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To find the Court Documents. Go here: https://www.sjcourts.org/case-management-search/ Click on: Case Search by Case Number Click: Log In Click on: Cases Click on: Civil Cases Enter: CV Enter: 2018 Enter: 0002192 Click: Retrieve Should take you to this: STK-CV-UPI-2018-0002192 Chenny Francine Turner et al. vs Parachute Center, Inc. et al. Click on Document Mgmt on left menu and then click VIEW next to each document you want to see.

If you go to The Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin and do a search, you can find the Court Documents. https://www.sjcourts.org/ San Joaquin County Superior Court Case Number: STK-CV-UPI-2018-0002192 I'm having a difficult time finding the Case. Can anyone help locate it and post the link?

" Attorney Paul Van Der Walde recovered a total of $40,030,000 in compensation for a couple bereft of their 18-year-old son in a tandem skydiving accident. Sadly, their son was the 20th person to suffer a wrongful death at a skydiving company owned by Bill Dause, who has reopened his company under various names to avoid legal trouble. This time, Mr. Dause was unable to evade accountability—Attorney Van Der Walde made it a point to have Mr. Dause personally responsible for paying the full $40 million by piercing the corporate veil. " Attorney Paul Van Der Walde website. https://www.vanderwalde.com/results/

Does anyone know how to access the Court Documents on this Lawsuit for free? If yes, please post the link to them.

"The owner of the troubled skydiving center in Lodi has been ordered to pay more than $40 million to the family of a first-time jumper who died in a tandem jump along with his uncertified instructor in 2016. Skydive Lodi Parachute Center owner Bill Dause will be held responsible for the entire judgment, San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Barbara Kronlund indicated in a court order issued Monday, bringing a five-year wrongful death court battle to an end. Dause was known for creating new operating companies in an effort to shield himself from tax liabilities and penalties, Van Der Walde told the Merced Sun-Star. Kronlund’s proposed order found that Dause was the alter ego of the skydiving school Skydivers Guild Inc. “and is responsible for their entire judgment of $40,030,000.” Attorney Paul Van Der Walde represented Turner’s family. https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/courts/2021/03/17/family-wins-40-m-lodi-skydiving-center-owner-teens-2016-death/4740945001/

The Lodi - Acampo, CA Dropzone Owner Bill Dause was found responsible for the 40 Million dollar Judgement in a California Courtroom Lawsuit regarding the Tyler Turner death. From what I've read and researched about accidental deaths, a human life killed by an accident is worth about 5-10 Million Dollars. To raise that to 40 Million Dollars must have been a lot of Punitive Damages. Are there any Insurance Lawyers or experienced people here that can confirm this? Lodi Tandems to 13,000 are $150. Experienced Jumpers to 13,000 are $25. https://skydivelodiparachutecenter.com/ "Dause told reporters Pooley is not an employee but an independent contractor who uses the facility to teach tandem jumping courses. Dause has allowed Pooley to teach at the facility for the past 10 years. “He doesn’t work for me,” Dause said. “He is an independent individual that operates on the Lodi Airport. He doesn’t work here; he jumps here.” He claimed the two are friends and their business relationship involves Dause selling Pooley tickets to fly in a plane in order to go skydiving. " https://fox40.com/news/local-news/skydive-lodi-owner-says-instructor-facing-federal-charges-will-still-be-allowed-to-jump-at-his-facility/

How about a Swoop Pond? How long, how wide and how deep? How about a Landing Area for Tandem Jumpers to reduce the probability of them geting hurt? How about a Landing Area for Jumpers who have injuries and they want to reduce the probability of them geting hurt? How about a Landing Area for Beginner Jumpers to reduce the probability of them geting hurt? How about Dog Kennels for those who have Dogs and want to leave them in a Safe Enclosed Area? How long of a Runway do you need for a Twin Otter or Caravan to land and with minimum Taxi, Load, then take off again? At $20-30 per minute Operating Costs, that seems to add up quickly. How many Jumpers do you need daily to keep a Twin Otter or Caravan in business and profitable?

If you were trying to 1. keep operating and jump costs to a minimum 2. keep Aircraft taxi time to a minimum (Twin Otter costs $62 per minute if the hourly rate is $3,700) 3. keep Jumpers next to all of this required and give them everything they like What would the Perfect Dropzone Airport look like in regards to length of Runway for Airplane, location of landing zone for Airplane and Jumpers, Jumpers loading zone, where would it all be in relationship to the Runway, how would all this work and is there a perfect dropzone like this anywhere?

If Robert Pooley was found Guilty of the Charges of Fraud and Identity Theft, does that assist or clear Bill Dause of the 40 Million Dollar Lawsuit caused when one of Pooleys Tandem Instructor Students Yong Kwon died with his Tandem Passenger Tyler Turner at Lodi?

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/deaths-california-lodi-skydiving-center-19361603.php

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Skydive-Lodi-Parachute-Center-arrest-lawsuits-16271366.php

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/deaths-california-lodi-skydiving-center-19361603.php

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a seven-day trial, a federal jury found Robert Allen Pooley, 49, of Acampo, guilty of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft related to tandem skydiving instructor courses, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, in 2010 Pooley obtained ratings as a “tandem examiner” with the U.S. Parachute Association (USPA) and with Uninsured United Parachute Technologies LLC (UPT), a manufacturer of tandem parachute systems. He then began conducting training courses for candidates seeking to obtain their USPA Tandem Instructor ratings and/or their certifications to use UPT tandem parachute systems. The Tandem Instructor certifications Pooley provided enabled students to conduct tandem jumps with members of the public throughout the United States and abroad. Pooley charged money for these courses and conducted them at a skydiving business located in Acampo. In August 2015, USPA and UPT suspended Pooley’s tandem examiner ratings, which meant that he could no longer conduct the tandem instructor courses on his own. Nevertheless, he continued running USPA and UPT tandem instructor rating courses without authorization, and he concealed his suspensions from tandem instructor candidates. Pooley falsely told students that he was a tandem examiner, led them to believe they could obtain USPA and UPT tandem ratings through his courses, hid the fact that he had been suspended, and helped students fill out USPA and UPT rating paperwork to further the impression that the students would legitimately get their tandem ratings through his courses. As part of the scheme, Pooley used a digital image of the signature of another properly rated USPA and UPT tandem examiner to sign off on training that Pooley himself had conducted when the other tandem examiner was not even in the country. In 2016, Pooley accepted numerous students in this manner from around the world, including the Republic of Korea, Chile, and Mexico. Each student paid approximately $1,100 for these courses. The signed documents that Pooley provided some of the students led them to believe they were certified to conduct tandem skydives with members of the public. On Aug. 6, 2016, one such student fell to his death in a tandem skydiving accident with a customer who also perished. After those deaths, numerous victims of Pooley’s scheme asked for their money back, but he did not repay them, and several students had to pay for entirely new tandem instructor courses at other locations. This case is the product of an investigation by the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Katherine T. Lydon and Dhruv M. Sharma are prosecuting the case. Pooley is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 26, 2024, by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb. Pooley faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of wire fraud and a mandatory two-year sentence for aggravated identity theft. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/san-joaquin-county-skydiver-found-guilty-running-unauthorized-tandem-skydiving

This showed up on my Google news. From the SF Chronicle/SF Gate Website. A skydiving instructor who taught courses at the beleaguered Lodi Parachute Center in San Joaquin County has been found guilty of fraud and identity theft as part of a scheme tied to two deaths at the site. The seven-day trial in Sacramento outlined how Robert Pooley, 49, certified student tandem instructors using a forged signature after his own license was revoked. Pooley charged around $1,100 for the courses, which enabled instructors to take first-time jumpers into the sky, prosecutors said. One of the instructors falsely certified by Pooley, a 25-year-old Korean man named Yong Kwon, died while harnessed in tandem with first-time jumper 18-year-old Tyler Turner in August 2016, after Kwon was unable to successfully deploy neither the main parachute nor the reserve one. That tragedy resulted in a $40 million civil judgment against the center’s former owner, Bill Dause. Tyler’s mom Francine Turner told SFGATE last year that, as of July 2023, none of that money had been paid. Pooley was not charged with causing the death of Kwon or Turner. “Pooley falsely told students that he was a tandem examiner, led them to believe they could obtain USPA and UPT tandem ratings through his courses,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement on Friday, referring to the United States Parachute Association and United Parachute Technologies. “Pooley accepted numerous students in this manner from around the world, including the Republic of Korea, Chile, and Mexico,” according to the statement. To falsify the students’ certifications, Pooley used the digital image of the signature of another instructor who was out of the country. Pooley faces up to 20 years in prison for each count of wire fraud and a two-year sentence for aggravated identity theft. His sentencing is set for Aug. 26. His attorney did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication. The Lodi Parachute Center has been the site of 28 fatalities since 1985. Alongside the $40 million 2021 civil judgment brought by the Turner family, the center was issued fines totaling $933,000 by the FAA in 2010 and 2011, and it was subject to an FBI raid in 2018. The center remains open today. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/lodi-skydiving-instructor-found-guilty-19481878.php

I believe this link takes you to the Court Papers Lawsuit. https://www.cliffordlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/David-Schilling-Second-Amended-Complaint.pdf I see they Lawsuit is asking for in excess of $50,000 and Legal Costs. Why don't they put the numbers of what they are asking for? WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, KIMBERLY A. SCHILLING, as Power of Attorney and on behalf of DAVID SCHILLING, demands judgment against Defendant, SKYVENTURE, LLC, for a sum in excess of FIFTY-THOUSAND ($50,000.00) and costs of this suit.