Practice area: Complex Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy has been one of the leading firms in California handling catastrophic and serious personal injury cases. The attorneys at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy have a vast array of experience and success in the field, including cases and trials involving pharmaceuticals, aviation, premise liability, product liability, motor vehicles, boats, bicycles, dangerous highways, pedestrians, railroads and wrongful death.
Serious injury cases require not only attorneys with extensive experience, but also the financial resources to properly prepare the case for trial. Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy work with physicians in particular specialities, life care planners who focus on rehabilitation plans, economists and other trained professionals to properly assess the claims of the injured person and assist in obtaining the best result possible.
The needs of those injured in an incident can be overwhelming. The attorneys at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy have dealt with a wide array of serious and catastrophic injuries including amputations, disfigurement, paralysis, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, severe burns and other devastating injuries. If you have an injury and need to contact a lawyer, contact the law firm of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy for a consultation.
Case examples include:
Murillo, et al. v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al.
Contra Costa Superior Court Case No. C04-00825
CP&M successfully represented the family of an elderly couple who were killed by an Amtrak train while their car was trapped at a dangerously designed grade railroad crossing in Crockett, California in an action against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”), Union Pacific Railroad Company and the State of California Department of Transportation.
Manlapaz, et al. v. Bills Trucking, et al.
Santa Clara Superior Court Case No. 105CV053215
CP&M represented the family of a woman who was killed after being crushed by a semi-truck with two dirt hauling trailers while she was crossing the street near a construction site in Mountain View, California.
Gonzalez v. Oil Can Henry’s International
Monterey Superior Court Case No. M61606
CP&M successfully represented a four-year-old child who suffered brain damage after being struck and run over by a driver at an oil change service shop which failed to properly control vehicle and pedestrian safety in conjunction with its promotion of quick service.
In re MGM Grand
Hotel Fire Litigation
570 F.Supp. 913 (D.Nev. 1983)
MDL consolidated litigation by personal injury wrongful death claims
in the mamoth fire that destroyed the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Carnaham v.
State of California
Fresno County Superior Court No. 474276-3 (1991)
Action against the State of California and more than 100 separate
defendants on behalf of scores of individuals killed or injured in
a severe dust storm on I-5 over the Thanksgiving weekend in 1991.
Hyman v. Nahi
Orange Co. Superior Court No. 794706
Represented victims of balcony collapse against landlord and termite
company in a case involving slum landlord condititions.
Walton v. Samuels
Los Angeles Superior Court No. 183833
Action for lung injury victims arising out of a four-alarm apartment
fire in a major disaster in Los Angeles.
Malhotra v.
Nathan
San Francisco Superior No. 976634 (1999)
Represented 13 victims of personal injuries and wrongful death arising
out of Franklin Street balcony collapse in 1996 in San Francisco.
In re Diet
Drug Litigation
Coordination Master File No. 4032
Los Angeles County Superior Court
In re Diet Drugs (Phentermine, Fenfluramine, Dexfenfluramine) Products
Liability Litigation
E.D. Pa. MDL No. 1203
Consumer fraud and product liability individual actions on behalf
of approximately 100 individuals.
In re Swine
Flu Immunization Products Liability Litigation
89 F.R.D. 695 (D.D.C. 1980)
Adleson v. United States
523 F.Supp. 459 (N.D.Cal. 1981) MDL actions for product liability
of the Swine Flu Immunization Program out of Washington, D.C.