Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2024
NO SCREENSHOTS ALLOWED!NO SCREENSHOTS ALLOWED!
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 personal injury verdicts obtained in California in the year 2024. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of California.
For firms that have made the list and would like to signify their achievement on their website or in other marketing materials, TopVerdict.com has issued a special electronic badge that is available for purchase here.
If you are the attorney who has obtained one of the verdicts on this list, you can display a separate, personalized badge on your bio page to showcase your victory and potentially generate more business for your firm. You can buy your personalized attorney badge here. You can also obtain a personalized attorney plaque, co-counsel plaque, or firm plaque to display in your office.
Note: While we strive to achieve maximum accuracy and completeness of our lists, we cannot guarantee either at 100%. If you believe another verdict should be on this list, please submit it to us today.
Copyright Notice
All content, inclusive of lists, product images, and firm logos, used in Top Verdict’s marketing and/or communications materials are an intellectual property of TopVerdict.com. Any type of use of the content, in whole or in part, without express written permission by TopVerdict.com, is strictly prohibited.
Duly acquired electronic badges shall only be used in the form, contents, and colors designated by TopVerdict.com, without alterations.
Special Note: TopVerdict.com, among other measures to protect its intellectual property, reserves the right to remove the names of copyright violators and their case names from any and all of our lists, prior and future, without a prior notice.
Special Appreciation
This and other lists of ours is made possible thanks to the attorneys and law firms who generously support our work by purchasing accolades from our online store.
If you too find our publication of benefit to your business, please show your appreciation by way of becoming a customer. Please be aware that the number and variety of lists published by us are solely driven by the interest we receive from you in the form of orders. Your participation counts. Thank you for your attention and support!
| 11 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2024 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $10,775,997.50 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Ivan Puchalt, Francisco Yeverino of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Loeser v. Norcal Beverage Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $10,120,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tanya Ortega of The Ortega Firm, Inc.; Patricia Kuendig of Dodd & Kuendig |
| Case: | Curry v. Myers, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Accident, Left Turn Accident |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $9,573,616.00 |
| Attorneys: | Megan T. Burns, Emily L. Dahm of Mirador Law APC; Alan Charles Dell'Ario of Law Office of A. Charles Dell'Ario |
| Case: | Jimenez, et al. v. New Haven Unif. Sch. Dist. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, School Safety, Brain Injury, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Children's Rights, Failure to Protect, Bullying, Harassment, Eye Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $8,924,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shawn D. Morris, Christian W. Barton of Morris, Sullivan, Lemkul & Turtzo LLP |
| Case: | Feld v. San Diego Chiropractic Neurology by Albinder & Jahangiri APC, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Failure to Treat, Negligent Tort, Chiropractor Malpractice, Bodily Injury |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $8,487,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Federic L. Gordon of Frederic Gordon APC; J. Randall Jones, Madison S. Florance of Kemp Jones LLP |
| Case: | Mitrione v. Breg Inc. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Defective Medical Device, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Design Defect, Bodily Injury |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $8,297,049.72 |
| Attorneys: | Elise R. Sanguinetti, Jamie G. Goldstein of Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team, LLP |
| Case: | Aguirre v. AEG Mgmt. Oakland, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident, Permanent Disability, Forklift v. Worker Accident |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $8,165,042.00 |
| Attorneys: | Megan T. Burns of Mirador Law APC; Adam M. Carlson of Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook |
| Case: | Wilson, et al. v. City of Martinez |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Public Premises Liability |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $7,878,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan D. Lamb, Richard L. Frischer of Lamb & Frischer Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Armstrong v. Flywheel Taxi, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $7,083,194.86 |
| Attorneys: | Oscar Ramirez, Matthew Blair of Blair & Ramirez LLP; Alexander R. Wheeler, Khail Parris of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Lopez v. Los Angeles Unif. Sch. Dist. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, School Safety, Trip & Fall, Brain Injury, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Children's Rights, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Public Premises Liability |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Corey C. Garrard, Jamie M. Ritterbeck of Gomez Trial Attorneys |
| Case: | Takeda v. George, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Head-on Collision, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Accident |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Pedestrian Accident, Rideshare Accident |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $6,680,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura Sedrish, John Denove of Jacoby & Meyers LLC |
| Case: | Talavera v. Kroger |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Slip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Retail Premises Liability |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $6,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Kevin Morrison, Andje M. Medina of Altair Law LLP; Marjorie June Heinrich, Ethan Wimert of Heinrich Law, PC |
| Case: | Baron v. J&A Seven Wonders Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Retail Premises Liability |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $6,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Danielle R. Pena of PHG Law Group; Joseph M. McMullen of Law Offices of Joseph M. McMullen; Grace Jun of Grace Jun Law |
| Case: | Enyart v. County of San Bernardino |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Failure to Train, Death in Custody, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Police Negligence |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $6,381,045.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gene Sullivan, Ryan A. Medler of Sullivan & Sullivan |
| Case: | Abrego v. B.J.N. LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Fall, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Residential Premises Liability, Residential Landlord-Tenant |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $5,192,210.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacob Shapiro, Rosalind Shapiro of Shapiro Legal Group |
| Case: | Birdsall, et al. v. Helfet |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Accident, Rear-end Collision |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $5,107,239.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jessica T. Wetzel, Aida M. Van Herk of Van Herk Wetzel, LLP |
| Case: | Markegard v. La Reyna Transportes Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Truck v. Car Accident |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $5,005,466.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher B. Dolan of Dolan Law Firm PC; Rohollah Sam Fareed of United Citizen Law |
| Case: | Alsaedi, et al. v. Westbrook, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Accident, Rollover Accident |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $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 |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Eye Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Retail Premises Liability |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon M. Smith of Law Offices of Brandon M. Smith, APC; Jason A. Ronis of Jason Ronis Law |
| Case: | Student v. Coronado Unif. Sch. Dist. |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Negligent Hiring, Psychological Injury, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anne Andrews, John C. Thornton, Sean T. Higgins, Taylor A. Wall of Andrews & Thornton |
| Case: | Boone v. Los Angeles Unif. Sch. Dist., et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Assault, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Child Sexual Abuse |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $4,828,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason P. Fowler, Ryan K. Kahl, Evan C. Khoshnou of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Garcia v. Pineda, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Accident, T-Bone Collision, Red Light Violation |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Failure to Maintain, FELA , Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Work Premises Liability |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $4,262,980.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Jeffrey J. Twomey of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP |
| Case: | Faessel v. Hartigan, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Accident, T-Bone Collision |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $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. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Fall, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Bus v. Passenger Accident |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $3,830,123.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garo Mardirossian, Lawrence D. Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP |
| Case: | Wilmot v. State of California DOT, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accident, Non-Motorized Vehicle Accident, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Bicycle Accident, Public Premises Liability, Rear-end Collision |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $3,666,839.09 |
| Attorneys: | Greyson M. Goody, Taly Goody of Goody Law Group; Matthew E. Neale, Aaron D. Fhima of Neale & Fhima, LLP |
| Case: | Sciortino v. Ghosheh |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Healthcare Premises Liability |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $3,323,297.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christian Hulburt of Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire LLP; Bryan R. Snyder of Law Office of Bryan R. Snyder APC |
| Case: | Cesena v. Southern California Edison Co. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury, Work Premises Liability |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $3,291,670.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tyrone J. Maho of Maho & Prentice LLP |
| Case: | Lannan v. Williams, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Truck v. Car Accident |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $3,085,297.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jamie M. Ritterbeck, Corey C. Garrard of Gomez Trial Attorneys |
| Case: | Carlisle v. Schmidt, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Emergency Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Motorcycle Accident |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher B. Dolan of Dolan Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Ellis v. Harrah’s Ent., Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Burn Injury, Defective Product, Consumer Protection, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Design Defect, Bodily Injury |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $2,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark T. Quigley, Ivan Puchalt, Jenna Edzant of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Mejia v. Wawanesa Gen. Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Indemnity, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Consumer Protection, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Accident |
| 51 - 100 | |
| Visit: | Top 100 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2024 |