Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 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 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2025 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $18,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel K. Balaban, Andrew J. Spielberger, Vanessa Loftus-Brewer, Kahren Harutyunyan, Jeremy D. Jass, Anastasia K. Mazzella, Brian S. Kabateck, Sheri Lalehzarian of Kabateck LLP |
| Case: | Poole, et al. v. Twin Hill Acquisition Inc. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Negligent Torts, Strict Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $18,574,222.00 |
| Attorneys: | Connell P. Dunnion, Glenda De Guzman of Dunnion Law, APC; Christopher B. Dolan, Jeremy M. Jessup of Dolan Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Cerrato v. Yong's Logistics, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Back-up Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $18,512,243.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ognian Gavrilov, Priscilla M. Parker of Gavrilov & Brooks |
| Case: | Guzman v. Wigle |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Back-up Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $18,056,888.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert F. Vaage of Vaage Law; Christopher L. Hendricks of Fox Law, APC |
| Case: | HO v. Kureshi |
| Type: | Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Surgical Error, Neurosurgery Malpractice, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $18,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Grant K. Riley, Victoria L. Ersoff of Riley | Ersoff LLP |
| Case: | Garcia-Nava v. Saenz, LLC |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Toxic Exposure, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Landlord-Tenant, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Gross Negligence, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Residential Premises Liability, Residential Landlord-Tenant, Neurological Injury, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $17,321,897.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Jenna Edzant, Alan L. Van Gelder of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP; Elliot Eslamboly of The Law Collective |
| Case: | Malekmehr v. Peterson-Chase General Engineering Construction |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Fire Injury/Damage, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Rollover Accidents, Car v. Stationary Object Accidents, Bodily Injury, Loss of Consortium |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $16,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David W. Gammill of Gammill Law, APC; Stephen D. Weisskopf of LevatoLaw, LLP |
| Case: | Siegman v. Beverly Hills Unif. Sch. Dist. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Government Negligence, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Protect, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Sexual Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $13,698,663.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew D. Clendenin, Carmela S. Birnbaum, Karlie Ruder of Singleton Schreiber LLP |
| Case: | Muhlbach v. Navarro |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $13,600,000.00 |
| 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 |
| Case: | Former Students v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unif. Sch. Dist., et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Protect, Negligent Torts, Minor Sexual Abuse |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $13,282,524.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sanjiv N. Singh of Sanjiv N. Singh, APLC; Darren Nicholson, Hannah M. Crowe of Burns Charest LLP |
| Case: | Tavantzis, et al. v. American Airlines Inc. |
| Type: | Aviation Accidents, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Torts, On-board Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $13,148,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam L. Feit of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP |
| Case: | Miller v. County of San Diego, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Motorcycle Accidents, Left Turn Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $12,102,869.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Stephenson of Bay Area Bicycle Law, P.C.; Theodore Chase of Bradley/Grombacher LLP |
| Case: | Hickey v. Harrington, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accidents, Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Non-Motorized Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Car v. Bicycle Accidents, Left Turn Accidents |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $11,697,870.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dane Levy of Levy Law Firm; Sassan A. Mackay of Commerce Law Group |
| Case: | Simpson v. Lee |
| Type: | Dental Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Lack of Informed Consent, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Nerve Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $11,162,247.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Lemon, Paul Starita, James Fendt of Singleton Schreiber LLP |
| Case: | Pinedo v. Valley Farm Transport, Inc. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $10,112,248.00 |
| Attorneys: | John B. Richards of Law Office of John B. Richards |
| Case: | Hohne, et al. v. Juul-Dam, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Toxic Exposure, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Failure to Disclose, Lead Poisoning, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Residential Premises Liability, Bodily Injury |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $10,024,171.00 |
| Attorneys: | Taylor J. Gaines of Batta Fulkerson; Elliott H. Jung, Emma Denise Van Ginneken of Hepburn Hernandez & Jung Trial Attorneys d/b/a HHJ Trial Attorneys |
| Case: | Mullaly v. Oakwood Worldwide LP |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Left Turn Accidents, U-Turn Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $9,815,558.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward M. Morgan, Anouk Rondell of Downtown L.A. Law Group LLP d/b/a DTLA Law Group |
| Case: | Chaney v. Automobile Driving Museum, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall Accidents, Fall Accidents, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Entertainment Premises Liability, Bodily Injury, Staircase Accidents |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $8,969,747.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Taylor B. Dordick, Zarif Kazi of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Issaian v. GLI Logistics Inc. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Negligent Hiring, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Truck Accidents |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $8,685,192.00 |
| Attorneys: | David R. Sugden of Call & Jensen; Geoffrey C. Chackel of Chackel Law |
| Case: | Crary v. Guzowski, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Economic Loss, Hostile Work Environment, Personal Injury, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Reputational Harm, Employment Discrimination, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation, Sex Discrimination |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $8,569,756.35 |
| Attorneys: | Byron Abron of Abron Law PC; Lior Behdadnia, Shawn Sasooness of Sasooness Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Gomez-Garcia v. Gallegos, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, T-Bone Collisions, Red-Light Accidents |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $8,492,942.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel S. DeSantis of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC |
| Case: | Briggs v. Warner Ctr. Summit Ltd. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Residential Premises Liability, Falling Object v. Tenant Accidents, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $7,637,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ayman R. Mourad, Elizabeth M. Kim of Lanzone Morgan LLP |
| Case: | Doherty v. Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Health Facility Negligence, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Elder Abuse, Negligent Torts, Bed Sores, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Nursing Home Malpractice, Bodily Injury, Elder Neglect |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $7,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Taylor Scott Kruse of Los Angeles City Law, APLC |
| Case: | Morrison v. Universal City Studios, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall Accidents, Fall Accidents, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Entertainment Premises Liability |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $6,626,603.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pejman A. Ben-Cohen, Robert J. Ounjian of Carpenter & Zuckerman |
| Case: | Castrellon v. Home Depot USA Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall Accidents, Fall Accidents, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Spinal Injury, Non-Motorized Vehicle Accidents, Retail Premises Liability, Bodily Injury |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tamara Freeze, Xinyue Liu of Workplace Justice Advocates, PLC; Preston H. Lim of Lim Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Heffernan v. Ignite Int'l, Ltd., et al. |
| Type: | Defamation, Economic Loss, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Reputational Harm |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $6,056,052.00 |
| Attorneys: | Maximilian Lee, Analicia Avila of The Dominguez Firm |
| Case: | Heravi v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall Accidents, Fall Accidents, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Public Premises Liability, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Fracture |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $5,810,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph G. Younes, Olivier A. Taillieu of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC t\a BD&J, PC |
| Case: | Ian Merritt v. Jonathan Cogley |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $5,771,068.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lourdes DeArmas, Ashley A. Laiken of Omega Law Group, PC |
| Case: | McElrath v. Los Angeles Cnty. Metro. Transp. Auth., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accidents, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Vicarious Liability, Mass Transit Accidents, Bone Fracture, Vehicular Accidents, Bus v. Passenger Accidents, Host Driver Negligence |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $5,729,080.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Kim, Maureen K. Hennessey of SHK Law Corporation |
| Case: | Chavez v. Sohng |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $5,465,508.00 |
| Attorneys: | Minh T. Nguyen, Lakshmi Odedra of Nguyen Lawyers, ALC |
| Case: | Gomez v. DAMLA, Inc. |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Negligent Torts, Vicarious Liability, Amputation/Limb Loss, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Bodily Injury, Traumatic Amputation |
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| Visit: | Top 100 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2025 |
Notes & Comments
04/16/2026: The following verdict has been reported to us after both the submission deadline and publication date. While it is too late to rearrange the list, it is important for us to mention this significant verdict, which would have otherwise made this list.
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Olivier A. Taillieu, Martin J. Kanarek of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC t\a BD&J, PC |
| Case: | Martinez Soto v. Ford Mazzola Assoc. Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Scaffolding Accidents, Negligent Maintenance, Gross Negligence, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Fall from Height, Work Premises Liability, Defective Work Equipment, Bodily Injury |