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Vehicular Accidents

$3.5 Million Recovery in Auto Death Case, 2009.
Bay Area health care worker killed when struck by oncoming vehicle. 

$3.45 Million Recovery in Auto Accident Case, 2004
Auto rear end collision. Client sustains severe back injury requiring multiple surgeries and resulting in near paralysis.

$2.78 Million Head-On Collision
Family survives head-on collision, but serious injuries debilitate former police officer. CMS&C helps family recover $2.78 million damages.

$2.55 Million Auto Accident Caused by Partial Collapse of Roadway, 2008
Police officer returning home encounters a sink hole and loses control, eventually hitting a tree and sustaining multiple fractures.

$2.3 Million Recovery for Auto/Truck Drunk Driving Accident, 2000
Plaintiff was one of several teenagers who were driving in Fairfield when they were hit broadside by a tractor trailer being driven by an intoxicated truck driver.  CMS&C investigated the case and learned that the trucking company had hired the truck driver despite his six prior felony convictions. The truck driver was sentenced to prison for 8 years and CMS&C obtained a $2.3 million recovery for their client, one of the passengers in the vehicle.

$2.3 Million Intoxicated Driver, 2003
Auto accident involving automobile struck by truck, with intoxicated driver. Hospitalization and multiple surgeries for severely injured leg.

$2 Million Recovery in Highway Design Case, 2004
Improperly designed state highway contributes to collision of automobile and van.

$1.9 Million Recovery in Pedestrian Death, 2006
University Professor killed in accident by delivery truck on U.C. Campus.

$1.775 Million High-Speed Highway Collision
Tractor trailer driver leaves family with serious injuries after a three-vehicle collision. CMS&C helps victims find restoration with a $1.775 million recovery.

$1.5 Million Law Enforcement Officer Ignores Signals
Law enforcement officer ignores traffic signals, causes collision, and leaves young woman with severe head trauma. CMS&C helps victim obtain $1.5 million damages.

$1.5 Million Vehicle Rollover, 2004

$1.425 Million Vehicle Rollover
Canadian couple's dream vacation turns into a nightmare after serious auto accident leaves wife disabled. CMS&C helps injured parties recover damages and financial help for the future.

$1.1 Million: Personal Injury, 2009
A client of our firm was struck by a car while in a crosswalk. She spent several weeks in the hospital where she recovered from injuries to her shoulder and leg. A lawsuit was filed in Contra Costa County and settled before trial for $1.1 million.

$1 Million Spinal Injuries, 1996

$1 Million Head-on Collision, 2001

$950,000 Bus Accident and Rollover, 2000
Plaintiff was a passenger on a bus, returning with a friend from a trip to Reno, when the bus lost control and went down an embankment near Donner Pass.  She suffered a fractured vertebra and was hospitalized for two weeks, requiring a body cast for months afterwards.

$900,000 Auto Accident, 1998

$750,000 Auto Accident, 1998

$695,000 Auto Accident, 2001

$650,000 Rear-End Collision
Day trader leaves customer service representative disabled after a high-speed rear-end collision. CMS&C helps victim pick up the pieces with a $650,000 recovery.

$638,685 Auto Accident, 1998

$600,000 Auto Accident, 2000

$600,000 Truck Accident, 2004
Tractor-trailer driver refuses to allow pickup truck to pass; causes serious injury.

$500,000 Auto Accident; Disc Surgery, 2004

$500,000 Auto Accident; Broken Leg & Ribs, 2004

$475,000 Auto Accident, 2007
Bus strikes auto driven by 65 year old man in parking lot causing vertebrae fracture.

$450,000 Bus Accident, 1998

$450,000 Auto Accident; Facial Scars, 2001

$410,000 Recovery in Auto-Pedestrian Accident; Broken Leg, 2005

$400,000; Injuries from Hit-and-Run; 2009
Our client was standing in a parking lot near a bar soon after closing time when a drunk patron in a pick-up truck backed into her, pinning her against her own car. Our client sustained injuries to her legs and filed suit against the drunk driver. Prior to trial, CMS&C obtained a settlement in the amount of $400,000 from the pick-up owner's insurance company.