Top 10 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2023
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 personal injury verdicts obtained in California in the year 2023. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of California.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $2,280,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Sexual Abuse Victim v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Failure to Report |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $332,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott Love, Grace Hooten, Ryan Ziminskas of Clark, Love & Hutson, PLLC; Paul Kiesel, Melanie Palmer of Kiesel Law, LLP |
| Case: | Dennis v. Monsanto Co. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Design Defect, Bodily Injury |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $161,005,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | T. Gabe Houston of The Trial Lab; Robbie G. Munoz, Travis Davis of The Simon Law Group |
| Case: | Soulliere v. Suzuki Motor Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Fraudulent Concealment, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Intentional Tort, Equipment Malfunction, Design Defect, Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $135,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish of Panish, Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | B.B., et al. v. Moreno Valley Unified Sch. Dist. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Negligent Hiring, Psychological Injury, Negligent Training, Child Abuse, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $63,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jakob Z. Norman, Brian J. Ward, Erin L. Powers, Ansley O'Brien of Trial Lawyers for Justice PC; Taylor Ernst, Don A. Ernst, Terry Kilpatrick, Danielle E. Miller of Ernst Law Group |
| Case: | Wright v. Union Oil Co. of CA |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Toxic Exposure, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $61,768,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring LLP; Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Esphorst v. Hicks, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Gross Negligence, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $51,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mohamad Ahmad, Ray Kermani, Jason Doucette of Kermani LLP |
| Case: | Maggio v. First Solar Electric |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Burn Injury, Electrical Injury, Utility Negligence, Negligent Tort, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $46,475,112.33 |
| Attorneys: | Rahul Ravipudi, Paul A. Traina, John W. Shaller, Trevor Weitzenberg of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP; Shawn D. Morris, Michael Malady, Christian Barton of Morris, Sullivan & Lemkul, LLP |
| Case: | Greener v. M.Phelps, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Quadriplegia, Paralysis Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $46,391,485.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Murphy Jr., John D. Barron of James R. Murphy Jr. and John D. Barron ALC; Donald G. Liddy of Liddy Law Firm |
| Case: | Henderson v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $41,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Beecher, Nicole Guillen of The Law Offices of Arash Khorsandi; Paul Heidenreich, David Brown of Huskinson Brown & Heidenreich, LLP |
| Case: | Fernandez v. Walmart Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Negligent Security, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury |
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