$3.75 Million Recovery in Wrongful Death Case
Collapse of a defective jack stand causes the death of a husband with two young children.
$2.5 Million Vehicle Rollover, Stability, Crashworthiness, Head Injury, 2003
Driver of an SUV lost control of vehicle when she fell asleep at the wheel when returning from a camping trip. She awoke and attempted to regain control, but the vehicle rolled over and plaintiff, a rear seat passenger, sustained a head injury requiring several weeks of hospitalization. Defective product case based on instability of SUV.
$1.7 Million Recovery; Defective Ladder, 1992
$1.55 Million Recovery; Bicycle Helmet Failure, 2000
Plaintiff, an engineer and father of two small children, fell from his bike and landed on his head. Subsequently he died from a massive brain injury, because the helmet he was wearing was defectively designed and failed to meet industry standards.
$1.5 Million; Vehicular Rollover and Seatback Failure, 2004
The driver of a van sustained severe road burns requiring skin grafts and a lengthy hospitalization after he was rear-ended by a drunk driver traveling over 100 mph on Interstate 5. The impact caused his seat to collapse and he was ejected from the vehicle. Recovery against auto manufacturer for defectively designed seat.
$1.25 Million Auto Manufacturing Failure
Roll-away vehicle leads to death of elderly woman. CMS&C helps victim's family pick up the pieces with a $1.25 million recovery.
$1.1 Million Recovery; Defective Hip Replacement, 2003
Manufacturer of artificial hip used in replacement surgery improperly applied a lubricant which caused instability in the ball and socket, resulting in extreme pain and eventually requiring additional surgery to remove the defective product. This case was part of a nationwide recall.
$850,000; Contaminated Medication, 2003
Meningitis Patient Sues Pharmacy Over Steroid/Health Officials Say Outbreak is Over
Erin Hallissy, Jason B. Johnson, Chronicle Staff Writers, SF Chronicle, June 20, 2001
"A Walnut Creek pharmacy that allegedly mixed a deadly batch of cortisone was sued yesterday, while state regulators said they're close to turning over investigative reports to the attorney general's office."
