Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in the United States in 2021
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 motor vehicle accident settlements obtained in the United States in the year 2021. The list is comprised of cases filed either in a state or federal court, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit.
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| 11 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in the United States in 2021 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $4,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Joseph Donahue, Jeffrey A. Block of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Henry v. The City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $4,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John M. Cooper, William F. O’Mara, Griffin O’Hanlon of Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers |
| Case: | L.N., Pro Ami v. Spivey Pavement Markings Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Faulty Workmanship |
| State: | Virginia |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $4,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shanna Bailey, William Ricigliano of Ricigliano & Filopei, PC |
| Case: | Reese v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paula McCandlis, Matt Conner of Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner |
| Case: | Estate of Heutink v. Ferguson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Head-on Collision, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $4,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Evan L. Goldman of Goldman Davis Krumholz & Dillon, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Avevedo v. Hines, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Denis Delja of Dunnion Law |
| Case: | Sanchez v. Simas |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | California |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chris Davis of Davis Law Group |
| Case: | Estate of Pedestrian v. Truck Driver |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Paralysis Injury |
| State: | Washington |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $3,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason F. DeSouza of DeSouza Law |
| Case: | Lerma, et al. v. Rodan Transport Ltd., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Texas |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $3,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Beatty of Beatty Law, PLLC, Trial Counsel for Nguyen Leftt, P.C. |
| Case: | Police Officer v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Labor & Employment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New York |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Rafii of Rafii & Associates, PC; Ian P. Samson of Panish, Shea & Boyle, LLP |
| Case: | Acosta v. Fairfield‐Suisin School District, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | California |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexis McCumber, Roy Willey, Eric Poulin of Poulin | Willey | Anastopoulo |
| Case: | McMahon v. Craig |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Amputation |
| State: | South Carolina |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $3,417,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald J. Morgan, Gregg A. Stone of Kirsch, Gelband & Stone, P.A. |
| Case: | Banks, et al. v. New Jersey Transit Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Warren R. Paboojian, Jason S. Bell, Kevin B. Kalajian of Baradat & Paboojian Inc. |
| Case: | Reyes v. California Highway Patrol |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel B. Miller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Auto Drivers |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sam Coffey of Coffey Trial Law |
| Case: | Frost v. Powertown Line Construction LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $2,993,931.42 |
| Attorneys: | Arash Nematollahi, Mark Millard, Christopher Adamson of Adamson Ahdoot LLP |
| Case: | Lee Burton v. Murillo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Breiter, Sung "Sean" Kim, Chance Pardon of Law Offices of Brian Breiter, LLP |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Semi Truck Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Murphy, David L. Scher of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Townes v. The City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert H. Baumgarten, Michael A. Gallardo of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Gomes v. Bozali, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | L. Todd Kelly, William Rossick of The Carlson Law Firm |
| Case: | Driver v. Oil Field Services Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Texas |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David E. Schreiber of Wolpert Schreiber P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Petrowski v. Public Sports Bar, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Catastrophic Injury |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $2,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jon Teller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Delvecchio v. Bella |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $2,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Ruiz Munoz v. Neilson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $2,265,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jon Teller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | J.C. v. Auto Driver, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | California |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Castro v. Feliciano, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marcus Berg of Moss Berg Injury Lawyers |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Nevada |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $2,225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Joseph Donahue, Jeffrey A. Block of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Thompson v. NYCTA, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacob H. Seropian of Seropian Law, A PC |
| Case: | Injured Driver v. Auto Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hazel Chang of the Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Gomez v. Fred, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Glassman, Jonathan Davidi of Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP; Joseph S. Nourmand of Law Offices of Joseph S. Nourmand |
| Case: | Anderson v. Carreon, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura Lynn Davidson, Jubin Niamehr, Talia Yektafar of Jacoby & Meyers |
| Case: | Lomas v. Hydro Systems |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ashkahn Mohamadi of Sweet James, LLP |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Semi-Truck Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jany Martinez-Ward, Gregory C. Ward of The Ward Law Group P.L. |
| Case: | Ramirez v. The Hartford Ins. Group, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James E. 'Jeb' Butler III, Thomas A. Giannotti, Morgan E. Lyndall of Butler Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Jordan v. Evans delivery Co., Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Georgia |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher R. Karsten of Karsten Law Offices L.L.C. |
| Case: | Land-Harms v. Chicago Transit Authority |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Business Liability, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter K. Berg of Berg & Berg |
| Case: | Estate of Wilson v. Wells, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | Illinois |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter Chamas of Gill & Chamas |
| Case: | Smith v. Kloska, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Reiner, Christopher F. Holbrook of Schwartzapfel Lawyers PC |
| Case: | Mathur v. Kleet Lumber Co., Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Joseph Donahue, Jeffrey A. Block of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Jones v. Parikh |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Y. Albert Dauti of The Dauti Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Gamsen v. Palisades Automotive Partners, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin D. Swenson, Brian D. Shelley, Jake R. Spencer, Chrystal Mancuso-Smith of Swenson & Shelley PLLC |
| Case: | Estates of Jimenez v. Gonzalez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Utah |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $1,965,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Auto Drivers |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $1,920,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Murphy, David L. Scher of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Drewes v. Long Island Power Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $1,905,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin Hutchinson-Flaming, Chris Davis of Davis Law Group |
| Case: | Estate of Smith v. Tyau, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Washington |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William Ricigliano of Ricigliano & Filopei, PC |
| Case: | Cody v. Palacios, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura Lynn Davidson, Jubin Niamehr, Talia Yektafar of Jacoby & Meyers |
| Case: | SUV Driver v. Bus Co. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sameer Chopra, Alex Nocerino of Chopra & Nocerino |
| Case: | Pedestrian v. Trucking Co. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony Makarov, Cydney Korek of Gersowitz Libo & Korek, P.C. |
| Case: | Zhen v. Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| State: | New York |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,805,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Hoffman, Michael Avanesian of JT Legal Group |
| Case: | Compos, et al. v. Poon |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel B. Miller of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Barajas v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | California |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Jones of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Estrada, et al. v. Clover Stornetta Farms, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | California |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Simon, Brad Simon, Brandon Simon of The Simon Law Group |
| Case: | Lane, et al. v. Fresh Water Fish Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | California |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jane Holler of Holler & Marecki, LLC |
| Case: | Auto Driver v. Insurance Co., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph W. Balesteri of Power Rogers & Smith L.L.P., |
| Case: | Morgan v. Ajayi, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Illinois |
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| Visit: | Top 100 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in the United States in 2021 |