab Center |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Monitor, Rehab Facility Negligence |
| $4,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel DeSantis of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Customer v. Big Box Store |
| No. 1 in: * | Slip & Fall, Retail Premises Liability |
| $2,972,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Teller, Clayton Lee of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | E.B. v. Vehicle Owner, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Multi-Vehicle Accident |
| $2,626,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Colin Jones, Jesus J. Torres of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Truck Driver, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Truck Collision |
| $2,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Malosack Berjis of Berjis Myers, PLC |
| Case: | Roshan v. Chase |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Motorcycle Collision, Stop Sign Violation |
| $2,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Samer Habbas of Law Offices of Samer Habbas and Associates |
| Case: | Motorcyclist v. Auto Driver |
| No. 1 in: * | Left Turn Collision |
| $2,200,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alin Ghayvandian, Slava Kasreliovich of ACTS Law, LLP |
| Case: | Nazarian v. Hazeltine & Wyandotte, LP, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Residential Premises Liability |
| $2,025,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Charles T. "Ted" Mathews of Mathews Law Group; Lincoln W. Ellis of Law Office of Lincoln W. Ellis |
| Case: | Creswell v. City of Montebello |
| No. 1 in: * | Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, FEHA Retaliation |
| $2,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas Feher of Feher Law, APC; Granth Coleman of California Injury Law, PLC |
| Case: | Plaintiff v. Hotel |
| No. 1 in: * | Trip & Fall, Hotel Premises Liability |
| $2,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin T. Ikuta, Michelle B. Hemesath of Ikuta Hemesath LLP; Brian Van Allen of Belgum, Fry & Van Allen LLP |
| Case: | Birth Parents, et al. v. Perinatal Group |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Diagnose, Wrongful Birth, Wrongful Life , Ob-Gyn Malpractice |
| $1,644,503.98 | |
| Attorneys: | Carol Gillam, Sara Heum of The Gillam Law Firm |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Termination |
| $1,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Richard M. Foster, Sylvia Sultanyan, David R. Euredjian of Foster, Sultanyan & Euredjian, LLP |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. City of Long Beach |
| No. 1 in: * | Emergency Vehicle Accident, Red Light Violation |
| $1,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dan Hoffman of Warmuth Law |
| Case: | Li, et al. v. Zidema |
| No. 1 in: * | Bicycle Accident, Truck v. Bicycle Collision |
| $1,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian Beecher, David Ebenhack, Arash Khorsandi of Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi |
| Case: | Guerra v. Sargsian |
| No. 1 in: * | T-Bone Collision |
| $1,150,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Judd Ross Allen, Roberto Dominguez Quiroga of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi |
| Case: | Bojorquez v. U‐Haul, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object v. Pedestrian Collision |
| $1,100,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel DeSantis of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Townsley, et al. v. Fader |
| No. 1 in: * | Dog Bite, Animal Attack |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michelle B. Hemesath, Benjamin T. Ikuta of Ikuta Hemesath LLP |
| Case: | Patient v. Physician |
| No. 1 in: * | Surgical Error |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Teller of Wilshire Law firm PLC |
| Case: | M.G v. Vehicle Owner, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Bicycle Collision |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michelle B. Hemesath of Ikuta Hemesath LLP; Alexander D. Napolin of Napolin APC |
| Case: | McKenna v. Glendora Foothill Investments Partnership |
| No. 1 in: * | Fall from Height |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Katrina Eiden of Adamson Ahdoot LLP |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Bus Driver |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus Accident, Bus v. Pedestrian Collision |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David Yerushalmi of Yerushalmi Law Firm |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Rideshare Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Rideshare Accident |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Teller, Clayton Lee of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | C.C., et al. v. Premises Owner, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligent Security |
| $900,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin T. Ikuta of Ikuta Hemesath LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Patient v. Physician |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Treat |
| $887,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Erich Tomkinson of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc. |
| Case: | Tetelman v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Skateboarding Accident |
| $875,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Samer S. Habbas of Law Offices of Samer Habbas and Associates |
| Case: | Patient v. Nursing Home |
| No. 1 in: * | Nursing Home Malpractice, Elder Abuse, Bed Sores, Elder Law |
| $800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alex Tofer, Jennifer Mahgerefteh of Tofer & Associates |
| Case: | Rideshare Driver v. Underinsured Motorist |
| No. 1 in: * | Underinsured Motorist |
| $725,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin T. Ikuta, Michelle B. Hemesath of Ikuta Hemesath LLP |
| Case: | Patient v. Medical Group |
| No. 1 in: * | Amputation |
| $600,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Samer Habbas of Law Offices of Samer Habbas & Associates |
| Case: | Gonzalez, et al. v. Guerra & Gutierrez Mortuary Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Disposition of Remains, Funeral Home Negligence |
| $500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas Leonard of Ikuta Hemesath LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Patient v. Physician, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Refer |
| $470,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas Feher of Feher Law, APC |
| Case: | Estate of Passenger v. Transport Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | NEMT Vehicle Accident, Car v. Passenger Accident |
| $450,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Amy A. Mousavi of Mousavi Law, PC |
| Case: | Tenant v. Landlord |
| No. 1 in: * | Housing Discrimination, Constructive Eviction |
| $130,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Derek L. Tabone of Law Offices of Tabone A.P.C. |
| Case: | Bonilla v. Pineda, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus v. Passenger Accident |