For over 40 years, clients have sought the counsel and advice of Stewart Casper for some of the most vexing problems arising from personal injury claims relating to car accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, defective products, premises liability, and workers’ compensation. He concentrates his practice on catastrophic injuries involving traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, multi-trauma injuries also known as poly-trauma, and wrongful death. He also handles bad faith claims against insurance companies.
Among the reasons that Stewart is so sought for his representation is his ability to creatively assess areas of legal responsibility for the... Read More
About Stewart M. Casper
For over 40 years, clients have sought the counsel and advice of Stewart Casper for some of the most vexing problems arising from personal injury claims relating to car accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, defective products, premises liability, and workers’ compensation. He concentrates his practice on catastrophic injuries involving traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, multi-trauma injuries also known as poly-trauma, and wrongful death. He also handles bad faith claims against insurance companies.
Among the reasons that Stewart is so sought for his representation is his ability to creatively assess areas of legal responsibility for the cause of injuries, as well as his ability to devise creative solutions for proving damages to juries, thus maximizing economic damage recovery. Both in Connecticut and throughout the country, Stewart is known as a trial lawyer who will go to trial for his clients. Insurance adjusters and defense lawyers know which lawyers will take a case to verdict and which lawyers avoid trials by settling all or most of their cases.
Stewart has also been a resource for brain injury trial lawyers throughout the United States, providing advice and guidance based upon developments in neuroscience and trial strategy. Lawyers outside of Connecticut have requested that he serve as co-counsel in matters.
Attorney Casper is particularly well-known nationally for his handling of cases involving traumatic brain injury – sometimes mischaracterized as “only a concussion.” But a concussion is a brain injury. He has mastered an approach to these cases with an unparalleled devotion to the most current scientific developments. Lawyers throughout Connecticut and the country have benefited from Attorney Casper’s scientific approach, and he has been a catalyst for teaching cutting-edge science to brain injury lawyers and validating scientific publications, both via electronic communications as well as through lectures he has given throughout the country. Casper recounts that he “attended [his] first traumatic brain injury program in 1979 and got hooked.” He further states that the only way to adequately represent “brain-injured clients is to know the science, and I will not rely on anyone else to provide me with that information.” Casper notes that he has repeatedly been asked to “take over” TBI cases from other highly-regarded trial counsel because of his relentless focus in this area. His advice has been sought for trial strategy by trial lawyers seeking to “go it alone,” often under the unfortunate circumstances where “the dye has been cast.” Casper commented that “[m]any less-experienced trial lawyers underestimate the complexity of and expense involved in bringing these cases. When there is ample insurance coverage, we may spend over $100,000 on your case, from retention through a trial that may last 3-4 weeks. And the insurance companies and defense lawyers know that we will take a trial to verdict in order to vindicate our brain-injured clients’ rights. That adds value for our clients.”
Mr. Casper was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1978. He is admitted to practice before the Federal District Courts for the District of Connecticut and the Southern District of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the State Courts of New York, and the United States Supreme Court.
Attorney Casper has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) since 1987 and served on the CTLA Executive Committee continuously from 1990-2011. He was the President of the CTLA from 1996-1997. As an active leader in CTLA, he has served on numerous committees including the Legislative, Amicus Curiae, Medical Malpractice, Public Relations, and Fund Raising committees. He is one of three founding officers of the CTLA Civil Justice Foundation. He is a former member of the Motor Vehicle Automobile Insurance Coordination Committe
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