Number 1 Verdicts in Los Angeles County in 2025
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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 2025. 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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| $966,000,000.00 | |
| Case: | Moore v. Johnson & Johnson |
| No. 1 in: * | Asbestos Exposure | Failure to Warn | Product Liability | Toxic Exposure | Wrongful Death | Defective Product | Intentional Torts | Talc Exposure | Mesothelioma | Negligent Torts | Failure to Disclose | Survival Action | Consumer Product Liability | Bodily Injury | Fatal Bodily Injury | Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Venus Burns, Danny R. Kraft, Jr. of Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP |
| $115,000,000.00 | |
| Case: | Gucci Zarini v. Ruffalo |
| No. 1 in: * | Assault & Battery | Personal Injury | Sexual Abuse | Sexual Assault | Emotional Distress | Psychological Injury | Child Abuse | Failure to Protect | Sexual Battery | Sexual Assault & Battery | Minor Sexual Abuse |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Taylor B. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; Claire-Lise Y. Kutlay, Deborah S. Mallgrave of Greenberg Gross LLP; Jennifer E. Stein, Michael G. Finnegan, Michael J. Reck of Jeff Anderson & Associates PA; Justin G. Tahmazian of Tahmazian Law Firm, P.C. |
| $103,000,000.00 | |
| Case: | Slagel v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Age Discrimination | Civil Rights Violation | Retaliation | Wrongful Termination | Labor & Employment | Employment Discrimination | Protected Activity Retaliation | Victim Retaliation | Workplace Retaliation |
| Attorneys: | Justin W. Shegerian, Mahru Madjidi, Aaron Gbewonyo, Deepika Chandrashekar of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| $77,120,726.00 | |
| Case: | Lusse v. Marquez |
| No. 1 in: * | Car Accidents | Motor Vehicle Accidents | Motorcycle Accidents | Head-on Collisions | Nonfatal Bodily Injury | Single-Track Vehicle Accidents | Two-Vehicle Accidents | Vehicular Accidents | Car v. Motorcycle Accidents | Highway Accidents |
| Attorneys: | R. Rex Parris, Khail A. Parris, Curtis Crawford of Parris Law Firm |
| $50,000,000.00 | |
| Case: | Garcia v. Starbucks Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligence in Employment | Burn Injury | Restaurant Negligence |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, John A. Kawai, Grayson Yoder, Neghin Khanverdi of Trial Lawyers For Justice PC d/b/a TL4J; Daniel Bidegaray of Bidegaray Law Firm, LLC |
| $48,792,870.53 | |
| Case: | Hakimi v. City of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Government Negligence | Pedestrian Accidents | Truck Accidents | Brain Injury | Single-Vehicle Accidents | Truck v. Pedestrian Accidents | Los Angeles as Defendant | Neurological Injury |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi, Tom Schultz, Jonathan H. Davidi, Tyler Paboojian of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| $48,000,000.00 | |
| Case: | K.F., et al. v. Mountain View Sch. Dist. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligent Supervision | School Safety | Children's Rights | Failure to Report | Negligent Retention |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, Courtney E. Rowley, John A. Kawai of Trial Lawyers For Justice PC d/b/a TL4J; Keith J. Bruno of Bruno | Nalu; Michael S. Carrillo, Luis A. Carrillo, Laura M. Jimenez of Carrillo Law Firm, LLP |
| $40,000,000.00 | |
| Case: | Kent v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Negligent Misrepresentation |
| Attorneys: | Andy Birchfield, Jr., Margaret M. Thompson of Beasley Allen Law Firm; Daniel S. Robinson of Robinson Calcagnie Inc. |
| $38,774,366.00 | |
| Case: | Estate of Olivas v. Faaborg |
| No. 1 in: * | Hit & Run Accidents | Impaired Driving Accidents | Multi-Vehicle Accidents | Car v. Car Accidents | Rear-end Collisions | Vehicular Death |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Hilst of Bisnar Chase, LLP; Donald G. Liddy of Liddy Law Firm; Gregory R. Vanni of Thon Beck Vanni Callahan & Powell LLP; Brian D. Chase, Steven R. Hilst of Bisnar Chase, LLP |
| $36,420,461.00 | |
| Case: | McAlister v. Thompson |
| No. 1 in: * | T-Bone Collisions | Stop Sign Accidents | Left Turn Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Alexander R. Wheeler, Misak Chanchikyan of Parris Law Firm |
| $32,500,000.00 | |
| Case: | Booth v. Delano, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bone Fracture | Rollover Accidents | Unsafe Lane Change |
| Attorneys: | Jason P. Fowler, Jonathan W. Douglass of Parris Law Firm |
| $32,347,000.00 | |
| Case: | Hugyetz v. Equinox Holdings Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Disability Discrimination | Failure to Accommodate |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Bryan Kirsh of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| $30,774,365.00 | |
| Case: | Tanaka v. Faaborg |
| No. 1 in: * | Fire Injury/Damage |
| Attorneys: | Donald G. Liddy of Liddy Law Firm; Gregory R. Vanni of Thon Beck Vanni Callahan & Powell LLP |
| $27,500,000.00 | |
| Case: | Valla v. Dignity Health, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Whistleblower Retaliation |
| Attorneys: | David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC; Brennan M. Hershey, Johnny Rundell of Hershey Law, P.C. |
| $21,325,000.00 | |
| Case: | Miyamoto-Workman v. Systems Services of America, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Car Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, John A. Kawai, Neghin Khanverdi of Trial Lawyers For Justice PC d/b/a TL4J; Keith J. Bruno of Bruno | Nalu |
| $21,253,467.00 | |
| Case: | Morgan, et al. v. Chen, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Passenger Accidents | Nerve Injury | Host Driver Negligence |
| Attorneys: | Paul W. Painter III, Stephen D. Morrison of Bowen Painter LLC |
| $20,657,067.00 | |
| Case: | Avalos v. Mier, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Pedestrian Accidents |
| Attorneys: | George G. Mgdesyan, Araksya Boyadzhyan of Mgdesyan Law Firmt\/aL.A. Lawyers |
| $18,050,000.00 | |
| Case: | Garcia-Nava v. Saenz, LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Dangerous Condition | Premises Liability | Landlord-Tenant | Negligent Maintenance | Carbon Monoxide Poisoning | Residential Premises Liability | Residential Landlord-Tenant |
| Attorneys: | Grant K. Riley, Victoria L. Ersoff of Riley | Ersoff LLP |
| $17,321,897.00 | |
| Case: | Malekmehr v. Peterson-Chase General Engineering Construction |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Stationary Object Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Jenna Edzant, Alan L. Van Gelder of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP; Elliot Eslamboly of The Law Collective |
| $13,600,000.00 | |
| Case: | Former Students v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unif. Sch. Dist., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Sexual Harassment |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer R. Liakos of Liakos Law, APC; Daniel Varon of Zalkin Law Firm; Christopher J. O’Brien, Kevin J. Keane of O'Brien & Ford PC |
| $12,868,732.00 | |
| Case: | Krystal Ventures LLC v. SNS Glob. USA LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Contract | Breach of Fiduciary Duty | Economic Loss | Fraud in the Inducement | Intentional Misrepresentation | Fraudulent Transfer | Commercial Litigation |
| Attorneys: | Miri E. Gold, Oliver Rocos of Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks, & Nessim, LLP |
| $11,697,870.00 | |
| Case: | Simpson v. Lee |
| No. 1 in: * | Dental Malpractice | Medical Malpractice | Professional Malpractice | Failure to Treat | Oral Surgery Malpractice |
| Attorneys: | Dane Levy of Levy Law Firm; Sassan A. Mackay of Commerce Law Group |
| $10,115,539.00 | |
| Case: | Boothe v. Santa Barbara Asset Mgmt. LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wage & Hour Violation | Unpaid Severance | Unpaid Bonuses |
| Attorneys: | Amnon Z. Siegel, Jeffery B. White of Miller Barondess LLP |
| $10,112,248.00 | |
| Case: | Hohne, et al. v. Juul-Dam, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Lead Poisoning |
| Attorneys: | John B. Richards of Law Office of John B. Richards |
| $9,815,558.00 | |
| Case: | Chaney v. Automobile Driving Museum, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Trip & Fall Accidents | Fall Accidents | Entertainment Premises Liability | Staircase Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Edward M. Morgan, Anouk Rondell of Downtown L.A. Law Group LLP d/b/a DTLA Law Group |
| $9,000,000.00 | |
| Case: | La Barrie v. Silva, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Passenger Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey P. Norton of Norton & Melnik APC; Brian J. Breiter of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP |
| $8,969,747.00 | |
| Case: | Issaian v. GLI Logistics Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Truck Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Taylor B. Dordick, Zarif Kazi of Dordick Law Corporation |
| $8,492,942.00 | |
| Case: | Briggs v. Warner Ctr. Summit Ltd. |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object | Falling Object v. Tenant Accidents | Shoulder Injury |
| Attorneys: | Daniel S. DeSantis, Casey Kilday of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC |
| $6,626,603.00 | |
| Case: | Castrellon v. Home Depot USA Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Non-Motorized Vehicle Accidents | Retail Premises Liability |
| Attorneys: | Pejman A. Ben-Cohen, Robert J. Ounjian of Carpenter & Zuckerman |
| $6,500,000.00 | |
| Case: | Heffernan v. Ignite Int'l, Ltd., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Defamation | Reputational Harm |
| Attorneys: | Tamara Freeze, Xinyue Liu of Workplace Justice Advocates, PLC; Preston H. Lim of Lim Law Group P.C. |
| $6,056,052.00 | |
| Case: | Heravi v. City of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Public Premises Liability | Shoulder Fracture |
| Attorneys: | Maximilian Lee, Analicia Avila of The Dominguez Firm |
| $6,000,000.00 | |
| Case: | Rogers v. Board of Trustees of California State University |
| No. 1 in: * | Gender Discrimination | Hostile Work Environment | Constructive Discharge | Workplace Harassment | Harassment | Sex Discrimination |
| Attorneys: | David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC; Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman, LLP; Courtney Abrams Lee of Courtney Abrams, PC |
| $6,000,000.00 | |
| Case: | Estate of Chavez v. California Highway Patrol, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Excessive Force | Gunshot Wound | Police Brutality | Police Misconduct | Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| Attorneys: | Christian M. Contreras, Humberto M. Guizar of Guizar, Henderson & Carrazco LLP; Setareh Panah of Law Offices of Ramin R. Younessi APLC |
| $5,771,068.00 | |
| Case: | McElrath v. Los Angeles Cnty. Metro. Transp. Auth., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus Accidents | Negligent Entrustment | Mass Transit Accidents | On-board Accidents | Bus v. Passenger Accidents | Common Carrier Liability |
| Attorneys: | Lourdes DeArmas, Ashley A. Laiken of Omega Law Group, PC |
| $5,465,508.00 | |
| Case: | Gomez v. DAMLA, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Traumatic Amputation |
| Attorneys: | Minh T. Nguyen, Lakshmi Odedra of Nguyen Lawyers, ALC |
| $5,193,471.00 | |
| Case: | Robinson v. City of Long Beach |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object v. Pedestrian Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Breiter, Jeffrey J. Twomey of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP |
| $4,975,223.32 | |
| Case: | Zurita, et al. v. Fattal, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Fraud | Fraudulent Concealment | Misrepresentation | Property Rights | Construction Defect | Real Estate |
| Attorneys: | Gerald L. Sauer, Amir A. Torkamani of Sauer & Wagner LLP |
| $4,573,000.00 | |
| Case: | Bangura v. Board of Trustees of the California State Univers |
| No. 1 in: * | Back-up Accidents | Sideswipe Collisions | U-Turn Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Blake E. Burtchaell, Andrew Kohandadeh of Burtchaell Law APC; Hamed L. Yazdanpanah of HYP Law Group d/b/a Law Office of Hamed Yazdanpanah & Associates |
| $4,537,598.00 | |
| Case: | Marsh, et al. v. Jimenez |
| No. 1 in: * | Truck v. Motorcycle Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Alexander R. Wheeler, Khail A. Parris, Misak Chanchikyan of Parris Law Firm |
| $4,430,600.00 | |
| Case: | Student v. Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bullying | School Premises Liability |
| Attorneys: | Barry B. Novack, Lisa R. Stuart, Samuel Winokur of Law Offices of Barry Novack |
| $4,250,000.00 | |
| Case: | Jane Doe v. DeAndre Cortez Way |
| No. 1 in: * | Unpaid Wages |
| Attorneys: | Ronald L. Zambrano, David Navasartian, Neama Rahmani, H. Dean Aynechi of West Coast Trial Lawyers APLC |
| $4,194,000.00 | |
| Case: | Dunn v. Home Depot USA Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object v. Patron |
| Attorneys: | Alan L. Van Gelder, Christian T.F. Nickerson of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| $3,986,225.00 | |
| Case: | Kim v. Jeong, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Imprisonment |
| Attorneys: | David I. Paek, James K. Beck of Law Offices of David I. Paek |
| $3,800,000.00 | |
| Case: | Gluck, et al. v. County of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Eye Injury |
| Attorneys: | Carl E. Douglas, Jamon R. Hicks, Noel A. Arreola, Jeremy E. Galloway of Douglas Hicks Law, APC |
| $3,249,000.00 | |
| Case: | Nuckles v. Wu |
| No. 1 in: * | Bicycle Accidents | Car v. Bicycle Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Taylor Ernst, Nigel A. Whitehead, Danielle E. Miller of Ernst Law Group |
| $3,000,000.00 | |
| Case: | Land v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Health Facility Negligence | Elder Abuse | Dependent Adult Abuse | Elder Neglect |
| Attorneys: | Alexis Galindo, Maximiliano A. Galindo of Curd, Galindo & Smith, LLP |
| $2,920,000.00 | |
| Case: | Brown v. ICO Development LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Slip & Fall Accidents | Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) |
| Attorneys: | Daniel K. Kramer, Teresa A. Johnson of Kramer Trial Lawyers APC; Nathan Soleimani of Gould & Jefferson |
| $2,400,000.00 | |
| Case: | Core Asset Q2 LLC v. CKFIS, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Damage | Insurance Broker Malpractice |
| Attorneys: | Brandon C. Fernald, Clay Wilkinson, Adam P. Zaffos of Fernald & Zaffos |
| $1,518,799.00 | |
| Case: | Berger v. Toco Warranty Corp., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bad Faith |
| Attorneys: | Ami Meyers of Law Office of Ami Meyers; Aryeh Kaufman of Law Office of Aryeh Kaufman |
| $1,500,000.00 | |
| Case: | Schulz v. Union Pac. R.R. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Railroad Accidents | Work Accidents | Workplace Safety | FELA - Railroad Worker Injury | Failure to Supervise | Failure to Train | Occupational Injury |
| Attorneys: | Victor A. Russo, Gabriel A. Siniscal of Hildebrand, McLeod & Nelson, LLP |
| $1,337,100.00 | |
| Case: | Hirsh, et al. v. Gail, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Easement Abuse | Tortious Interference | Nuisance | Trespass |
| Attorneys: | Peter W. Ross, Tyler J. King of Ross LLP |
| $1,315,024.00 | |
| Case: | Mann Sr. v. County of Los Angeles |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Demotion | Failure to Promote |
| Attorneys: | Arya Rhodes, Alan I. Schimmel, Michael W. Parks, Ashtyne Cofer of Schimmel & Parks, APLC; Pouya B. Chami of Chami Law PC |
| $1,269,020.00 | |
| Case: | Walker v. Los Angeles Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Emergency Vehicle Accidents | Police Vehicle Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Brent Gerome of Moaddel, Kremer & Gerome LLP |
| $1,200,000.00 | |
| Case: | Scott, et al. v. Robert L. Adams Mortuary Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Disposition of Remains | Funeral Home Negligence |
| Attorneys: | Elvis Tran of The Law Offices of Elvis Tran |
| $1,145,000.00 | |
| Case: | Rane v. Los Angeles Cnty. Metro. Transp. Auth., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus v. Car Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Boris Treyzon, Allyson Ostrowski of Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo, LLP d/b/a ACTS Law, LLP |
| $1,120,562.00 | |
| Case: | Corprue v. City of Lawndale, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Disability Harassment |
| Attorneys: | Nancy L. Abrolat of Abrolat Law PC; Dawn M. Coulson of Epps & Coulson, LLP |
| $1,033,653.00 | |
| Case: | Carrasco v. Los Angeles Cnty. Metro. Transp. Auth. |
| No. 1 in: * | Red-Light Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Jason R. Doucette, Pamela Rodriguez of The Dominguez Firm |
| $855,200.00 | |
| Case: | McKnight-Hillman v. Good Guard Sec. Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Workplace Negligence | Negligent Security | Work Premises Liability |
| Attorneys: | Brian T. Dunn of The Cochran Firm P.C. |
| $750,000.00 | |
| Case: | Lewery v. Downey Billiards LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Restaurant Premises Liability |
| Attorneys: | Shayan Vafaee, Peter K. Diamond of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP; Narek Vardanyan of McReynolds | Vardanyan LLP |
| $680,000.00 | |
| Case: | Trutanic v. Shahinaz Soliman Clinic Corp. |
| No. 1 in: * | Pregnancy Discrimination |
| Attorneys: | Cathryn G. Fund of JML Law, APLC |
| $649,482.00 | |
| Case: | Park, et al. v. California Auto. Ins. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Insurance Bad Faith | Elder Financial Abuse |
| Attorneys: | Alexandra A. Roje of Reed Smith LLP; Ethan J. Brown, Anita P. Wu of Brown Neri Smith & Khan, LLP |
| $600,000.00 | |
| Case: | Meyer v. NGP Motors Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Automotive Premises Liability |
| Attorneys: | Jerold D. Sullivan, Ryan A. Medler of Sullivan & Sullivan |
| $547,782.00 | |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Jaurigue Law Grp. APC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Legal Malpractice | Bankruptcy Litigation |
| Attorneys: | Joshua R. Furman of Joshua R. Furman Law |
| $498,000.00 | |
| Case: | Shekerdemian v. Desai Holdings USA LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Race Discrimination |
| Attorneys: | Rouben Varozian, Paul Tokar of BV Law Group, APLC |
| $415,000.00 | |
| Case: | Udeh v. Karapetyan |
| No. 1 in: * | Contractor Negligence | Faulty Workmanship (tie) |
| Attorneys: | Brandon Corday of Corday Law Corporation; Andrew L. Ellis of Ellis Law Corporation |
| $387,171.00 | |
| Case: | Upchurch, et al. v. BC Design & Dev. Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Faulty Workmanship (tie) |
| Attorneys: | M. Laurie Murphy, David Krol, Jessica M. Stemple of Valensi Rose PLC |
| $369,850.00 | |
| Case: | Vardumyan v. Esguerra |
| No. 1 in: * | Dog Bite | Animal Attack |
| Attorneys: | Maro Burunsuzyan of Law Offices of Maro Burunsuzyan, PLC |
| $354,013.00 | |
| Case: | Cienega Ventures LLC v. 730 N. La Cienega LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Commercial Landlord-Tenant |
| Attorneys: | Peter W. Ross, Eric C. Lauritsen of Ross LLP |
| $300,000.00 | |
| Case: | Bison v. Reid |
| No. 1 in: * | Rideshare Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Jackie R. Kruger of Kruger Law Firm |
| $214,167.00 | |
| Case: | Lopez v. Adams, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Electrical Injury | Ladder Accidents | Fall from Height |
| Attorneys: | Martin E. Jerisat, Premkiran B. Reddy of Law Offices of Martin Jerisat; Jesus G. Morales of Ariel Law Group |



