Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 motor vehicle accident verdicts obtained in the United States in 2025. The list is composed of various types of cases that were tried to a verdict before a state or federal jury in the United States. 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 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2025 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. D'Amico, Jeremy D'Amico of D’Amico & Pettinicchi, LLC; James J. Healy of Cowdery, Murphy & Healy, LLC |
| Case: | Zemo IV v. MyHoopty.com LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Supervise, Vicarious Liability, Paralysis Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Motorcycle Accidents, Left Turn Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $44,191,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John T. Burkhead, Tim Newsom, Debbie Dudley Branson of Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, P.C.; Jeffrey S. Levinger of Levinger PC |
| Case: | Vardy, et al. v. New Prime, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death, Negligent Hiring, Gross Negligence, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Negligent Torts, Vicarious Liability, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| State: | Texas |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $38,774,366.00 |
| 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 |
| Case: | Estate of Olivas v. Faaborg |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Burn Injury, Hit & Run Accidents, Impaired Driving Accidents, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death, Highway Accidents |
| State: | California |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $38,355,700.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael R. Cowen, Malorie J. Peacock, Odalys Lopez of Cowen | Rodriguez | Peacock; R. Blake Brunkenhoefer, Michael Mathis of Brunkenhoefer, P.C. |
| Case: | Garcia, et al. v. Kommitted Transportation, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Gross Negligence, Mass Transit Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Bus v. Passenger Accidents, Red-Light Accidents, Left Turn Accidents, Truck v. Bus Accidents, Neurological Injury, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| State: | Texas |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $38,052,543.92 |
| Attorneys: | Blake R. David of Broussard, David & Moroux; Donovan Jay O'Pry of O'Pry Law Firm |
| Case: | Leblanc v. Hoyos-Ocamp, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Gross Negligence, Head-on Collisions, Negligent Torts, Vicarious Liability, Amputation/Limb Loss, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Truck v. Car Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Traumatic Amputation |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 26 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $35,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zane T. Cagle, Andrew G. Mundwiller of The Cagle Law Firm |
| Case: | Deadmond v. Wildhaber, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Hit & Run Accidents, Gross Negligence, Head-on Collisions, Impaired Driving Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Punitive Damages |
| State: | Illinois |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $35,357,826.72 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron Broussard, Laura B. Knoll, Jerold Edward Knoll, Jr. of Broussard Knoll Law Firm |
| Case: | Carmouche, et al. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, et al |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Neurological Injury, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death, Injured Minor |
| State: | Louisiana |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $34,146,940.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Panish, Thomas A. Schultz, Andrew 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 |
| State: | California |
| 30 | |
| 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, Highway Accidents |
| State: | California |
| 31 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $32,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Katherine W. Binns, Paul R. Hornung of Law Office of Domingo Garcia, P.C.; Colemon Stokes of Stokes & Stokes |
| Case: | Sanchez v. Grass Roots Farming LLC |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Loader Accidents, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Industrial Vehicle Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| State: | Texas |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $31,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Skip Lynch, Bruce R. Kaster of Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball LLP; Patrick Cousins of Cousins Law APA |
| Case: | Cala v. XPO Logistics LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death, Vicarious Liability, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death, Highway Accidents |
| State: | Florida |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $31,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew G. Finkelstein of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP |
| Case: | Burley v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Bodily Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 34 | |
| 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, Highway Accidents |
| State: | California |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $30,533,743.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis P. Dore, Alexander D. Nobregas, K. Todd Butler of Law Offices of Ronald E. Sholes, P.A. |
| Case: | Adams, et al. v. Johnston |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Impaired Driving Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death, Highway Accidents |
| State: | Florida |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chad Lucas, Timothy C. Gaarder of Lucas Law Firm; Matthew A. McCoy of Presley & Presley, LLC |
| Case: | Smading v. Ward, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Falling Object, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Head-on Collisions, Multi-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Falling Object v. Car Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Car v. Passenger Accidents, Host Driver Negligence |
| State: | Missouri |
| 37 | |
| 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, Highway Accidents |
| State: | California |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $28,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeff K. Heck of Roberts & Roberts |
| Case: | Gray v. Energy Transfer LP, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Work Accidents, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Vicarious Liability, Occupational Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Truck Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| State: | Texas |
| 39 | |
| 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, Traumatic Amputation |
| State: | California |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $27,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mary Simon, Timothy M. Cronin of The Simon Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Klucker v. Zobrist |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Motorcycle Accidents, T-Bone Collisions, Stop Sign Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Illinois |
| 41 | |
| 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, Defective Product Design, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Defective Auto Equipment, Rollover Accidents, All-Terrain Vehicle Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| State: | California |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $24,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ben C. Brodhead, II, Ashley B. Fournet, Orlando P. Ojeda, Jr., Michael A. Arndt of Brodhead Law, LLC |
| Case: | Stephens v. Browning |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Wrongful Death, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Motorcycle Accidents, Stop Sign Accidents, Left Turn Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| State: | Georgia |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $22,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Drew Gilliland, Dani Martinez, Teana Overton, Dennis E. Sawan of Nick Schnyder Law Firm; Maxwell K. Thelen of Ashby Thelen & Lowry |
| Case: | Hernandez-Hernandez v. Rodriguez-Zaldana, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Georgia |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $21,325,000.00 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $21,269,560.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jibraeel Zaidi, Rabia Said of Witherite Law Group, PLLC |
| Case: | Williams v. Howard |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Gross Negligence, Impaired Driving Accidents, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Texas |
| 46 | |
| 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, Highway Accidents |
| State: | California |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $21,031,074.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Randolph Pickett, Kimberly O. Weingart, Kyle T. Sharp, Rachel M. Jennings, Samantha N. Stanfill of Pickett Dummigan Weingart LLP; Robert J. Miller Sr. of The Law Office of Robert J. Miller Sr. |
| Case: | Riedel v. Pacheco, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Oregon |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $20,657,067.00 |
| Attorneys: | George G. Mgdesyan, Araksya Boyadzhyan of Mgdesyan Law Firmt\/aL.A. Lawyers |
| Case: | Avalos v. Mier, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Wrongful Death, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death, Punitive Damages |
| State: | California |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $20,365,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nadia H. Dahab of Sugerman Dahab; John M. Coletti of Paulson Coletti Trial Attorneys PC; Joshua V. Callahan of Callahan Law Office |
| Case: | Estate of Diaz v. Scott |
| Type: | Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Wrongful Death, Impaired Driving Accidents, Negligent Torts, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death, Punitive Damages |
| State: | Oregon |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $20,182,239.77 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew Wooley of Wooley Law Firm |
| Case: | Trujillo, et al. v. Rodriguez |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Wrongful Death, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Motorcycle Accidents, Stop Sign Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| State: | Texas |
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