Speeding ambulance
Award: $23,903,434
Ambulance traveling 70 mph struck a vehicle in an intersection, leaving its 83-year-old driver tetraplegic (Del Barba v. American Medical Response Inc., Alameda County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Terry O’Reilly).

Airplane crash
Award: $13,967,413
Passenger severely injured in crash landing of Beechcraft airplane after engine fell off in mid-air (Michelberg v. Teledyne Continental Motors Inc., Santa Clara County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Michael S. Danko).

Newspaper carriers
Award: $42,000,000
More than 5,000 current and former newspaper carriers alleged they were misclassified as independent contractors (Gonzalez v. Freedom Communications Inc., Orange County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Daniel J. Callahan).

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Award: $23,903,434
Ambulance traveling 70 mph struck a vehicle in an intersection, leaving its 83-year-old driver tetraplegic (Del Barba v. American Medical Response Inc., Alameda County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Terry O’Reilly).

Airplane crash
Award: $13,967,413
Passenger severely injured in crash landing of Beechcraft airplane after engine fell off in mid-air (Michelberg v. Teledyne Continental Motors Inc., Santa Clara County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Michael S. Danko).

Newspaper carriers
Award: $42,000,000
More than 5,000 current and former newspaper carriers alleged they were misclassified as independent contractors (Gonzalez v. Freedom Communications Inc., Orange County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Daniel J. Callahan).

Financial elder abuse
Award: $2,400,000
Elderly mother and daughter were defrauded of most of their property by various entities (Shafer v. McManus, Sonoma County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Jeffrey J. Allen).

Signalman injured
Award: $48,493,140
Member of a construction gang was rendered quadriplegic when a co-worker who was driving him to the work site drifted off the road and rolled the truck (Doi v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., Los Angeles County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Donald Britt).

Insurance recovery
Award: $1,625,000
City of San Diego recovered lost revenue from its insurance company after smoke from wildfires forced the cancellation of an NFL game at Qualcomm Stadium (City of San Diego v. Lexington Insurance Co., Southern District Federal Court, Plaintiff attorney: Harvey R. Levine).

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Award: $2,400,000
Elderly mother and daughter were defrauded of most of their property by various entities (Shafer v. McManus, Sonoma County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Jeffrey J. Allen).

Signalman injured
Award: $48,493,140
Member of a construction gang was rendered quadriplegic when a co-worker who was driving him to the work site drifted off the road and rolled the truck (Doi v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., Los Angeles County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Donald Britt).

Insurance recovery
Award: $1,625,000
City of San Diego recovered lost revenue from its insurance company after smoke from wildfires forced the cancellation of an NFL game at Qualcomm Stadium (City of San Diego v. Lexington Insurance Co., Southern District Federal Court, Plaintiff attorney: Harvey R. Levine).

Neighbor altercation
Award: $17,191,527
While taking out his trash, a man got into a physical confrontation with his neighbor, resulting in severe and permanent brain damage (Bilyeu v. Cowgill, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Nancy P. Doumanian).

Overtime pay
Award: $15,100,000
Class of escrow officers alleged they were misclassified as exempt employees and were not paid for overtime (Brewer v. First American Title, Orange County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: Nicholas Wagner).

Daycare molestation
Award: $1,617,620
Three girls, ages 5 to 7, were sexually fondled by an employee of a daycare center run by Los Angeles Unified School District (Confidential v. Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Plaintiff attorney: David M. Ring).