Over $100 Million Dollars Recovered for Clients

AN EARNED REPUTATION BUILT ON TRUSTWORTHY EXPERIENCE

$18,500,000

Confidential Settlement – California.

$15,250,000

Catastrophic Burn Injury  – Jury Verdict, Dallas County (Texas).

Verdict on behalf of our client who suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 44% of his body as a result of a gasoline explosion at work. 

$6,789,130

Auto v. Bicycle Collision – Jury Verdict, Santa Cruz County.

Verdict on behalf of our client who was sideswiped by car while maneuvering around dangerously recessed manhole cover. Our client suffered a serious brain injury (TBI). This verdict was the largest reported verdict for a bicyclist in the State of California in 2017, and is the largest verdict for an injured bicyclist in Santa Cruz County history.

$6,000,000

Auto Collision Wrongful Death – Settlement, Santa Cruz County.

Policy Limits Settlement for the Wrongful Death of a young child who died as a result of a commercial vehicle rear-ending the vehicle is which he was a passenger. 

$6,000,000

Slip/Fall – Settlement, Alameda County.

Settlement on behalf of our client who slipped on a freshly mopped floor at a Jack-in-the-Box restaurant and suffered a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). 

$3,500,000

Auto v. Pedestrian Wrongful Death – Jury Verdict, Santa Clara County.

Verdict on behalf of the family of an 87-year old man who was killed while walking in a crosswalk.  This verdict was achieved during the COVID pandemic.

$2,781,465

Slip/Fall – Jury Verdict, Santa Cruz County.

Verdict on behalf of our client who suffered a fractured ankle, and developed CRPS. This verdict was one of the 50 largest verdicts in the State of California in 2016.

$2,500,000

Product Liability Settlement against Confidential Defendant – California.

$2,350,000

Auto v. Auto Collision – Jury Verdict, Sacramento County.

Verdict on behalf of our client who suffered a significant spine injury requiring 2 cervical disc replacement surgeries.

$2,250,000

Elder Abuse – Settlement, Sacramento County.  

Settlement on behalf of our clients, husband and wife, for elder abuse and loss of consortium.

$2,000,000

Auto Collision – Settlement, Solano County.
Settlement on behalf of our client who suffered a serious brain injury (TBI).

$1,700,000

Auto v. Auto Collision – Jury Verdict, Santa Cruz County.

Verdict on behalf of our client who suffered a significant spine injury requiring a 2-level cervical disc replacement surgery.

$1,507,000

Dangerous Condition of Public Property Personal Injury/Wrongful Death– Settlement, Amador County.

Settlement on behalf of our clients against CalTrans for personal injury and wrongful death as the result of a dangerous condition of a public roadway.

$1,500,000

Auto v. Auto Collision – Settlement, Sacramento County.

Settlement on behalf of our client who suffered a significant spine injury requiring multiple surgeries.  This settlement was 15x the $100,000 policy limits.

$1,500,000

Auto v. Auto Collision – Settlement, Santa Clara County.

Policy Limits Settlement on behalf of our client who suffered a low back injury resulting in lifetime chronic pain. 

$1,500,000

Auto v. Auto Wrongful Death – Settlement, Los Angeles County.

Excess Settlement for the Wrongful Death of a father and husband who died as a result of being rear-ended.

$1,400,000

Auto v. Auto Collision – Settlement, Sacramento County.

Settlement on behalf of our minor client who suffered a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury as a result of being a passenger in a vehicle that rolled over on the freeway.

$1,250,000

Auto v. Skateboard Collision – Settlement, Santa Clara County.

Settlement on behalf of our client who suffered a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury as a result of being hit by a car while riding his skateboard.

$975,000

Auto v. Auto Collision – Settlement, Sacramento County.

Settlement on behalf of our client who suffered a neck injury requiring surgery as the result of being rear-ended by a Brinks Armored Vehicle.

$750,000

Civil Rights Violation/Wrongful Death – Settlement, Eastern District of Michigan
Settlement on behalf of family members of inmate housed in Harrison Correctional Facility in Michigan. Medical staff failed to diagnose acute appendicitis. Failure to treat, and indifference of guards, resulted in inmate’s death from peritonitis.

$650,000

Auto v. Pedestrian – Settlement, Santa Cruz County
Settlement on behalf of our client who was hit by a truck while walking along the side of a County Road.

$550,000

Auto v. Bicycle  – Settlement, Monterey County
Settlement on behalf of our client who was sideswiped by a truck, suffering personal injuries, in which he made a full recovery.

$490,000

Trip/Fall – Jury Verdict, Santa Clara County

Verdict on behalf of musician client and his wife. Musician suffered a worsening of spinal stenosis as a result of tripping over an empty pallet, which prevented him from playing the trumpet for more than a few minutes at a time.

$350,000

Auto v. Auto – Jury Verdict, Santa Clara County

Verdict on behalf of our client who was rear-ended while driving her daughter to school.  Our client suffered soft-tissue injuries, and defendant’s insurance company never offered more that $30,000.

$350,000

Slip/Fall – Settlement, Alameda County.

Settlement on behalf of our client against Safeway for failing to repair a leaking refrigeration unit resulting in our client slipping on a wet floor.

$265,000

Slip/Fall – Jury Verdict, Santa Clara County.

Verdict on behalf of our client against In-N-Out Burgers, for failing to properly warn of a wet floor, suffering a rotator cuff tear.

Awards & Affiliations

9.8Daniel Carl Schaar
9.3Eva Diane Silva
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