Injury caused by cell phone use yields $22 million verdict 
By:
Ruth Sheehan
Published: May 23, 2012
Tags: car accident, cell phones, Texas
A Texas jury has awarded more than $22 million to a woman injured when her car was broadsided by a station wagon driven by a Coca-Cola marketing employee talking on her cell phone.
Jury awards $33 million verdict in wreck
Published: April 20, 2012
Tags: car accident, Texas
A Duval County, Texas jury awarded a Rio Grande Valley man $33.3 million in damages in connection with a June 2011 wreck on State Highway 44, but a settlement agreement reduces the damages to $6 million.
Family of woman killed in car accident reaches $2M settlement
Published: April 20, 2012
Tags: California, car accident, pedestrian, wrongful death
The family of a California woman who died in a car accident has reached a $2 million settlement with the driver of the car who struck her and the driver’s employer.
Man awarded $1 million over car accident
Published: April 17, 2012
Tags: car accident, Pennsylvania
A Palmerton, Penn. man injured in a car accident nearly six years ago has been awarded over $1 million as part of a jury verdict.
Family of teen killed by drunk driver awarded $6 million
Published: April 17, 2012
Tags: car accident, drunk driver, Illinois
A Judge has awarded $6 million to the family of Amanda Kordich, the 17-year-old Harlem, Ill. High School student killed July 28, 2008, by drunken driver Wesley Hanson in a two-vehicle collision at Harlem and Forest Hills roads.
Landscaper awarded $11.2 million in civil suit
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: car accident, New York
A New York landscaper who lost his legs on the job has been awarded $11.2 million.
Bus company pays $5 million to settle wrongful death
Published: February 8, 2012
Tags: bus, car accident, Missouri, wrongful death
A Cincinnati-based school bus company has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit in Missouri where one of the drivers for First Student drove a bus over and killed a teen.
Former highway worker hurt in accident reaches $3 million settlement
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: car accident, Pennsylvania, quadriplegic
A Lower Pottsgrove, Penn. man who was employed as a highway construction worker when he was injured by a passing motorist, leaving him a quadriplegic, has reached a $3 million workers compensation settlement.
Student awarded $2.7 million in crash
Published: November 10, 2011
Tags: car accident, drunk driver, drunk driving, Texas
A jury has awarded $2.7 million to a University of Texas at San Antonio student who broke both legs and arms last year in a head-on collision with a drunken-driving suspect.
Taxi company hit with $1.5 million verdict after blind man’s death
Published: October 4, 2011
Tags: blind, car accident, North Carolina, taxi, wrongful death
A jury has decided the estate of a blind Gastonia, N.C. man is entitled to $1.5 million after he was struck by a taxi four years ago and died in 2008 as a result of his injuries.
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