Top 10 Personal Injury Settlements in California in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 personal injury settlements obtained in California in 2025. The list is composed of various types of cases filed in a state or federal court, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP; Boris Treyzon of Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo, LLP; Todd B. Becker of Becker Law Group; Raymond P. Boucher of Boucher LLP; Adam P. Slater of Slater Slater Schulman LLP; Jeffrey M. Herman of Herman Law; Susan M. Ulrich of Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel |
| Case: | Jane Roe 390 A.U., et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Foster Care Abuse, Negligent Torts, Sexual Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse, Los Angeles as Defendant, Injured Minor |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $828,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | AB218 Plaintiffs v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Failure to Train, Foster Care Abuse, Negligent Retention, Sexual Battery, Sexual Assault & Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse, Los Angeles as Defendant, Injured Minor |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Artin Yadegarian of Law Offices of Artin Yadegarian; Christopher Montes de Oca of Law Offices of Christopher Montes de Oca; Greg Nassar of Nassar Law PLLC |
| Case: | Lincome & Bishop v. Four-Season Travel LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Mass Transit Accidents, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, NEMT Vehicle Accidents, Bus v. Pedestrian Accidents, Left Turn Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $36,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones, Jesus J. Torres, Ryan Cowan of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC |
| Case: | D.R. v. John Doe, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Truck v. Pedestrian Accidents, Left Turn Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $31,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig R. McClellan, Conor J. Hulburt of The McClellan Law Firm |
| Case: | A.M., et al. v. San Diego Rock Church, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Government Negligence, Murder, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Failure to Report, Negligent Torts, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $30,305,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Christopher V. Bulone, Anastasia K. Olano of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Injured Driver v. Auto Drivers |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Impaired Driving Accidents, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Amputation/Limb Loss, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Truck v. Car Accidents, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Bodily Injury, Traumatic Amputation, Highway Accidents |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $22,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian W. Easton, Matthew D. Easton, Travis R. Easton, Gabriel M. Mendoza of Easton & Easton, LLP |
| Case: | Bicyclist v. Inattentive Driver |
| Type: | Bicycle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Gross Negligence, Negligent Retention, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Non-Motorized Vehicle Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Bicycle Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. Ring of Taylor & Ring LLP; Brian E. Claypool of Claypool Law Firm; Robert A. Rees of Rees Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Hernandez, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Los Angeles as Defendant, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $18,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Tom Schultz, Jonathan H. Davidi, Joe O’Hanlon of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Paper v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emergency Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Police Negligence, Car v. Car Accidents, Police Vehicle Accidents, Los Angeles as Defendant, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $17,499,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Taylor B. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; Marc J. Katzman of Marc Katzman Law |
| Case: | Injured Pedestrian v. Premise Owner |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall Accidents, Fall Accidents, Amputation/Limb Loss, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Permanent Disability, Bodily Injury, Staircase Accidents |
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