$7,000,000: Castaneda v. Perez

On June 4, 2016, Defendant ran a red light and t-boned our client who was leaving his first job to attend his second job. For the next 5.5 years, the defense team blamed our client for causing the collision and wouldn't pay his medical expenses. The client underwent physical therapy, MRIs, epidural injections to both his cervical and lumbar spine, 3 lumbar spine surgeries, including a fusion, and had a permanent spinal cord stimulator placed inside his body to help regulate his pain. For 5.5 years, our client lived in chronic pain. From September 8 through September 28, 2021, the trial was in Westminster Court with Judge Nathan Scott. The first day of jury selection, the defendant admitted responsibility for causing the collision, but thought the medical bills were too high and that the surgeries shouldn't have be done. The jury returned a verdict of $6,430,168.47 that included $4,000,000.00 in future non-economic damages. Further, Plaintiff beat their C.C.P. section 998 offer of $1,600,000.00 together with $350,000.00 in trial expenses brings the total award in excess of $7,000,000.00.