Top 10 Verdicts in California in 2023

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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 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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Amount:$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
Type:Personal Injury, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Failure to Report
2
Amount:$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.
Type:Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Design Defect, Bodily Injury
3
Amount:$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.
Type:Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Fraudulent Concealment, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Equipment Malfunction, Design Defect, Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
4
Amount:$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.
Type:Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Negligent Hiring, Psychological Injury, Negligent Training, Child Abuse, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention
5
Amount:$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.
Type:Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Mesothelioma, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Occupational Injury
6
Amount:$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
Type:Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Commercial Litigation
7
Amount:$65,942,256.00
Attorneys:Darren J. Quinn of Law Offces of Darren J. Quinn
Case:Talavera Hair Products, Inc. v. Taizhou Yunsung Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd., et al.
Type:Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Commercial Litigation
8
Amount:$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
Type:Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Toxic Exposure, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
9
Amount:$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.
Type:Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Commercial Litigation
10
Amount:$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.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Gross Negligence, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
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