Nearly $5M Awarded in Chicago Police Chase Collision A Cook County jury awarded an almost $5 million settlement to the family of an 84-year-old retired teacher. Verona Gunn was killed when a police cruiser collided with a police van and slammed into a car in which she was a passenger. According to the plaintiff’s attorneys, […]
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 […]
$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 […]
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 […]