Top 10 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 personal injury verdicts obtained in California in 2025. The list is composed of various types of cases that were tried to a verdict before a state or federal jury in California. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $115,000,000.00 |
| 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. |
| Case: | Gucci Zarini v. Ruffalo |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Sexual Battery, Sexual Assault & Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse, Punitive Damages |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $110,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Ward, Erin L. Powers, Doug Shaffer, Daniel Stefanic of Trial Lawyers For Justice PC d/b/a TL4J |
| Case: | Adam, et al. v. California Department of Corrections, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Fire Injury/Damage, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Rollover Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death, Spin-Out Collisions |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $77,120,726.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Rex Parris, Khail A. Parris, Curtis Crawford of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Lusse v. Marquez |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Personal Injury, Head-on Collisions, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Motorcycle Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $50,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, John A. Kawai, Grayson Yoder of Trial Lawyers For Justice PC d/b/a TL4J; Daniel Bidegaray of Bidegaray Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Garcia v. Starbucks Corp. |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Burn Injury, Restaurant Negligence, Negligent Torts, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $48,792,870.53 |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi, Tom Schultz, Jonathan H. Davidi, Tyler Paboojian of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Hakimi v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Pedestrian Accidents, Los Angeles as Defendant, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $48,000,000.00 |
| 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 |
| Case: | K.F., et al. v. Mountain View Sch. Dist. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Failure to Report, Negligent Retention, Minor Sexual Abuse |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andy Birchfield, Jr., Margaret M. Thompson of Beasley Allen Law Firm; Daniel S. Robinson of Robinson Calcagnie Inc. |
| Case: | Kent v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Negligent Misrepresentation, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Talc Exposure, Negligent Torts, Strict Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $36,420,461.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander R. Wheeler, Misak Chanchikyan of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | McAlister v. Thompson |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, T-Bone Collisions, Stop Sign Accidents, Left Turn Accidents |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $34,146,940.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Thomas A. Schultz, David L. Schrader, Diana Panish of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Elderly Pedestrian v. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Red-Light Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $32,868,693.00 |
| Attorneys: | Khail A. Parris, R. Rex Parris, Artur Aziev of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. State of California, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Bodily Injury |
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