$750,000 Settlement Reached After Driver Struck Child Exiting School Bus A $750,000 settlement was reached after a driver struck an 8-year-old boy exiting a school bus. An 8-year-old student was a passenger on a school bus. When the school bus arrived at the student’s house, it came to a complete stop. While the student exited […]
Pedestrian Awarded $557K After Denver Police Officer Hits Him While Texting The city of Denver is expected to pay $557,000 to an Arapahoe County pedestrian who was hit by a police officer who was texting while driving. The incident occurred on September 17, 2019. The settlement is on the city council’s consent agenda, which means […]
San Diego to Pay $4.8M for Crash Leaving One Pediestiran Dead and Another with Spinal Injuries San Diego is paying $4.8 million to the family of two pedestrians who were hit by a car outside of Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns in 2015, killing one and injuring the other. The settlement comes […]
$1.3M Settlement Won by Pedestrian Struck by Rental Car in Norwich A 46-year-old woman received $1.375 million in compensation from a car rental company after she was run over while walking on a West Main Street sidewalk. Wishtecha Doroshenko, a former Foxwoods security guard, obtained the settlement from CAMRAC LLC just before her case was […]
$3.1 Million Settlement for Spokane Pedestrian Hit by a Car A car hit Benjamin Gedeon while he was legally crossing a marked crosswalk, over four years ago. Now, Spokane is on the verge of reaching a $3.1 million settlement with Gedeon, who claims the city failed to provide a safe pedestrian crossing. Specifically, Gedeon refers […]
$500,000 Settlement Reached for Kentucky Hit-and-Run Victim A $500,000 settlement was secured for a 21-year-old Bowling Green man who was hit while walking with a friend along a public roadway. The victim was struck and thrown down an embankment into a drainage ditch after a passing vehicle veered off the road. The driver fled the […]
Woman Receives $20 Million for Injuries Suffered After Being Hit by Chicago Bus A woman who was struck and dragged by a Chicago Transit Authority bus in Streeterville in 2019, has received a $20 million settlement for her injuries. According to attorneys, Diane Schachner, 59, was walking toward the intersection of Fairbanks Court and Ontario […]
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 […]
