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Dec. 31, 2025

Parents sue private school over student's parking lot death

Parents allege the school, Campbell Hall, ignored repeated warnings about pickup-area design, leading to a 15-year-old's death.

Parents sue private school over student's parking lot death
Robert S. Glassman

The parents of a 15-year-old student alleged Tuesday that a private Los Angeles County school was responsible for their son's death, claiming he was fatally run over in a campus parking lot after the school ignored repeated warnings about dangerous pickup-area conditions.

"Had the school acted on numerous prior complaints it received about the dangerous design and operation of its Triangle Parking Lot, [Cosmo Silverman] would still be alive today. Instead, Campbell Hall w...

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