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Representative Jury Verdicts for Ricardo Echeverria
Mr. Echeverria’s trial record is distinguished by impressive victories in courts throughout the state. Below is a sample of his significant victories:
- He won a $68 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice case in Fresno, CA (Perez et al. v Community Regional Medical Center, Pervaiz A. Chaudhry) the National Law Journal recognized the verdict as one of the Elite Trial Lawyer Top 50 Verdicts in 2018
- Mr. Echeverria obtained a $25.7 million (net) jury verdict in a catastrophic personal injury case (Elkins v. Murchison)
- He won a $17 million jury verdict in a catastrophic personal injury case where a security guard had his leg amputated in a forklift accident (Meier v. PennySaver USA)
- He won a $15 million jury verdict in a wrongful death case involving a mother of two killed in a hit-and-run accident (Paregien v. Perez dba E&M Trucking)
- Mr. Echeverria obtained a $13.2 million jury verdict in an auto v. bicycle hit-and-run accident (Wood v Venegas)
- He was successful in winning a $7.2 million unanimous jury verdict against an insurance company for its failure to settle a claim within policy limits on behalf of its insured in Minnesota Federal Court (George Martin Co. v. Royal Insurance)
- He obtained a $5.1 million jury verdict against an insurance company for low-balling victims of the October 2003 California Wildfires (Stone v. Fidelity National)
- Mr. Echeverria won a $3.6 million jury verdict against an insurance company for its failure to pay on a $75,000 water loss claim under a homeowner’s insurance policy (Colombero v. USAA)
- He was successful in winning a $3.3 million jury verdict against an insurance company for mishandling a fire claim for victims of the 2007 San Diego wildfires (Van Zee v. Homesite Insurance)
- He won a $3.2 million jury verdict in a wrongful death and personal injury trial (Rojas v. HFS Enterprises)
- Mr. Echeverria obtained a $2.3 million jury verdict against an insurance agent in an agent negligence case (Fulton Santa Rosa v Sullivan Curtis Monroe Insurance Services)
- In Bakersfield, he won a $2 million jury verdict against an oil refinery in a breach of employment contract case (George Sturges, Jr. vs. Kern Fuels Research, LLC, et al.)
- Mr. Echeverria obtained a $1.9 million verdict on behalf of the City of Long Beach against its insurer in a coverage dispute (City of Long Beach v. AIG)
- He obtained a $1.8 million jury verdict for a computer software developer (Nunn v. Cigna)
- He successfully won a $1.8 million verdict against the State of California in a wrongful death action (Musharbash v. State of California)
- Mr. Echeverria won a $1.2 million jury verdict in a personal injury matter (Berry v. Hicks)
- He obtained a $1 million jury verdict for a commercial property owner against a tenant for negligently causing a fire (Ramos-Lovato v. Community Bank)
- He also won a $500,000 jury verdict in a personal injury and premises liability action (Smith v. Margaritaville, Inc.)