A jury returned a verdict for $13.7 million for three families affected by a tragic trucking accident. The three victims left behind their spouses along with a total of 7 children. The family of a 54-year-old mother of three who was killed in the trucking accident, who Andrew Schwartz represented, received $5.2 million. Read More…
School district is deemed responsible for negligence in the drowning death of a 15-year-old in swimming class due to improper supervision. Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook helps victim’s family recover $8 million in a settlement. The case involved San Ramon Valley Unified School District and teacher, who the family alleged failed to supervise his students…
Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook represented a family of four whose car was hit by a van that had crossed the center divider of highway 101 in Mendocino County. The father and one of the daughters were killed. A second daughter was injured. A lawsuit was filed in Sonoma County and the case settled for…
Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook helped the Family of firefighter Scott Desmond recover a $4.6 million settlement in wrongful death suit. The family of a Contra Costa Fire District engineer who was one of four killed in a 2007 San Pablo house fire received a $4.6 million civil settlement by two private alarm companies, attorneys…
Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook represented the family of a 57 year old mother of two and grandmother of one, who was tragically killed in the Chatsworth Metrolink collision on September 12, 2008. Our client was one of 24 people who met their untimely death in this tragic collision that was caused by the operator…
Collapse of a defective jack stand causes the death of a husband with two young children. This case involved a 32-year-old active duty serviceman. The Navy officer was replacing the rear axle of his pickup truck in the driveway of his home. A pair of three-legged jack stands manufactured by the Defendant, Doe Industries, Inc.,…
$3.5 Million Recovery in Auto Death Case, 2009. Bay Area health care worker killed when struck by oncoming vehicle.
Truck-vs.-pedestrian death of a senior citizen in Alameda County
Worker dies of severe burns after explosion and fire at local oil refinery.
Stan Casper represented the family of a victim in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a fire at the Tosco Refinery that claimed the lives of four individuals. In that case our firm discovered the premises owner was more interested in cutting costs rather than using building safety measures required to prevent such a fire. The…
This case involves the wrongful death of a 5 year old kindergarten student who was being escorted to school by a teacher employed by the University of California after having been dropped off at a bus stop by a driver for the Berkeley Unified School District. Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook was able to prove…
Children of a firefighter who died while trying to rescue a couple in a fire in their home in San Pablo, CA. sued the alarm dealer and the alarm monitoring company. There was a ten minute delay between the time the home owner notified the alarm monitoring company of the active fire, to when the…
Our clients were residents of Kenya. Their 31-year-old son, living and working in California as a civil engineer, was killed in a tragic accident. He was a passenger in a vehicle whose driver failed to stop at a railroad crossing and collided with a freight train. CMSC sued and was able to settle the parents’…
Man struck in a parking lot while on his lunch break, suffering a leg fracture. Several weeks later, he died of a pulmonary embolism. Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook successfully tied the death to the prior car accident.
University Professor killed in accident by delivery truck on U.C. Campus.
A federal jury returned a verdict against the Gilroy Police Department, finding that officers trampled on the constitutional rights of a combative man when they shot and killed him on Pacheco Pass in 2008. Read More Here
A California jail staff’s neglect of a 35-year-old male schizophrenic’s medical needs leads to attempted suicide that leaves him in a vegetative state. Jury verdict finds negligence as the cause. This case involved a 35-year-old male schizophrenic who was arrested for several misdemeanors and incarcerated in a California jail. The Plaintiff exhibited suicidal tendencies and…
Jury verdict in construction accident; death of husband and father.
Police shoot Asian man to death in front of his wife. Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook helps family prove civil rights violations and win a $1 million recovery. This case involved the shooting death of Kwanchung Kao by a Rohnert Park police officer. The tragic event began when Kao returned home after a late night…
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