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. […]
Fatal Los Angeles Lamborghini crash settles for $18.85 Million The family of a woman killed in a West Los Angeles car accident involving a speeding Lamborghini will receive a settlement of at least $18.85 million. According to the family’s law firm, the agreement is one of the largest settlements in California history for a single […]
$17.5 Million Awarded to Widow of Man Killed by Pinch A Penny Truck A jury in Tampa, Florida has awarded over $17 million in damages to the widow of a man killed by a Pinch A Penny truck in 2020. A six-member jury determined that the negligence of the Pinch a Penny franchise called South […]
2017 Los Angeles County Deadly Collision Settles for $6.5 Million In 2017, Jesse Eric Esphorst, a 16-year-old Torrance high school baseball player, died in a fatal collision near the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Crest Road. The 911 operator had reportedly encouraged the driver who hit Jesse to pursue a vehicle that had fled from […]
Orange County 18-wheeler Collision Case Reaches $8.5 Million Settlement An $8.5 million settlement was reached for a fatal car accident in February 2020. The Nacogdoches family secured the settlement four days before the case was set to go to trial in district court. The accident took place in rural Orange County when a woman driving […]
A Settlement Awarded to Family of Woman Killed While Crossing Street The family of Lindsey Ranz, a woman killed in an auto-pedestrian accident on the Crosstown in 2014, has received a settlement from the state’s Insurance Reserve Fund. The estate of Lindsey Ranz will receive approximately $38,000 from a 2016 lawsuit. Lindsey Ranze, 21, was […]
Los Angeles Mother Awarded Seven Figure Settlement for Fetal Brain Injury Case A Los Angeles mother, whose unborn child suffered brain damage in a car accident, has been awarded possibly the largest settlement in history in a case involving an injured fetus. According to a video prepared for the court, the injury occurred when a […]
$1.2 Million Settlement Involving Auto Accident Victim with Neck Injuries A 50-year old woman, the plaintiff, whose car was rear-ended in New York resulting in a neck injury won a $1,200,000 settlement. An MRI scan revealed a herniated disc to her cervical spine. She eventually underwent cervical fusion surgery. The defense argued that the neck […]
