Number 1 Verdicts in Los Angeles County in 2024
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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 Los Angeles County in 2024. The list is composed of various types of cases that were tried to a verdict before a jury in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| $5,557,465,180.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Friedman, Michael E. Friedman of Friedman² LLP |
| Case: | Jogani v. Jogani, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Property Rights, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, All Practice Areas |
| $900,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Dustin Z. Moaven of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Jane Doe v. David, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Personal Injury, Rape, Retaliation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Imprisonment, Wrongful Termination, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Harassment, Sexual Battery, Employment Discrimination, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault & Battery, Victim Retaliation |
| $58,358,431.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alexander R. Wheeler, Khail Parris of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Scipione v. Kinkisharyo Int'l LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Dangerous Condition, Negligent Supervision, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Fall, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Work Premises Liability |
| $52,437,366.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Raphael Metzger, Scott P. Brust of Metzger Law Group; Alan R. Brayton, Gilbert L. Purcell, James P. Nevin, Jr., Andrew Chew of Brayton Purcell LLP |
| Case: | Reyes-Gonzalez v. Caesarstone USA Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Defective Product, Design Defect |
| $43,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Cheryl A. Cauley, Karan Singh Dhadialla, Julia Wu, Natalie K. Sanders of Baker Botts LLP |
| Case: | Shulman, et al. v. Kaplan, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Conspiracy, Fraud in the Inducement, Tortious Interference, Unfair Competition, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Elder Financial Abuse, Bad Faith, Loss of Opportunity, Extortion |
| $42,404,174.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ricardo Echeverria, Samuel L. Bruchey of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP |
| Case: | Estevez, et al. v. Kadlec, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Brain Injury, Head-on Collision, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Accident |
| $40,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Eric J. Dubin of Dubin Law Firm; Annee Della Donna of Law Offices of Annee Della Donna |
| Case: | Estate of Mount v. CHP, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Government Negligence, Motorcycle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Training, Police Misconduct, Negligent Entrustment, Single-Vehicle Accident, Emergency Vehicle Accident, Single-Track Vehicle Accident, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Police Negligence, Motorcycle v. Pedestrian, Survival Action |
| $35,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Natalie L. Weatherford, John C. Taylor of Taylor & Ring LLP |
| Case: | Former Student v. Pomona Unif. Sch. Dist. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligence in Employment, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Failure to Supervise, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse |
| $28,724,350.29 | |
| Attorneys: | Sean O'Neill of Stalwart Law Group; William S. Collins of Law Offices of Marshall Silberberg |
| Case: | Leon, et al. v. Bode, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Anesthesia Error, Paralysis Injury |
| $19,796,939.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dennis P. Riley, Rena E. Kreitenberg of Mesisca Riley & Kreitenberg LLP; Mike Vo of Law Offices of Mike N. Vo |
| Case: | Lackey, et al. v. Zohoury, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Asbestos Exposure, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Nuisance, Landlord-Tenant, Failure to Maintain, Tenant Harassment, Lead Poisoning, Constructive Eviction, Residential Premises Liability, Residential Landlord-Tenant |
| $17,854,093.94 | |
| Attorneys: | Greg Mohrman, James Caress, Brian G. Beecher of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi, PC |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. The County of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Pedestrian Accident, Car v. Pedestrian Accident, Red Light Violation |
| $17,477,285.80 | |
| Attorneys: | Arash Homampour, Danielle Lincors, Carolina E Almenar of The Homampour Law Firm, APLC; Loren Bennett Halpern of The Halpern Law Firm |
| Case: | Vallin v. City of Long Beach |
| No. 1 in: * | Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Public Premises Liability, Neurological Injury |
| $16,679,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brandon T. DuPree, Josiah Parker, Venus Burns, Benno B. Ashrafi of Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. |
| Case: | Kudenov, et al. v. Thomas Scientific, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Mesothelioma |
| $13,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John C. Taylor, Natalie L. Weatherford, David M. Ring of Taylor & Ring LLP |
| Case: | Student v. Los Angeles Unif. Sch. Dist. |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Report |
| $12,265,258.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Yokomizo, Litsa Georgantopoulos of Law Offices Monteleone & McCrory LLP |
| Case: | Steve P. Rados Inc. v. Black & Veatch Constr. Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Quantum Meruit |
| $11,560,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Sauvao v. City of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | National Origin Discrimination, Wrongful Demotion, Los Angeles as Defendant |
| $11,045,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Thomas A. Schultz, Jonathan H. Davidi of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP; Nina Sargsyan of Downtown L.A. Law Group |
| Case: | Dillon v. Los Angeles Dep't of Water & Power, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Spinal Injury, Truck v. Motorcycle Accident, Left Turn Accident |
| $10,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth J. Melrose of Law Office of Kenneth J. Melrose |
| Case: | Baxter v. Pittman, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Legal Malpractice |
| $7,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth J. Melrose of Law Office of Kenneth J. Melrose, APC |
| Case: | Soria, et al. v. Antelope Valley Hospital, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Inadequate Care |
| $7,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Todd F. Nevell, Daniel G. Sheldon of Scolinos, Sheldon & Nevell; Dylan Dordick, Nicholas I. Myers of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Estate of Pineda v. LACMTA, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus Accident, Mass Transit Accident, Bus v. Pedestrian Accident |
| $6,768,071.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Jeffrey J. Twomey of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP |
| Case: | Koenekoop v. Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Rideshare Accident |
| $6,680,950.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Viridiana E. Aceves, Jacob Nalbandyan, Charlene L. Nercess of Levin & Nalbandyan, LLP |
| Case: | Valentines v. Dedication & Everlasting Love to Animals |
| No. 1 in: * | Pregnancy Discrimination |
| $6,680,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Laura Sedrish, John Denove of Jacoby & Meyers LLC |
| Case: | Talavera v. Kroger |
| No. 1 in: * | Retail Premises Liability |
| $5,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Justin Rabi of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC; Jeremy Tissot of The Tissot Law Firm, APLC |
| Case: | Mimata v. Costco |
| No. 1 in: * | Eye Injury |
| $4,828,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jason P. Fowler, Ryan K. Kahl, Evan C. Khoshnou of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Garcia v. Pineda, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | T-Bone Collision |
| $4,381,753.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Joel Krissman, Ian C. Deady, Kathie Sierra of Krissman & Silver LLP; Jay A. Kaplan, Harrison J. Kaplan of Kaplan Law Corporation |
| Case: | Pearson v. Union Pac. R.R. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Railroad Accident, FELA |
| $4,183,900.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Christopher Montes de Oca of Law Offices of Christopher Montes de Oca |
| Case: | Fernandez v. City of Norwalk, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | On-board Accident, Bus v. Passenger Accident |
| $3,595,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Mahru Madjidi, Aaron Gbewonyo of Shegerian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Incalza v. Porsche Design of Am. Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Age Discrimination, Failure to Rehire |
| $3,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith, LLP; Leila K. Al Faiz of Leila Al Faiz At Law |
| Case: | Colomey v. City of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Defamation, Reputational Harm |
| $3,234,727.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Paul S. Marks, David M. Safvati of Neufeld Marks APC |
| Case: | Haghani, et al. v. Atlantic Park Plaza LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligent Misrepresentation |
| $2,900,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mark T. Quigley, Ivan Puchalt, Jenna Edzant of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Mejia v. Wawanesa Gen. Ins. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Consumer Protection |
| $2,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Marcus Petoyan of Geragos & Geragos |
| Case: | Munoz v. Southern California Orthopedic Inst., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Diagnose |
| $2,688,866.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Sam Ryan Heidari of Heidari Law Group PC |
| Case: | Tojin v. Best Buy Stores LP, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Bicycle Accident |
| $2,342,800.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ayman Mourad, Elizabeth M. Kim of Lanzone Morgan LLP |
| Case: | Jentz v. RRT Ent. LP, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Nursing Malpractice, Elder Abuse, Bed Sores, Elder Law |
| $2,248,290.07 | |
| Attorneys: | Tamara Freeze, Xinyue Liu of Workplace Justice Advocates, PLC; Brian G. Hannemann of Hannemann Law Firm |
| Case: | Yang v. Global Win Capital Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Unpaid Severance |
| $2,152,482.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Y. Avrahamy of Law Offices of Joseph Y. Avrahamy; Michael O'Beirne of Law Offices of Michael O'Beirne; Marla A. Brown of Law Offices of Marla Brown |
| Case: | Hill v. California Highway Patrol |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Promote |
| $2,068,200.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gerald S. Ohn of Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn, APC |
| Case: | Houang, et al. v. Sterling, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Attractive Nuisance |
| $1,950,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Olivier A. Taillieu, Jennifer R. Bagosy of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC |
| Case: | Martin v. Angelina & Katherine Garden LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Construction Accident |
| $1,719,092.17 | |
| Attorneys: | Jarod A. Krissman, Ian C. Deady of Krissman & Silver LLP; Brendan J. Burton of Protection Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Stager v. Paramount Pictures Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Fall from Height |
| $1,575,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Olivier A. Taillieu, Joseph G. Younes of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC |
| Case: | Medina v. Nat'l Freight Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck Accident, Truck v. Car Accident, U-Turn Accident |
| $1,280,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Giancarlo J. Mendez, Arya Tahmassebi, Alex D. Guerrero of Mendez & Sanchez APC |
| Case: | Arnold, et al. v. Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Amputation |
| $1,274,752.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Tyler J. Cesar, Armenak Kavcioglu, Wabel Moussly of Pierce Kavcioglu Espinosa & Cesar LLP |
| Case: | SG Blocks Inc. v. EDI Int'l PC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligent Interference |
| $1,255,250.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David S. Brown, Joan Benjamin Brown of Brown, Brown & Brown |
| Case: | Carlson v. Farmers Ins. Exch., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Fraudulent Concealment, Failure to Disclose |
| $1,045,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan M. Kashani, Daryl Glenn Crouse of The Law Office of Jonathan M. Kashani PLC |
| Case: | Betancourt v. Diaz, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Impaired Driving Accident, Car v. Stationary Object Collison |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dustin Dyer of Dyer Law Firm; Zachary Z. Hardister of Law Firm of Hardister & Hardister |
| Case: | Barrera, et al. v. Los Angeles Unif. Sch. Dist., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Failure to Protect |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Steve Cooley of Steve Cooley & Associates, Inc.; Charles L. Murray III of Charles L. Murray III, Trial Lawyer; Collin Seals of Seals Phillips LLP; Justin Feffer of Law Offices of Justin Feffer |
| Case: | Peniche v. California Highway Patrol, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Slander |
| $910,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew B.F. Biren, Andrew G.O. Biren, John A. Roberts, Spencer N. Goldberg of Biren Law Group |
| Case: | Genrich v. Pacific Studio Rentals Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Equipment Malfunction |
| $850,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John C. Taylor of Taylor & Ring LLP |
| Case: | Thomas v. Aeolus Air Charter, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Aviation Accident |
| $725,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Steven P. Goldberg of Goldberg & Gille; Todd J. Bloomfield of Rice & Bloomfield, LLP |
| Case: | De La Lama v. Dounel, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Erroneous Treatment, Failure to Refer |
| $666,154.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dennis A. Cammarano of Cammarano Law Group |
| Case: | Tokio Marine Am. Ins. Co. v. Prestig Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Subrogation |
| $662,301.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mark J. Giannamore, Iman Mahdavian of Vaziri Law Group APC |
| Case: | Cabrera v. Los Angeles Cnty. Transp. Auth., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus v. Car Accident |
| $550,697.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael E. Pappas, Lisa R. Patel of Lesnick Prince & Pappas LLP; Stephen J. Erigero, Maureen C. O'Hara of Ropers Majeski PC |
| Case: | Bruin Biometrics LLC, et al. v. Stearns |
| No. 1 in: * | Civil Theft, Misappropriation, Theft |
| $521,150.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Sam Nordean of Nordean Law, APC |
| Case: | Morrow v. Anagnos, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligent Security |
| $410,702.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Allyson Ostrowski of Abir CohenTreyzon Salo LLP |
| Case: | Parraguirre-Jimenez v. C.M. Built LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Pedestrian Accident |