A California couple has filed a lawsuit against a prestigious K–12 private school, alleging that long-standing safety failures in the school’s parking lot led to the death of their 15-year-old son.
On Tuesday, Dec. 30, an attorney for Adam Silverman and Louise Bonnet filed a complaint against Campbell Hall, an Episcopal school in Studio City. The lawsuit claims the school failed to address known safety hazards in its parking lot despite repeated concerns raised by parents, only making changes after the fatal incident that killed their son, Cosmo Silverman, on June 4.
According to the complaint, the parking area was dangerously designed and operated, forcing students to walk through moving vehicle traffic without clearly marked pedestrian pathways. It also alleges that the staff member typically responsible for directing traffic was not present at the time of the incident…