Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2023
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 personal injury 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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| Visit: | Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2023 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $13,973,330.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Teller, Sutton Shapiro of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | McDonald v. Zargaryan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $12,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Rudorfer, Brian J. Panish of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Geriq Logistics LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $12,346,721.22 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence Knapp, Howard Knapp of The Law Offices of Lawrence Knapp |
| Case: | Painter v. Amin |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Ladder Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Fall from Height |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Emergency Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $8,509,309.04 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Dylan Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Minnifield v. State of California, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $8,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John H. Gomez, Carmela S. Birnbaum of Gomez Trial Attorneys |
| Case: | Colby v. State of California |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| 27 | |
| 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 |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $7,403,962.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elise R. Sanguinetti, Anna Mezhebovskaya of Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos LLP |
| Case: | Talwar v. Franciscana Apts. LLC |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| 29 | |
| 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 |
| 30 | |
| 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 |
| 31 | |
| 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 |
| 32 | |
| 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 |
| 33 | |
| 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 |
| 34 | |
| 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 |
| 35 | |
| 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 |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $3,499,200.75 |
| Attorneys: | Harry Nalbandyan of Levin & Nalbandyan; Arthur Djougourian of The Mandell Law Firm |
| Case: | Herring v. Costco Wholesale Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $3,472,142.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark L. Venardi, Martin Zurada, Mark Freeman of Venardi Zurada LLP |
| Case: | Ponte v. DPR Construction |
| 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 |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $3,228,450.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua Braddock, Laura Sasaki of Arendsen Braddock LLP |
| Case: | Mikaio, et al. v. Smart & Final Stores LLC |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| 39 | |
| 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 |
| 40 | |
| 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 |
| 41 | |
| 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 |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $2,833,884.00 |
| Attorneys: | Byron Abron of Abron Law PC |
| Case: | Chotikulthanachai v. Coglianese |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| 43 | |
| 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 |
| 44 | |
| 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 |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arutyun 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 |
| 46 | |
| 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 |
| 47 | |
| 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 |
| 48 | |
| 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 |
| 49 | |
| 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 |
| 50 | |
| 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 |
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