Top 100 Verdicts in California in 2023

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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 100 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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51
Amount:$8,000,000.00
Attorneys:Kenneth J. Melrose of Law Office of Kenneth J. Melrose; Brian D. Witzer, Michael P. Manapol, Eric Canton of Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer Inc.
Case:Estate of Soria v. Compass Group USA Inc.
Type:Wrongful Death, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability
52
Amount:$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
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination
53
Amount:$7,445,000.00
Attorneys:Mark Lim, Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen of Shegerian & Associates Inc.; Edwin Pairavi, Joshua M. Mohrsaz of Pairavi Law PC
Case:Martinez v. Pharmavite LLC
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination
54
Amount:$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.
Type:Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
55
Amount:$6,880,080.66
Attorneys:Jason P. Fowler, Jonathan W. Douglass of Parris Law Firm
Case:Matthews, et al. v. Ryan
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
56 (tie)
Amount:$6,300,000.00
Attorneys:John Tehranian, Taylor C. Foss, Leo M. Lichtman, Christopher Skinner of One LLP
Case:Hargis v. Pacifica Senior Living Mgmt. LLC
Type:Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
56 (tie)
Amount:$6,300,000.00
Attorneys:Anthony Nguyen, Mahru Madjidi, Allison Norder of Shegerian & Associates Inc.
Case:Contreras v. Kelly Pipe Co. LLC
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination
57
Amount:$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
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination
58
Amount:$5,450,000.00
Attorneys:Carney R. Shegerian, Matthew T. Hale, Mahru Madjidi of Shegerian & Associates Inc.
Case:Galvan v. United Parcel Serv. Inc.
Type:Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
59
Amount:$5,433,000.00
Attorneys:Patrick S. Nolan of DeWitt Algorri & Algorri
Case:Brickell v. Medeiros
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
60
Amount:$5,143,141.00
Attorneys:Mark J. Leonardo, Christopher V. Bulone of Dordick Law Corporation
Case:Flores v. Ahmad
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury
61
Amount:$4,886,581.00
Attorneys:David F. Makkabi, Delavar S. Omidfar, Matthew P. Foose, Neil J. Berry of Makkabi Law Group APC
Case:Ramirez v. Ward
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
62
Amount:$4,853,460.00
Attorneys:Andrew J. Jaramillo, Sean T. Nguyen of Altus Law Firm
Case:Cunning v. Skye Bioscience, Inc.
Type:Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
63
Amount:$4,145,595.00
Attorneys:Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, John David, Anna Olevsky of Shegerian & Associates Inc.
Case:Whithorn v. City of West Covina
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Employment Discrimination
64
Amount:$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.
Type:Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Defective Product, Equipment Malfunction, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Amputation, Design Defect, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury
65
Amount:$3,750,000.00
Attorneys:Edward A. Klein of Murphy Rosen LLP; Brian C. Lysaght, Natasha Riggs of Lysaght Law Group LLP
Case:Estate of Botach, et al. v. Newmark of S. California Inc., et al.
Type:Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability
66
Amount:$3,550,000.00
Attorneys:Robert F. Vaage of Vaage Law
Case:Hernandez v. Patterson, et al.
Type:Dental Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Overmedication, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
67 (tie)
Amount:$3,500,000.00
Attorneys:Greg Mohrman, James Caress of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC
Case:Murillo v. Perez
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
67 (tie)
Amount:$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
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment
68
Amount:$3,472,142.00
Attorneys:Mark L. Venardi, Martin Zurada, Mark Freeman of Venardi Zurada LLP
Case:Ponte v. DPR Constr.
Type:Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Work Accident, Failure to Maintain, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
69
Amount:$3,250,000.00
Attorneys:Michelle Iarusso of Iarusso Legal APC
Case:McCann v. Community Action Comm'n of Santa Barbara Cnty.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Bullying, Employment Discrimination
70
Amount:$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.
Type:Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
71
Amount:$3,076,000.00
Attorneys:Daniel K. Kramer, Teresa A. Johnson, Brandon C. Salumbides of Kramer Trial Lawyers APC
Case:Sanders v. O'Hara
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
72
Amount:$3,041,367.21
Attorneys:Michael F. Moran, Lisa Trinh Flint of Moran Law
Case:Thacker v. Southland Living, et al.
Type:Negligent Supervision, Nursing Home Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Fall, Breach of Duty of Care, Negligent Tort
73
Amount:$3,000,000.00
Attorneys:Justin Silverman of Law Offices of Justin Silverman, APC; Jared M. Irmas of Irmas Law APC
Case:Almada v. HHCare, LLC, et al.
Type:Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
74
Amount:$2,900,000.00
Attorneys:Vache A. Thomassian, Aaron Turchin of KJT Law Group LLP
Case:Hannegan v. Southwest Transp. Inc., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
75
Amount:$2,850,000.00
Attorneys:Matthew S. McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP
Case:Casteel v. City of Riverside
Type:Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Failure to Promote
76
Amount:$2,833,884.00
Attorneys:Byron (B.J.) Abron of Abron Law PC
Case:Chotikulthanachai v. Coglianese
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
77
Amount:$2,693,054.00
Attorneys:Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Mahru Madjidi of Shegerian & Associates Inc.
Case:Spillane v. Partners in Leadership LLC
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination
78
Amount:$2,669,600.00
Attorneys:Elliott H. Jung, Michael P. Hernandez of HHJ Trial Attorneys
Case:Shapiro v. Otsuka Pharm. Inc., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
79
Amount:$2,640,188.00
Attorneys:Christopher L. Ludmer of CL Ludmer ALC
Case:Davina v. County of San Diego
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Employment Discrimination
80
Amount:$2,600,000.00
Attorneys:Thomas J. Johnston, Lauren Bullock of Johnston & Hutchinson LLP; Haytham Faraj of the Law Offices of Haytham Faraj
Case:Hart v. San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
Type:Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Vehicular Accident
81
Amount:$2,515,547.46
Attorneys:Elliott H. Jung, Adam Hepburn of HHJ Trial Attorneys
Case:Young v. City of San Diego
Type:Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
82 (tie)
Amount:$2,500,000.00
Attorneys:Amir Alavi, Scott W. Clark, Masood Anjom, Justin Chen, Michael McBride, Ryan Pinckney, Connie Flores Jones of Alavi Anaipakos, PPLC; David Stein of Olson Stein LLP
Case:GoTV Streaming, LLC v. Netflix, Inc.
Type:Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Commercial Litigation
82 (tie)
Amount:$2,500,000.00
Attorneys:Harry Nalbandyan, Gerardo Moreno of Levin & Nalbandyan LLP
Case:Newborn v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
83
Amount:$2,466,734.00
Attorneys:Jason R. Doucette, Michael D. McLachlan of McLachlan Law APC
Case:Prieto v. Lucas
Type:Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
84
Amount:$2,313,000.00
Attorneys:Ranger J. Wiens, Katie McIver of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers
Case:Client v. Auto Dealership
Type:Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
85
Amount:$2,269,250.00
Attorneys:Daniel Y. Zohar, Todd M. Foreman of Zohar Law Firm PC
Case:Goldstein v. Ramachandran
Type:Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Fraud, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Promissory Estoppel
86
Amount:$2,267,605.00
Attorneys:Maura Taillieu, Olivier A. Taillieu of BD&J PC
Case:Reynoso, et al. v. Holliday Trucking Inc., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
87
Amount:$2,250,000.00
Attorneys:Daniel DeSantis, Lane Friedman of Wilshire Law Firm PLC
Case:Gonzalez v. Eagle Painting & Drywall, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
88
Amount:$2,109,710.84
Attorneys:Dan C. Schaar of Schaar & Silva, LLP; Richard F. Antoine of Law Office of Richard F. Antoine
Case:Savenco v. Brinks, Inc.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
89
Amount:$2,078,450.00
Attorneys:Minh T. Nguyen, Lakshimi Odedra of Nguyen Theam Lawyers LLP; Ibiere N. Seck of Seck Law PC
Case:Gonzalez v. Tabibi
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
90
Amount:$2,043,970.00
Attorneys:David H. Pierce, Christian D. Molloy of Pierce Construction Law
Case:Ghafouri v. Daftary, et al.
Type:Breach of Contract, Personal Injury, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Landlord-Tenant, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
91 (tie)
Amount:$2,000,000.00
Attorneys:Maximilian Lee of Law Office of Maximilian Lee, APC; Ryan Cooper, Clark Fielding of Fielding Law, APC
Case:Welch v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
91 (tie)
Amount:$2,000,000.00
Attorneys:J. Bernard Alexander III, Jacqueline Gil of Alexander Morrison & Fehr LLP; Bryan Schwartz, Renato Flores of Bryan Schwartz Law
Case:McHaar v. FedEx Ground Package Sys. Inc.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination
91 (tie)
Amount:$2,000,000.00
Attorneys:Greg Jackson of The Simon Law Group, LLP
Case:Injured Driver v. At-Fault Driver
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
92
Amount:$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.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Emergency Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
93
Amount:$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.
Type:Breach of Contract, Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Landlord-Tenant, Real Estate, Bad Faith, Constructive Eviction
94
Amount:$1,700,000.00
Attorneys:Carl E. Douglas, Noel A. Arreola of Douglas Hicks Law APC
Case:J.M. v. Los Angeles Cnty. Metro. Transp. Auth., et al.
Type:Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
95
Amount:$1,697,073.00
Attorneys:David C. Shay, Mark J. Nagle of Vaziri Law Group APC
Case:Delaney v. CR England, Inc., et al.
Type:Car Accident, Falling Object, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
96
Amount:$1,650,000.00
Attorneys:Jennifer A. Lenze of Lenze Lawyers PLC
Case:Valentine v. Beverly Hills Wellness Surgery Ctr. LLC, et al.
Type:Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Plastic Surgery Malpractice, Medical Battery, Bodily Injury
97 (tie)
Amount:$1,575,000.00
Attorneys:Josh D. Gruenberg, Joshua P. Pang, Pamela Vallero of Gruenberg Law
Case:Maas v. McKinnon Broadcasting Co. KUSI-TV 51
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination
97 (tie)
Amount:$1,575,000.00
Attorneys:Evan M. Koncan, Boris Treyzon of Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo LLP
Case:Germeille v. City of Inglewood
Type:Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Fall from Height
98
Amount:$1,564,075.00
Attorneys:Bradley S. Wallace, Thomas R. Burns of The Wallace Firm PC
Case:Perez v. City of Los Angeles, CA
Type:Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
99
Amount:$1,547,500.00
Attorneys:Thomas Feher of Feher Law, APC; Daniel Srourian of Srourian Law Firm, P.C.
Case:Howard v. Knolls Med. Center Partnership
Type:Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Fall from Height
100
Amount:$1,500,000.00
Attorneys:Gregory W. Smith, Diana Wang Wells of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith; Beth D. Corriea of Think Legal360 PC
Case:Randolph v. Cnty. of Los Angeles
Type:Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
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