As lead counsel, Michael Caddell and John Scofield settled a tort claim recovery against the State of Nevada. The lawsuit arose from a multiple fatality accident near Las Vegas involving a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper. The trooper was driving his patrol car at 113 mph without activation of emergency lights and siren. The patrol car struck a sedan occupied by five undocumented Mexican residents, which killed four and injured the fifth. In contrast to other …
Michael Caddell, Cynthia Chapman, and John Scofield successfully prosecuted claims in Los Angeles, California against Ford Motor Company and Budget Rent A Car Systems, Inc. arising from the rollover of a 2004 Ford E350 van. The case arose after 21 family members rented three vans and drove from California to Texas. While in West Texas, the driver of the middle van drove off of the highway, while family members in the other vans watched. Due …
Caddell & Chapman was lead counsel for the mother and father of a 23 year old man who suffocated to death when he became engulfed in grain while working at the Port Elevator grain facility in Brownsville, Texas. The employer failed to take adequate safety precautions or provide safety equipment which would have prevented Mr. Casados’ death. The family elected to try the case to a jury when Port Elevator offered only $50,000 to settle …
In Edinburg, Texas, Michael Caddell and John Scofield prosecuted claims against a deceased man’s employer, after the company’s grossly negligent policies and business practices had endangered the man’s health and ultimately caused his death by electrocution. The Firm obtained a favorable settlement for the worker’s family.…