Top 100 Verdicts in California in 2020
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| 1 - 50 | |
| Visit: | Top 50 Verdicts in California in 2020 |
| 51 | |
| Amount: | $641,860.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Nojima of Lederer & Nojima LLP; Greyson Goody of The Simon Law Group, LLP |
| Case: | Luciano v. Knopf |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 52 | |
| Amount: | $615,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith J. Bruno, Stephen K. McElroy of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley LLP |
| Case: | Larson v. O’Reilly |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 53 | |
| Amount: | $612,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | John F. Denove of Cheong, Denove, Rowell, Bennett & Hapuarachy; Mark Waecker of Law Offices of Mark Waecker |
| Case: | Kim v. Ma Gal B.B.Q. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Restaurant Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 54 | |
| Amount: | $610,190.00 |
| Attorneys: | Luan K. Phan, Sharon Niku of PB Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Hesselgrave v. Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Wrongful Demotion, Negligent Tort |
| 55 | |
| Amount: | $507,748.00 |
| Attorneys: | John S. Hinman, Seth E. Workman of Hinman Law Group P.C.; Joseph Pourshalimy, Laura Ames of Law Offices of Joseph Pourshalimy, PC |
| Case: | Bassett-Smith v. Flores |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 56 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Victor L. George, Wayne C. Smith of Law Offices of Victor L. George |
| Case: | Samson v. Wells Fargo Bank, National Assoc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 56 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory Garrison, Kevin Rhine of Gregory M. Garrison APC |
| Case: | Albertini v. Acebo-Houlihan |
| Type: | Property Rights, Nuisance, Intentional Tort, Real Estate, Trespass |
| 57 | |
| Amount: | $479,313.00 |
| Attorneys: | Maro Burunsuzyan, David L. Scott of Law Offices of Maro Burunsuzyan |
| Case: | Perez-Sandi v. Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| 58 | |
| Amount: | $458,650.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael B. Geoola, Daniel D. Geoulla, Mahsa Farid of B & D Law Group APLC |
| Case: | Flores v. Soria, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 59 | |
| Amount: | $457,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pejman Ben-Cohen, Megan R. Gyongyos, Robert J. Ounjian of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley |
| Case: | Aguilar v. Davis |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Scooter Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 60 | |
| Amount: | $434,713.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel T. Pierson of Law Offices of Daniel T. Pierson |
| Case: | Shannon v. Saleh |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 61 | |
| Amount: | $408,175.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law P.C. |
| Case: | San Juan v. Hernandez |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Imprisonment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment |
| 62 | |
| Amount: | $404,228.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacob Cutler of Strategic Legal Practices APC; Michael H. Rosenstein, Brian T. Shippen-Murray of Law Offices of Michael H. Rosenstein LC; Ramtin Shahian of Benchmark Legal, P.C. |
| Case: | Newton v. BMW of North America LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Business Liability, Defective Product, Consumer Protection, Lemon Law, Breach of Warranty of Merchantability |
| 63 | |
| Amount: | $386,904.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy J. Levy, Nissim Levin, Jack Gindi, Zev Abramson of Abramson Labor Group |
| Case: | Ortega v. The Kirin Hut |
| Type: | Retaliation, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 64 | |
| Amount: | $326,719.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark J. Ginnamore, Siamak Vaziri, Shawn K. Elliott of Vaziri Law Group APC |
| Case: | Solorzano v. Sierra |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 65 | |
| Amount: | $309,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jon Davidi of Lederer & Nojima LLP; Nathan Werksman of Panish, Shea & Boyle |
| Case: | Jones v. Epstein |
| Type: | Dog Bite, Personal Injury, Animal Attack, Strict Liability |
| 66 | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan M. Lebe of Lebe Law A.P.L.C.; Rodney Mesriani of Mesriani Law Group A.P.L.C. |
| Case: | Ortega v. Carson Wild Wings LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| 67 | |
| Amount: | $295,540.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon S. Reif, Marc Ehrlich of Reif Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Brunetti, et al. v. Shaw, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Conversion, Intentional Tort |
| 68 | |
| Amount: | $287,879.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ranger J. Wiens, Daniel L. Jones of Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc. |
| Case: | Mendonca v. Shahabeddin |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 69 | |
| Amount: | $272,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Douglas Easton, Gabriel M. Mendoza of Easton & Easton, LLP |
| Case: | Kay v. UCSD Medical Center, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Failure to Inform, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 70 | |
| Amount: | $269,976.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jarod A. Krissman, Ian C. Deady of Krissman & Silver LLP |
| Case: | Chabra v. McMenamy |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 71 | |
| Amount: | $253,454.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tom G. Antunovich of Bisnar|Chase |
| Case: | Nevarez v. Brutoco |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 72 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan R. Brayton, Gilbert L. Purcell, James P. Nevin, David R. Donadio of Brayton Purcell LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Mahoney v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Design Defect |
| 73 | |
| Amount: | $217,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Douglas Easton, Gabriel M. Mendoza, Brian W. Easton of Easton & Easton L.L.P. |
| Case: | Kay v. Regents of The University of California, et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Failure to Inform, Failure to Refer, Negligent Tort |
| 74 | |
| Amount: | $209,416.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven B. Effres, Justin J. Effres, Debra S. Fischl of Effres & Associates |
| Case: | Bartell v. Spreter |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 75 | |
| Amount: | $198,070.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey S. Hickey, Mircea S. Tala, Lindsey Downey of Ardalan & Associates; Bernard J. Thalheimer of Law Offices of Burg & Brock |
| Case: | Ekbatani v. Zeidler |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 76 | |
| Amount: | $195,385.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert L. Clarkson, Brett Rubin of Clarkson Riley Rubin LLP |
| Case: | Clarkson Riley Rubin LLP v. Roussos |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unjust Enrichment, Commercial Litigation |
| 77 | |
| Amount: | $192,850.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laurence L. Hummer, Rosslyn Hummer of Laurence L. Hummer, A Law Corporation |
| Case: | Laurence L. Hummer, A Law Corp. v. Darwish |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 78 | |
| Amount: | $192,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul R. Kiesel, Steven D. Archer, Bryan Garcia, Nicole Ramirez, Ashley M. Conlogue of Kiesel Law LLP |
| Case: | Carlin v. Boroomand |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 79 | |
| Amount: | $165,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eugene G. Bruno, Bassem N. Salem of Eugene Bruno & Associates |
| Case: | Brown v. Singhal |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 80 | |
| Amount: | $150,342.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander M. Merino of Merino Yebri LLP |
| Case: | Stern v. Dekirmendjian |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Commercial Litigation |
| 81 | |
| Amount: | $146,376.00 |
| Attorneys: | James G. Bohm, Charles H. Smith, Daniel R. Wildish of Bohm Wildish & Matsen LLP |
| Case: | Bohm Wildish LLP v. Roebuck |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 82 | |
| Amount: | $127,400.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan M. Garrie, Guillermo Marrero, Chelsea Yamabe of International Practice Group P.C.; Douglas E. Kottler of Law Offices of Kottler & Kottler |
| Case: | Pimentel v. Smith |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 83 | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frances M. Campbell, Nima Farahani, JoAnne E. Belisle of Campbell & Farahani LLP |
| Case: | Rucker v. Beshkov |
| Type: | Fraud, Landlord-Tenant, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Eviction |
| 84 | |
| Amount: | $122,150.00 |
| Attorneys: | John B. Richards of Law Office of John B. Richards |
| Case: | Polk v. Gerrity |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Personal Injury, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Nuisance, Landlord-Tenant, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| 85 | |
| Amount: | $118,550.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark D. Holmes of Law Offices of Mark D. Holmes APC; M. Stephen Cho, Christopher Lucero of CKB Vienna LLP |
| Case: | Mills v. Hayes |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Conversion, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Bad Faith, Shareholder Dispute |
| 86 | |
| Amount: | $117,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Cortright, Sunny Delitala of Law Offices of Kevin Cortright; Brian T. Dunn, Megan R. Gyongyos of The Cochran Firm |
| Case: | Patel v. Deputy Sheriff Curtis |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Intentional Tort, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 87 | |
| Amount: | $104,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Armen M. Tashjian of Law Offices of Armen M. Tashjian; Daniel Setareh of Setareh Law APLC |
| Case: | Babaian v. Ralphs Grocery Co. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort |
| 88 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eugene G. Iredale, Julia Yoo, Grace Jun of Iredale & Yoo APC |
| Case: | Adams v. Sotelo, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Negligent Supervision, Intentional Tort, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort |
| 88 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Roach of Law Office of John J. Roach; Daniel Rossi of Martino & Rossi Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Garcia v. Lin |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 89 - 100 | |
| Note: | Verdicts below $100,000 have not been included to the list. |