Top 50 Personal Injury Settlements in California in 2017
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jake Douglass, Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Doe Plaintiff v. Roe Truck Staffing Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $13,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven J. Brady of Brady Law Group |
| Case: | Wang v. El Dorado County Transit Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $10,924,420.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Velasco v. Doe Construction, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $9,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas M. Dempsey of Law Offices of Thomas M. Dempsey; Daniel E. Selarz, Aryan Sarbaz of Selarz Law Corp. |
| Case: | Espano v. City of Torrance |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $9,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Joseph R. Yates of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | McFarlane v. Urbana Tahoe TC L.L.C. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; Cristobal M. Galindo of Law offices of Cristobal M. Galindo, P.C. |
| Case: | Colbert v. C.R. England Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $8,805,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David L. Roark of Law Offices of David L. Roark |
| Case: | Yao v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Maintain |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Brenner of Law Offices of Robert A. Brenner |
| Case: | Helmi v. Howard |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jefferson Saylor of AlderLaw, P.C.; Jake Douglass, Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | French v. Caterpillar, Inc. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Defective Product |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $6,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Haddad, Julia Sherwin, Maya M. Sorensen, Thomas Kennedy Helm, IV of Haddad & Sherwin LLP |
| Case: | Harmon v. City of Santa Clara, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Personal Injury, Police Misconduct, Unreasonable Search and Seizure |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jake Douglass, Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish, Jefferson Saylor of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Godefroy v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $6,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David F. Makkabi of Makkabi Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Mercado-Medina et al. v. Noller, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $5,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; Justin D. Feldman of Lewis, Marenstein, Wicke, Sherwin & Lee, LLP |
| Case: | Geernaert v. City of Palos Verdes Estates |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Haddad of Haddad & Sherwin LLP |
| Case: | Petrov v. Alameda County, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Personal Injury, Police Brutality, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $3,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vicki I. Sarmiento of Law Offices of Vicki I. Sarmiento; Dale K. Galipo of Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo |
| Case: | J.M.M., Pro ami Cruz v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Denial of Medical Care |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jin N. Lew, Philip Michels, Steven B. Stevens of Law Offices of Michels & Lew |
| Case: | R.J., Pro ami Chang v. Ahmadinia, M.D., et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arnoldo Casillas of Casillas & Associates |
| Case: | Nguyen v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas D. Shaffer of Dordick Law Corporation |
| Case: | Confidential v. Confidential |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $2,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carly L. Sanchez, Roger E. Booth of The Law Offices of Booth & Koskoff |
| Case: | Nunez-Aguirre v. White Cap Construction Supply Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Fall, Defective Product |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven V. Angarella of Angarella Law |
| Case: | Storti v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nathaniel J.Friedman, Barton A. Friedman of Law Offices of Nathaniel J. Friedman |
| Case: | C.L. v. County of San Bernardino |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury, Failure to Treat |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $2,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tyler J. Barnett, James P. Carr of Yuhl Carr LLP; Michael P. Ehline of Ehline Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Gilbert v. Quinones |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey R. Windsor of Windsor PLC |
| Case: | Godizano v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary S. Gray, Michelle A. MacDonald of Gray Duffy LLP; Jay J. Tanenbaum of Law Offices of Jay J. Tanenbaum |
| Case: | Hernandez v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Personal Injury, Gunshot, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Otto L. Haselhoff of Law Offices of Otto L. Haselhoff, PC; Guy Levy of Law Offices of Guy Levy & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Koyle v. Palmer |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arun Dayalan of Shawn Steel Law Firm |
| Case: | Castillo v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John D. Winer, Shawn D. Tillis of Winer McKenna & Burritt LLP |
| Case: | Evans v. Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,799,999.90 |
| Attorneys: | Teresa A. Johnson, Daniel K. Kramer of Kramer Holcomb Sheik LLP |
| Case: | Theis v. Mayboroda, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin R. Boyle, Robert S. Glassman of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP |
| Case: | Bermudez v. Los Angeles County |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert L. Meissner, Werner R. Meissner of Law Office of Werner R. Meissner, APLC |
| Case: | Confidential v. Confidential |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard C. Watters of Miles, Sears & Eanni, PC |
| Case: | Powell v. High Class Limousines |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck Accident |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; Douglas E. Kottler of Law Offices of Kottler & Kottler |
| Case: | Alejandrez v. Archdiocese of Los Angeles Risk Management Corp. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Monrae L. English of Wild, Carter & Tipton; Jeffrey S. Mitchell of Mitchell Law Group |
| Case: | Pizana v. Community Regional Medical Centers |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael D. Weinreb of Law Offices of Michael D. Weinreb; Ted B. Wacker, Whit D. Bertch of Law Offices of Ted B. Wacker |
| Case: | Packard v. FedEx Ground Package Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marvin S. Cherin of Law Office of Marvin S. Cherin; David J. Reinard, Margaret A. Sedy of Law Offices of David Reinard PC |
| Case: | Yanez v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric J. Ratinoff of Eric Ratinoff Law Corp. |
| Case: | Jane Doe v. City of Sacramento, et al. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Sexual Assault, Inadequate Security, Police Misconduct |
| 30 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Walter H. Walker, III of Walker Hamilton Koenig & Burbidge |
| Case: | Delaney v. City Of San Francisco, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 30 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron S. Bregman of Law Offices of Aaron S. Bregman; Steven V. Angarella of Angarella Law |
| Case: | Khosh v. DK Electrical Contractors Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Burn Injury, Electrical Injury |
| 31 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard C. Watters of Miles, Sears & Eanni, PC |
| Case: | Deaver v. A&D Silage Bros. Covering |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 31 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory Stuck of Stuck Law Firm |
| Case: | HIlderbrand v. Mates, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 31 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Megan K. Crosbie, Douglas L. Gordon of Miles, Sears & Eanni, PC |
| Case: | Confidential v. Confidential |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $977,888.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel D. Geoulla of B&D Law Group, APLC; David D. Ernst, Stephen L. Backus of Backus & Ernst, LLP; Farid Yaghoubtil, David Azizi of Downtown L.A Law Group |
| Case: | Molina v. Morris |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marlon V. Young of Merrill, Arnone & Jones LLP; Patrick W. Emery, Matthew R. Lilligren, Jack M. Sanford of Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery, P.C. |
| Case: | Ross v. Gray |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Derek S. Raynes, Jeffrey S. Raynes of Raynes Erickson |
| Case: | Medina v. Gomez, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $925,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pajman Jassim, Parisima Roshanzamir of Jassim Law |
| Case: | T.B. v. Grossmont Union High School District |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $917,498.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marvin H. Weiss of Law Offices of Marvin H. Weiss; Hans P. Fleischner of Law Offices of Hans P. Fleischner |
| Case: | Bocanegra v. City of Palm Springs |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Personal Injury, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, Intentional Tort |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Leonard B. Gabbay of Leonard B. Gabbay, PC |
| Case: | Edison v. Main Event Entertainment LP, et al. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Otto L. Haselhoff of Law Offices of Otto L. Haselhoff, PC |
| Case: | Howard v. Velasco |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $825,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark S. Glazer, Kriya P. Onorato of Glazer & Blinder |
| Case: | Confidential v. Confidential |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Scaffolding Accident |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $725,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles J. McLurkin of Channel Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | R.H. Pro Ami v. Soria |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $699,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel M. Hodes of Hodes, Milman, Liebeck, LLP |
| Case: | Plaintiff Breast Cancer Patient v. Defendant Ob/Gyn. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $661,100.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ralph T. Rogari of Rogari Law Firm; Martin Stanley of Martin Stanley Law; Henry H. Bahk of Law Offices of Henry H. Bahk; Dana Fox of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP |
| Case: | Kyoung S. Lee, et al.v. Samho Tour Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | P. Christopher Ardalan, Mark K. Drew, Han S. Lee of Ardalan & Associates PLC; Cameron Y. Brock of The Law Offices of Burg & Brock |
| Case: | Hakobyan v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | P. Paul Aghabala of Law Offices of P. Paul Aghabala & Associates |
| Case: | Martinez v. Zarrinnam |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bobby Saadian, Colin M. Jones, Daniel B. Miller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Cruz v. Alvord |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William D. Shapiro, Brian D. Shapiro of The Law Offices of William D. Shapiro; Fred Hanassab of Law Offices of Fred Hanassab |
| Case: | Morales v. Scavone |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $555,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Fred D. Crawford, IV of Law Offices of Fred Daniels Crawford IV |
| Case: | Confidential v. Confidential |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip and Fall, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carly L. Edson, Roger E. Booth of The Law Offices of Booth & Koskoff |
| Case: | Junk v. Burns |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey A. Milman of Hodes, Milman, Liebeck, LLP |
| Case: | Doe Plaintiff v. Roe Defendant HMO |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Drexler, Jonathan A. Drexler of Law Offices of David Drexler |
| Case: | J.R., Pro Ami v. Loma Linda University Medical Center |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $444,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | William F. Salle of Law Offices of William F. Salle; Susan M. Garrett of Garrett Law Group, PC; Carl A. Feldman of Law Offices of Carl A. Feldman; Edgardo M. Lopez of Law Offices of Edgardo M. Lopez |
| Case: | Romero v. Duardo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $430,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Augusto Focil, Jr. of Focil Law Firm |
| Case: | Simon-Juan v. Rios |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey A. Milman of Hodes, Milman, Liebeck, LLP |
| Case: | Doe Plaintiff v. Roe Hospital |
| Type: | Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Slip and Fall |