$13.75M Insurance Dispute Settled After Fatal Motorcycle Accident According to attorneys involved in the case, a $13.75 million settlement was reached in an insurance dispute following a fatal 2022 motorcycle accident. A roofing subcontractor employee was driving a company pickup truck when he crossed the center line of a road and collided with a motorcyclist. […]
Family of Man Killed by Exploding Airbag Awarded $2.7M Settlement A $2.7 million settlement was awarded to the family of a Montgomery man who was killed in a June 2022 crash by a faulty exploding Takata airbag. Tocarious Johnson’s death was initially investigated as a homicide by authorities who suspected he was shot. An autopsy […]
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 […]
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$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 […]
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 […]