Chicago Suburb Paying $10M in Hit-and-Run Accident A Chicago suburb has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit from a 2019 hit-and-run accident in which the village’s then-manager struck and injured a pedestrian with his municipal vehicle. On November 8th, the Oak Lawn Village Board approved the settlement, which ended a lawsuit filed […]
$55K Granted to Sanitation Truck Driver by City A former municipal sanitation truck driver received $55,000 in a workers’ compensation settlement for injuries sustained in a wreck. Dexter Williams was driving a sanitation truck on January 4th when it was rear-ended by a dump truck. The collision caused significant damage to the vehicle and injuries […]
$36.25M Awarded to Family of Motorcyclist Killed By Pickup Truck A California state court jury awards $36.25 million to the parents of David Andrade, a motorcyclist, who was killed after colliding with a pickup truck. The driver of the truck, Luis Tampia, was attempting to make a left turn out of a driveway across traffic. […]
$1.5 Million Settlement Won by Survivor of Rear-End Collision A collision in 2018 on a freeway in Valeo, CA left a man with lifelong injuries. He had recovered $1.5 million from the litigation as of August 2022. On September 4th, 2018, the victim was driving down Interstate 80 when the accident occurred. Traffic had come […]
$10 Million Walmart Settlement in Reached in Tracy Morgan Crash Walmart has agreed to pay a $10 million settlement to the children of James McNair, who died in the June 2014 New Jersey Turnpike crash that seriously injured “30 Rock” star Tracy Morgan. Although the retailer had previously reached an agreement with McNair’s family, the […]
Ford to Pay $1.7 Billion Settlement in 2014 Truck Accident Case A jury in Georgia has ordered Ford to pay a $1.7 billion settlement in relation to a 2014 case in which a couple was killed in a pickup truck crash. Georgian couple Melvin and Voncil Hill were killed when their 2002 Ford F-250 truck […]
Family of East Texas Woman Awarded $730 Million in Wrongful Death Case A Titus County jury awarded $730 million to the surviving children in a wrongful death lawsuit of a 73-year-old East Texas woman killed in a 2016 crash. Toni Combest was driving from one church service to another on the White Oak Bridge near […]
Florida Driver May Be Awarded $12M After Insurer Becomes Unresponsive to Settlement Offer A federal appellate court in Florida granted a Florida accident victim a second chance to compel an auto insurer to pay a $12.7 million judgment after the insurer failed to respond to a $10,000 settlement offer. A divided panel of the 11th […]
$5.95 Million Settlement Agreement by Sarasota County for School Teacher Injured by County Truck Kristin Steward, a second-grade school teacher, was jogging on an afternoon in May 2020 when she was hit from behind by a Sarasota County 2015 Ford F550 utility truck. She explains that the truck dragged her 65 feet, tearing her flesh […]
$7 Million Awarded by Kanawha jury from Ford to Family of Woman’s Fatal Crash A Kanawha County jury awarded a Raleigh County family $7 million after they sued Ford Motor Company. They claimed that the company was to blame for their daughter’s death in a 2016 crash involving the daughter’s Mustang and a pickup truck. […]
