Sonnenschein Partner Won’t Be Charged in Runaway Car Accident
Sonnenschein partner Paul Glad won’t face criminal charges for a March accident in which his car ran into a 7-year-old girl and her mother as they were selling Girl Scout cookies in front of a California grocery.
Assistant district attorney Sean Gallagher of San Mateo County told the Recorder that Glad will not be charged because of insufficient evidence that he was impaired. Glad told police he had taken the painkiller OxyContin on the day of the accident, but he passed a field sobriety test, Gallagher said. Past reports said Glad took the medication for pain for a spinal injury.
Glad is managing partner of Sonnenschein’s San Francisco office. Holly Rogers, 49, of Burlingame, claims in a lawsuit she filed against Glad that she lost her leg as a result of the accident and her daughter, Caroline Schoustra, suffered multiple leg fractures. The suit alleges Glad tried to exit the car before putting it in park.
“There’s no question he’s at fault for the accident and he’s liable for it,” Gallagher told the Recorder. “It’s an absolutely horrific, tragic accident, but not every accident is a crime.”
