Number 1 Verdicts in California in 2023
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We are pleased to present to you a list of the largest – in each applicable case type (category) – plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in California in the year 2023. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of California.
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| $2,280,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Sexual Abuse Victim v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
| No. 1 in: * | Personal Injury, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Psychological Injury, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Failure to Report, All Practice Areas |
| $332,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Scott Love, Grace Hooten, Ryan Ziminskas of Clark, Love & Hutson, PLLC; Paul Kiesel, Melanie Palmer of Kiesel Law, LLP |
| Case: | Dennis v. Monsanto Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Design Defect, Bodily Injury |
| $161,005,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | T. Gabe Houston of The Trial Lab; Robbie G. Munoz, Travis Davis of The Simon Law Group |
| Case: | Soulliere v. Suzuki Motor Corp., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Equipment Malfunction, Car v. Motorcycle Collision, Auto Equipment Failure |
| $135,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | B.B., et al. v. Moreno Valley Unified Sch. Dist. |
| No. 1 in: * | School Safety |
| $107,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Simona A. Farrise of Farrise Law Firm, P.C.; Victor Alexandroff of Alexandroff Law Group |
| Case: | Hernandezcueva, et al. v. Union Carbide Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Asbestos Exposure, Wrongful Death, Mesothelioma, Occupational Injury |
| $106,489,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John M. Hughes, Steven E. Derringer, Matthew R. Ford, Meg E. Fasulo, Katherine E. Rhoades of Bartlit Beck LLP |
| Case: | Colibri Heart Valve LLC v. Medtronic Corevalve LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Commercial Litigation |
| $63,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jakob Z. Norman, Brian J. Ward, Erin L. Powers, Ansley O'Brien of Trial Lawyers for Justice PC; Taylor Ernst, Don A. Ernst, Terry Kilpatrick, Danielle E. Miller of Ernst Law Group |
| Case: | Wright v. Union Oil Co. of CA |
| No. 1 in: * | Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| $62,054,745.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ryan Saba, Jim Rosen, Todd Lander, Laura St. Martin, Neda Farah, Allison Owens of Rosen Saba, LLP |
| Case: | Skye Orthobiologics, LLC, et al. v. CTM Biomedical, LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| $61,768,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring LLP; Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Esphorst v. Hicks, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Multi-Vehicle Accident, Car v. Car Collision |
| $51,300,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mohamad Ahmad, Ray Kermani, Jason Doucette of Kermani LLP |
| Case: | Maggio v. First Solar Electric |
| No. 1 in: * | Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Electrical Injury, Utility Negligence, Work Premises Liability |
| $46,475,112.33 | |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi, Paul A. Traina, John W. Shaller, Trevor Weitzenberg of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Shawn D. Morris, Michael Malady, Christian Barton of Morris, Sullivan & Lemkul, LLP |
| Case: | Greener v. M.Phelps, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Professional Malpractice, Quadriplegia, Paralysis Injury |
| $41,950,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian Beecher, Nicole Guillen of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi; Paul Heidenreich, David Brown of Huskinson Brown & Heidenreich, LLP |
| Case: | Fernandez v. Walmart Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Assault & Battery, Negligent Security, Retail Premises Liability |
| $41,499,965.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC; Taylor M. Prainito, Michael Zelman of Southern California Labor Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Gatchalian v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| $32,087,277.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Shahrad Milanfar, Donavon Sawyer, Molly Ryan of Milanfar Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Cooley v. Life Care Servs., LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Nursing Home Malpractice, Elder Abuse, Inadequate Care |
| $31,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Max Lee of The Simon Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Chambers, et al. v. Massie |
| No. 1 in: * | DUI |
| $30,912,802.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Edward P. Dudensing of Dudensing Law; Jay P. Renneisen of Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Law Center; Andrew J. Collins of Law Office of Andrew J. Collins |
| Case: | Estate of Rios v. Daisy Holdings LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bed Sores |
| $23,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dale K. Galipo, Renee V. Masongsong of The Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo; Maro Burunsuzyan of Law Offices of Maro Burunsuzyan |
| Case: | Murillo v. City of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Gunshot Wound, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| $23,400,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer Kelly, Ryan Tyz, Erin Jones, Sean Apple, Ciara McHale, Chieh Tung, Deborah Hedley of Tyz Law Group PC |
| Case: | Moonbug Ent. Ltd. v. Babybus Network Tech. Co. Ltd. |
| No. 1 in: * | Copyright Infringement |
| $22,750,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ashkahn Mohamadi, Bobby Taghavi of Sweet James LLP |
| Case: | Thomas v. Nineteenee Corp., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Medication Error, Assisted Living Facility Negligence |
| $22,596,874.87 | |
| Attorneys: | Haytham Faraj of Law Offices of Haytham Faraj PLLC; Arash H. Zabetian, Tom Vertanous of Martinian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Soto Luna v. City of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object, Public Premises Liability |
| $21,231,026.54 | |
| Attorneys: | Ted B. Wacker, Sara Bedirian, Bobby Waltman of The Law Offices of Ted B. Wacker; Haytham Faraj of The Law Offices of Haytham Faraj |
| Case: | Roman, et al. v. U-Haul Co. of CA |
| No. 1 in: * | Head-on Collision, Car v. Truck Collision |
| $20,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC; Susan Rubenstein of Law Offices of Susan Rubenstein; Pat Goldman of Law Office of Patrice L. Goldman |
| Case: | Callahan v. Marriott Intl, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination |
| $18,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Joseph D. Satterley, Denyse F. Clancy, Michael Reid of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood |
| Case: | Valadez v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Talc Exposure |
| $18,370,077.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Scott E. Hennigh, Garrett M. Mott, Shawn Shadsirat, Mathew R. Troughton of Hennigh Law Corporation |
| Case: | CDC San Francisco LLC v. Critchfield Mech. Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Damage, Construction Defect, Real Estate, Contractor Negligence, Faulty Workmanship |
| $15,308,604.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Doris Cheng, Christian R. Jagusch of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger |
| Case: | Beaver v. Regents of the Univ. of California |
| No. 1 in: * | Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice |
| $14,169,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, William Reed, John David of Shegerian & Associates |
| Case: | Sosa v. Comerica Bank |
| No. 1 in: * | Gender Discrimination, Family & Medical Leave Act, CFRA Retaliation |
| $13,121,358.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Glick, et al. v. City of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | FEHA Retaliation |
| $12,346,721.22 | |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence Knapp, Howard Knapp of The Law Offices of Lawrence Knapp |
| Case: | Painter v. Amin |
| No. 1 in: * | Ladder Accident, Fall from Height, Work Equipment Failure |
| $12,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Arya Rhodes, Alan Schimmel of Schimmel & Parks, APLC |
| Case: | Rosner v. Shayke, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Dependent Adult Abuse |
| $11,069,517.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel K. Kramer, Brandon C. Salumbides of Kramer Trial Lawyers |
| Case: | Munguia, et al. v. County of San Bernardino, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Emergency Vehicle Accident, Police Vehicle Accident |
| $10,105,299.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Vince v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Demotion, Associational Discrimination |
| $9,465,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mark C. Mazzarella, Ernest H. Wright II of Artiano Shinoff |
| Case: | Fisher v. Fisher |
| No. 1 in: * | Defamation, Abuse of Process |
| $9,372,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jordon R. Harlan of Harlan Law, PC; Andrew E. Hillier, Francis A. DiGiacco of Hillier Digiacco, LLP |
| Case: | Buron v. Occupational Health Centers of CA, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Age Discrimination |
| $8,509,309.04 | |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Dylan Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Minnifield v. State of California, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Single-Vehicle Accident, Car v. Pedestrian Collision |
| $8,400,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John H. Gomez of Gomez Trial Attorneys |
| Case: | Colby v. State of California |
| No. 1 in: * | Trip & Fall |
| $8,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Craig Peters of Altair Law; Joseph May of Law Office of Joseph May; Brian Gearinger of Gearinger Law Group |
| Case: | Loggervale, et al. v. Holland, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | False Arrest, Unreasonable Search & Seizure |
| $8,032,151.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John P. Kristensen, Alina S. Vulic of Carpenter & Zuckerman |
| Case: | DONE! Ventures LLC v. Jamgotchian, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Tortious Interference, Commercial Landlord-Tenant |
| $7,990,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | J. Bernard Alexander III of Alexander Morrison + Fehr LLP; P. Bobby Shukla of Shukla Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Pierce, et al. v. EBMUD |
| No. 1 in: * | Race Discrimination, Constructive Discharge |
| $7,860,241.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jared Ruocco, Prashanth Chennakesavan, Caleb H. Liang of LTL Attorneys LLP |
| Case: | Toutov v. Curative Labs Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Shareholder Dispute |
| $7,411,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Charles E. Soechting, Jr., Albert Oganesyan of Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC |
| Case: | Whitmire v. Hildebrand & Sons Trucking, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Pedestrian Collision |
| $7,403,962.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Elise R. Sanguinetti, Anna Mezhebovskaya of Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos LLP |
| Case: | Talwar v. Franciscana Apts. LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Residential Premises Liability |
| $6,131,204.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Anthony Nguyen, Max Levy of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; Ani M. Akopyan of Akopyan Law Firm |
| Case: | Yosifi v. The Regents of the University of CA |
| No. 1 in: * | Workplace Harassment |
| $3,970,894.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian Graziani of Sisneros Graziani LLP; Ted W. Pelletier of Law Office of Ted W. Pelletier |
| Case: | Velasquez v. Ridge Tool Co., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Construction Accident, Amputation |
| $3,550,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert F. Vaage of Vaage Law |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Patterson, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Dental Malpractice, Overmedication |
| $3,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Raymond P. Boucher, Maria L. Weitz, Alexander Gamez, Mallory Whitelaw of Boucher LLP; Sahag Majarian II of Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Veal v. California Dept. of Veterans Affairs |
| No. 1 in: * | Workplace Sexual Harassment |
| $3,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michelle Iarusso of Iarusso Legal APC |
| Case: | McCann v. Community Action Comm'n of Santa Barbara Cnty. |
| No. 1 in: * | Racial Harassment |
| $3,228,450.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Joshua Braddock, Laura Sasaki of Arendsen Braddock LLP |
| Case: | Mikaio, et al. v. Smart & Final Stores LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Slip & Fall |
| $3,094,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Evan Garcia, Allison Melendez, Brandon J. Simon of The Simon Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Flores v. Los Angeles Cnty. Metro. Transp. Auth., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Mass Transit Accident, Bus v. Pedestrian Collision |
| $2,850,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Casteel v. City of Riverside |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Promote |
| $2,640,188.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christopher L. Ludmer of CL Ludmer ALC |
| Case: | Davina v. County of San Diego |
| No. 1 in: * | Sexual Orientation Discrimination |
| $2,313,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ranger J. Wiens, Katie McIver of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers |
| Case: | Client v. Auto Dealership |
| No. 1 in: * | Automotive Premises Liability |
| $2,269,250.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Y. Zohar, Todd M. Foreman of Zohar Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Goldstein v. Ramachandran |
| No. 1 in: * | Promissory Estoppel |
| $2,043,970.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David H. Pierce, Christian D. Molloy of Pierce Construction Law |
| Case: | Ghafouri v. Daftary, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Residential Landlord-Tenant |
| $1,987,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Jeffrey J. Twomey of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP; Guillermo Machado of Barrios & Machado, LLP |
| Case: | Barron v. Kosmowski, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Truck Collision, Ambulance Accident |
| $1,750,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | James Turken, Neil Thakor, Raymond J. Muro, Katherine G. Connolly of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP |
| Case: | Snukal, et al. v. 926 Broadway LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Constructive Eviction |
| $1,697,073.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Siamak Vaziri, David C. Shay, Mark J. Nagle, Kevin Kidwell of Vaziri Law Group APC; Mark R. Nivinskus of Nivinskus Law Group ALC |
| Case: | United Financial Cas. Co., et al. v. Ramos, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Subrogation |
| $1,650,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer A. Lenze of Lenze Lawyers PLC |
| Case: | Valentine v. Beverly Hills Wellness Surgery Ctr. LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Surgical Error, Lack of Informed Consent, Plastic Surgery Malpractice, Medical Battery |
| $1,247,045.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Taylor B. Dordick, John M. Upton of Dordick Law Corporation; Michael A. Kahn of The Law Offices of Michael A. Kahn |
| Case: | Shie v. Evans, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus v. Car Collision |
| $1,174,703.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Lisa N. Neal, Proud Usahacharoenporn, Michael Malakouti of Rutan & Tucker LLP |
| Case: | A.P. Express LLC v. Bay Cities Container Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Quantum Meruit |
| $1,117,515.68 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas S. Feher of Feher Law APC |
| Case: | Chou v. Deer USA Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus v. Passenger Accident |
| $1,014,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Steven H. Haney of Haney & Young LLP |
| Case: | Mary's on Ventura v. Armin, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Building Collision |
| $980,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Joshua C. Braddock of Braddock Law APC |
| Case: | Weiss v. The Fin Hotel |
| No. 1 in: * | Hotel Premises Liability |
| $806,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan H. Davidi of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Mark J. Giannamore of Vaziri Law Group APC |
| Case: | Oliva v. Sapporo Seafood, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Restaurant Premises Liability |
| $750,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael H. Artan of Michael H. Artan, Lawyer, APC; Glen T. Jonas of Jonas & Driscoll LLP |
| Case: | Hermann v. Casas |
| No. 1 in: * | Denial of Medical Care |
| $625,504.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey M. Gold, Pooja S. Nair of Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP |
| Case: | Herrera, et al. v. Full Circle Real Estate Sols. Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Rights, Elder Financial Abuse |
| $494,627.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jayme L. Walker, Winston W. Moody of Gwilliam Ivary Chiosso Cavalli & Brewer |
| Case: | Braswell v. Maayah, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Ob-Gyn Malpractice |
| $466,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas K. Richards, Michael A. Trauben, Justin R. Trauben of Singh, Singh & Trauben LLP |
| Case: | Lopez v. Lopez |
| No. 1 in: * | Reputational Harm |
| $384,282.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jacob Cutler of Knight Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Guzman v. FCA US LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Lemon Law |
| $370,359.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Arash Sadat, Brigitte Mills of Mills Sadat Dowlat LLP |
| Case: | 147-151 W. 25th St., LLC, et al. v. GRG Collective, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Eviction |
| $300,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Carol Gillam of The Gillam Law Firm; Lincoln Ellis of Law Offices of Lincoln W. Ellis |
| Case: | De la Cruz, et al. v. Jack Nadal Intl. |
| No. 1 in: * | National Origin Discrimination |
| $251,966.40 | |
| Attorneys: | Arlo Uriarte, Elizabeth Lyons of Liberation Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Martinez v. Rancho Gordo |
| No. 1 in: * | Pregnancy Discrimination |
| $250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gabriel Sepulveda-Sanchez, Eric Canton of Sepulveda Sanchez Law PC |
| Case: | Beason v. Western Inn, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Dog Bite, Animal Attack |
| $235,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Charles D. Cummings, D. Daniel Pranata, Gary A. Kovacic of Sullivan, Workman & Dee LLP |
| Case: | LACMTA v. Wilshire-Linden Props. Ltd. |
| No. 1 in: * | Eminent Domain Abuse |
| $181,250.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Peter J. McNulty of McNulty Law Firm |
| Case: | I.B. v. Aviara Residence Club Owners Ass'n |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Passenger Accident |
| $140,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michelle B. Hemesath, Benjamin T. Ikuta of Ikuta Hemesath LLP |
| Case: | Norwoods v. Fanous |
| No. 1 in: * | Podiatry Malpractice |