Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 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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| 11 | |
| Amount: | $32,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason P. Fowler, Jonathan W. Douglass of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Booth v. Delano, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Rollover Accidents, Unsafe Lane Change, Bodily Injury |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $30,774,365.00 |
| Attorneys: | Donald G. Liddy of Liddy Law Firm; Gregory R. Vanni of Thon Beck Vanni Callahan & Powell LLP |
| Case: | Tanaka v. Faaborg |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Burn Injury, Hit & Run Accidents, Impaired Driving Accidents, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Fire Injury/Damage, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Bodily Injury |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $29,447,950.53 |
| Attorneys: | David K. Cohn, Thomas C. Seabaugh, Matthew C. Clark, Chad J. A. Boyles, Christopher J. Hagan of Chain Cohn Stiles |
| Case: | Johnson, et al. v. Rush Enterprises, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Defective Product, Negligent Torts, Strict Liability, Design Defect, Gas Explosion, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Defective Auto Equipment, Neurological Injury, Auto Product Liability, Bodily Injury |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $28,163,528.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig R. McClellan, Conor J. Hulburt, David W. Gouzoules of The McClellan Law Firm |
| Case: | J.Q. v. State of California Dep't of Transp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Public Premises Liability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $27,727,631.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Joshua C. Braddock of Arendsen Braddock LLP |
| Case: | LaPlante, et al. v. Griffith Co., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Vicarious Liability, Amputation/Limb Loss, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Truck v. Motorcycle Accidents, Red-Light Accidents, U-Turn Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $26,333,476.67 |
| Attorneys: | Richard H. Schoenberger, Andrew P. McDevitt, Matthew D. Davis, Ian A. Head of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger; Larry E. Cook of Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook; William J. Hansen of Christensen & Jensen P.C. |
| Case: | Van Tussenbrook v. Yamaha Motor Corp, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Quadriplegia, Paralysis Injury, Design Defect, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Defective Auto Equipment, Rollover Accidents, All-Terrain Vehicle Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $25,241,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marilyn E. Bednarski, David S. McLane, Benjamin J. Shaw of McLane Bednarski & Litt LLP; Wendy J. Koen of Law Office of Wendy J. Koen |
| Case: | Richards v. County of San Bernardino, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Personal Injury, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Abuse of Process, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Spoliation of Evidence, False Evidence, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $23,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd K. Davis, Claire L. Imelli of Farling Hecht & Davis, LLP; Andrew G. Watters of Andrew G. Watters, Esq. |
| Case: | Ku v. Herchen |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Murder, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $21,325,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, John A. Kawai of Trial Lawyers For Justice PC d/b/a TL4J; Keith J. Bruno of Bruno | Nalu |
| Case: | Miyamoto-Workman v. Systems Services of America, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $21,253,467.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul W. Painter III, Stephen D. Morrison of Bowen Painter LLC |
| Case: | Morgan, et al. v. Chen, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Truck v. Passenger Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Neurological Injury, Nerve Injury, Bodily Injury, Host Driver Negligence |
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