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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21 - 50 | |
Visit: | Top 50 Verdicts in California in 2023 |
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 |