
Personal Injury Cases We Handle
At Bostwick & Peterson, LLP, we handle some of the most severe, life-altering personal injury cases out there. This includes everything from shoulder dystocia resulting in brain injury at birth to failure to diagnose cancer. When your future is on the line, trust a firm that has recovered more than $1 billion in verdicts and settlements for personal injury victims and their families.
If you or a loved one has been injured by another’s negligence, don't hesitate to contact our award-winning attorneys at Bostwick & Peterson, LLP today for a free case review.
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Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Auto/Truck Accident Record-Setting Result $21,000,000
Largest California non-punitive verdict for a single individual (San Francisco County, Zivic v. Winterland).
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Personal Injury, Product Liability, Brain Injury $7,760,000
This was the largest product liability settlement for an ambulatory brain-injured child in California at that time.
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Personal Injury, Legal Malpractice, Spinal Cord Injury Record-Setting Result $6,400,000
San Francisco record legal malpractice verdict for failure to identify medical malpractice case for 32-year-old C-6 quadriplegic
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Legal Malpractice, Auto Accident, Product Liability, Personal Injury $6,000,000
Failure to advise the risks of rejecting an offer of settlement before a defense verdict in trial resulted in a settlement for the amount the plaintiff’s would have received had they settled. This case involved an auto accident explosion.
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Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Motorcycle Accident Record-Setting Result $5,000,000
Record settlement for the death of a 14-year-old child.
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Personal Injury, Product Liability $5,000,000
Product liability settlement for a swimming pool malfunction.
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Personal Injury, Product Liability $4,000,000
Settlement for intestinal injury to a child caught in defectively designed wading pool vacuum system.
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Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Premises Liability $2,750,000
Settlement for a woman who was tragically killed when the external staircase leading to her apartment collapsed.
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Personal Injury, Brain Injury $2,000,000
Case against child protective services for the brain injury to three-year-old attacked by foster mother after several previous episodes went unheeded by county personnel.
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Personal Injury, Product Liability, Brain Injury $1,100,000
Full policy limits of homeowner insurance for the brain injury of a two-year-old who fell in a pool that was not adequately fenced.

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LAW FIRM
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Invitation-only organization of the top 100 plaintiff trial lawyers in the U.S.
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Former President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, limited to the top 500 trial lawyers in the U.S.
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James S. Bostwick and Erik L. Peterson have been named top-rated medical malpractice attorneys in Northern California.
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Invitation-only group of the nation’s top civil lawyers and judges.
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James Bostwick is a nationally certified medical malpractice specialist and founding member.
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Recognized since its inception in 1983 by this peer-reviewed publication, comprised of the best legal talent in the world.
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Recognized for professional excellence with impressive ratings from clients and peers.
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James Bostwick & Erik Peterson are listed in the Top 100 Trial Lawyers.
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An exclusive group limited to less than 1% of U.S. attorneys who have won multi-million dollar results.
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James Bostwick inducted into the Hall of Fame and featured among the Top 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America.