Motorcycle Accident Verdicts and Settlements

A Pierce County jury awarded $44.7 million to an EMT and volunteer firefighter left with permanent injuries after an SUV driver turned left through an uncontrolled intersection and into his path -- a verdict Washington courts later upheld in full.

A Marion County jury in March 2024 awarded $60.7 million to motorcyclist Christopher Dugan after a Tesla service manager crossed double yellow lines and struck him, leaving him with a permanent traumatic brain injury and a partial foot amputation; comparative fault reduced the net award to $42.5 million.

A federal jury in Pennsylvania awarded $25 million to Travis Sweigart after a tractor-trailer driver turned left across his path at the exit of Interstate 176, crushing Sweigart's pelvis and leaving him with injuries the treating surgeon described as unquestionably the worst pelvic fracture he had ever seen.

Scott Bliss suffered catastrophic brain injury when a Scarsella Bros. dump truck made an illegal U-turn on an I-5 WSDOT construction ramp in Centralia, yielding what is believed to be the largest WSDOT settlement in Lewis County history.

A San Diego County jury awarded $16,420,725 to Jane Neely after a diseased tree branch broke from a state-maintained oak and fell across State Route 79 near Warner Springs, crushing the 75-year-old motorcyclist beneath it and leaving her permanently paraplegic.

A Los Angeles jury awarded $13,872,900 to a 42-year-old motorcyclist who suffered neck and groin injuries after a collision with a car, far exceeding the insurer's pre-trial offer of $75,000.

A Van Nuys jury awarded $11 million to motorcyclist Grady Dillon after a Los Angeles DWP driver made an unsafe left turn into his path, and the California Court of Appeal affirmed the full verdict in 2026.

A Navy veteran lost his right leg and the use of his arm after a Navy-operated van triggered a chain-reaction crash on Interstate 5; CaseyGerry secured a $10.8 million settlement, described as the largest federal vehicle-collision settlement in San Diego history.

A Linn County jury returned a $9 million verdict for Audrey Ford, a motorcycle passenger whose right leg was amputated above the knee after a driver pulled into the path of the bike at a rural Missouri intersection.

A Clayton County jury returned an $8 million verdict for U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ronnie Stevens after a dump truck driver struck a construction barrel on I-75, launching it into Stevens's path and shattering his ankle and wrist.

A 40-year-old motorcyclist whose foot was traumatically amputated after an oncoming driver cut across his lane recovered $7 million in a settlement reached one month before trial.

A Bronx jury awarded motorcycle passenger Jose Cabrera $5.1 million after a New York City Transit Authority bus driver merged into his lane and forced the bike into a concrete pillar; the First Department affirmed the liability verdict and pain-and-suffering awards while reducing future medical expenses, bringing the final judgment to $4.7 million.

A Hartford Superior Court jury returned a $3,476,025 verdict in September 2014 for motorcyclist Matthew Karotkin, who suffered skull fractures and a lung injury when a UPS driver cut left across his path at a Windsor, Connecticut intersection.

A Los Angeles County jury awarded Michael Orrin Jr. $3,375,205 after a driver crossed double yellow lines on the I-405 and struck his motorcycle in the carpool lane, leaving him with severe leg injuries.

Chase Cayton, 23, suffered a severe brain injury and a fractured right leg when a pickup turned left across his path, and his suit in Pitt County Superior Court settled for $2,988,396.

A 24-year-old rider with a shattered femur and nearly $940,000 in medical bills won a $2.5 million verdict from a Denver jury in November 2022, a sum the firm reports fell to about $2,272,500 after a 20 percent comparative-fault reduction and interest.

A Sedgwick County jury awarded $1.7 million to a Wichita motorcyclist who struck city-installed bollards blocking an intersection that still showed a green traffic light, finding the City of Wichita negligent for shifting road-closure safety duties onto private applicants instead of its own traffic engineers.

The estate of an Army paratrooper killed when a pickup truck turned left into his motorcycle near Fayetteville settled its wrongful-death claim for $1.5 million.

A Connecticut motorcyclist suffered a skull fracture, traumatic brain injury, and other life-threatening injuries after a limousine driver crossed into his lane; attorney Blake Driscolli of Trantolo and Trantolo recovered the full available insurance limits, $1.25 million, in 2023.

Michael Lemieux was riding his motorcycle in Milford when a car driven by Weihua Niu hit him head-on, fracturing his left leg, injuring his right arm, and causing a hernia; Carter Mario Injury Lawyers demanded the full policy limit from the outset and obtained a $1.25 million settlement.

A Jefferson County jury awarded $1,200,626 to a Fort Knox Staff Sergeant whose left arm was permanently impaired after an AmeriGas propane delivery truck drifted into his lane and clipped his motorcycle on Blevins Gap Road in September 2005.

A Connecticut motorcyclist ejected when an Amazon-branded delivery van driver cut a left turn without yielding recovered $1 million, with the case later recognized as a Top 10 Connecticut Motorcycle Accident Settlement of 2023 by TopVerdict.

Carter Mario attorney Jessica Ayala recovered $750,000 for Gary McGee, a Harley-Davidson rider who had the right of way when defendant Stephen Holbomb turned left across his path, overcoming a defense challenge rooted in the client's delay in seeking medical care.