Top Individual Car Accident Verdicts and Settlements

$262.5 Million Verdict for Odessa Man Left Quadriplegic After Bar Overserved His Attacker

An Ector County jury awarded $262.5 million to Isaac Sanchez, left quadriplegic when a drunk driver who had been served 19 drinks at Linx Bar and Grill rear-ended his motorcycle at a North Odessa intersection in June 2021.

$120 Million Verdict for Man Paralyzed When Gainesville Utility Truck Ran a Stop Sign

A Morgan & Morgan trial team won a $120 million Alachua County verdict for Jacob Rodgers, paralyzed at 20 when a Gainesville Regional Utilities driver ran a stop sign and broadsided the pickup he was riding in. After appeals and remittitur cut the judgment to $18.3 million, the case settled for $11 million, most of it paid through a Florida legislative claims bill that became law in 2025.

After trial: Under Florida comparative fault rules the court entered an $18.3 million judgment, and in November 2023 an appeals court ordered a new trial. Recovery from the city above $200,000 also requires a legislative claims bill.

$114 Million Verdict Against USAA for Bad-Faith Handling of Rear-End Crash Claim

A Clark County jury awarded Timothy Kuhn $114 million after USAA spent years stonewalling his claim from a 2018 rear-end collision it had originally conceded was not his fault.

$112.9 Million Verdict in Dram Shop Case After Crash Leaves 6-Year-Old With Traumatic Brain Injury

A unanimous Travis County jury returned a $112.9 million verdict against Wings 'N More and the intoxicated driver who struck the Carpenter family vehicle in August 2023, causing catastrophic injuries to a 6-year-old passenger.

$101 Million Bad-Faith Verdict Against Progressive After Crosswalk TBI

A Clark County jury awarded $101 million against Progressive -- $1 million compensatory and $100 million punitive -- after the insurer delayed paying Hal Goldblatt's medical bills for months following a 2022 crosswalk collision that caused a traumatic brain injury.

$96.9M Verdict: Nassau County Ignored 108 Crashes Before Teen Was Catastrophically Injured

A Nassau County jury awarded $96,906,004 to a woman who suffered catastrophic brain injuries at age 15 at an intersection the county had been warned about for years, making it the second-largest verdict in Nassau County history.

Miami-Dade Jury Awards $95 Million After Drunk Driver Overserved at a Miami Bar Kills Daughter and Catastrophically Injures Son

A Miami-Dade jury returned a $95 million verdict, among the largest motor-vehicle awards in the history of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, for the family of a young woman killed and her brother catastrophically injured when a drunk driver traveled the wrong way on I-95 in December 2015 after being overserved at a Miami bar.

$85 Million Verdict for a Pedestrian Run Over by a Manhattan Tour Bus

A Manhattan jury awarded $85 million to a writer and former New York Times columnist who was severely injured by a double-decker sightseeing bus while lawfully crossing the street.

Boone County Jury Returns $74 Million Verdict Against Eaton Asphalt in a Mother's Death

A Boone County jury found that Eaton Asphalt's improper repaving of Richwood Road created the edge drop-off that sent a flatbed truck into Amy Skiba's car, and awarded her three children $74 million.

$70 Million Platte County Record for Family of Boy Killed in I-29 Construction Zone Crash

A Platte County jury returned a record $70 million verdict after an eight-year-old boy died and his six-year-old sister was seriously injured when a distracted driver rear-ended their grandparents' car in a highway construction zone.

Nueces County Jury Returns $67.47 Million for Paralyzed Passenger in Oilfield Company-Vehicle Crash

A Nueces County jury awarded $67.47 million to Christopher Arnold, paralyzed from the waist down after a Weatherford US oilfield employee rear-ended the vehicle he was riding in on FM 624 near Calallen; a pre-agreed high-low cap limited actual recovery to $9 million.

A Two-Lane Pothole, a Rollover on I-55, and a $60 Million Settlement

Clifford Law Offices secured a $60 million settlement for Sarah Grasser, 31, left paraplegic when another driver swerved to avoid a deep pothole in an I-55 work zone and struck her car, rolling it into a ditch.

$60 Million Verdict for San Antonio Man Hurt When Drunk Driver Blew a Red Light at 78 MPH

A Bexar County jury returned a $59.8 million verdict, later converted to a $60.09 million judgment, for 23-year-old Armando Guerrero III after a drunk driver ran a red light at nearly twice the posted speed limit on Southwest Military Drive.

$60 Million Verdict for TBI Victim of Velocity Express Van Collision

A Suffolk jury returned a $60 million verdict, then the largest damages award in Virginia history, for Brian Hugen, who suffered catastrophic traumatic brain injury when a Velocity Express delivery van crossed into his lane; the Virginia Supreme Court affirmed liability but ordered a new trial on damages.

A Marion County Jury's $52 Million Verdict for an Ocala Family Hit at a Red Light

After a speeding BMW rear-ended a mother and her four children stopped at an Ocala red light, a Marion County jury awarded the family nearly $52 million, reported as the largest verdict in the county's history.

$47.4 Million Verdict for Law Student Left Brain-Damaged in Thruway Road-Rage Crash

Ross Cellino and Stephen Barnes won a $47.4 million Erie County jury verdict for a 22-year-old law student who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when two drivers played high-speed road tag on the New York State Thruway.

$45 Million Settlement for Teen Catastrophically Brain-Injured in Chicago Police-Chase Crash

A $45 million payout for 15-year-old Nathen Jones, left unable to walk, speak, or feed himself after Chicago officers chased a car over a minor traffic stop, believed to be the largest the city has ever paid for a police-pursuit crash.

$43 Million Broward Verdict for Couple Left in Comas by Drunk Driver

A Broward County jury awarded $43 million to Steadman and Eileen Haase after an 18-year-old drunk driver crossed the median on Rock Island Road in Lauderhill on December 22, 2019, sending his car airborne and crushing the couple's vehicle.

$41.6 Million Federal Verdict After Tribal Police Chief's 100 mph Chase Leaves Teen Brain-Damaged

A federal judge awarded $41.6 million to two young victims after a Flandreau Sioux Tribe police chief initiated a reckless, policy-violating pursuit at speeds exceeding 100 mph on gravel roads in Moody County, South Dakota, leaving one teenager with a permanent traumatic brain injury.

$41 Million Verdict Against Drunk Company Driver and Employer in Limestone County Crash

A Limestone County jury awarded $41 million to a married couple who suffered catastrophic injuries when an intoxicated company driver ran a stop sign and struck their pickup truck, holding both the driver and his employer vicariously liable.