8 Year Old Rides into Side of Oncoming Truck On May 5, 2020, an 8-year-old boy was riding his bicycle when he collided with the side of an approaching commercial truck, which ran over him. The child plaintiff, then eight years old, was out on a bicycle ride with his grandfather during the early days […]
$1.75 Million Settlement In Dump Truck Accident An Orange County family received a $1.75 million settlement after a dump truck driver was killed after falling from the cab of his own truck. Paul “Chip” Ferguson and attorney Javier Cabanillas represented the family. The victim attempted to enter a secure facility by punching an access pad. […]
$4 Million Settlement Won for NYC Girl for Crash that Killed Her Father A nine-year-old East Village girl is set to receive a $4 million settlement from the trucking company that killed her father in a terrible accident nearly a decade ago. Lailonni Daisy Willis was nine months old when her father, Marquis Willis, 22, […]
Pedestrian Hit By Tractor-Trailer Wins $1.25M Settlement On September 17, 2022, the plaintiff, a 67-year-old truck driver, was walking across a busy parking lot when he was struck by a tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer was moving through the lot, turned right, and struck him. The plaintiff was tossed into the air and fell to the ground. […]
Cyclist Hit By City Truck Receives $3.3M Settlement The Board of Supervisors recently agreed to a $3.3 million settlement for a cyclist hit by a city truck in San Francisco in November 2019. This is the third multimillion-dollar settlement for a non-fatal automobile collision involving a city employee this year. The city paid out 26 […]
Family of Woman Killed in PACE Bus Crash Reached $13M Settlement The family of a woman killed in the summer of 2021 when a driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed has reached an agreement with PACE suburban bus. Brenda Burse was a passenger on a Pace bus on August 15, 2021. The driver, […]
Dump Truck Collision Leaving Woman Disabled Reaches $5M Settlement A fully loaded dump truck weighing more than 23,000 pounds hit the plaintiff, a 29-year-old female who was recently married. The dump truck driver had veered into the plaintiff’s lane to avoid colliding with a stopped vehicle in front of him. The front of the plaintiff’s […]
$1.5 Million Awarded to Family of Man Killed by Garbage Truck An 87-year-old man was killed by a garbage truck while walking in Spring Grove in 2021. McHenry County court records show that his family filed a wrongful death lawsuit and reached a settlement with the company for $1.5 million in January 2023. In September […]
$2 Million Reached for Rear-End Suit Involving Dump Truck On September 9th, a $2 million settlement was reached in the Middlesex County suit of Teaha Whitaker v. Advanced Site Contractors for a woman hit by a dump truck while stopping her car at a train crossing. Teaha Whitaker was driving down Port Street in Newark […]
NJ Transit Bus Collision Reaches $1.7 Million Settlement A Bergen County suit, Pastor v. NJ Transit, reaches a $1.7 million settlement for a man involved in a motor vehicle accident with a New Jersey Transit bus. Plaintiff Renato Pastor was driving westbound on Route 3 in East Rutherford on September 16, 2019. He noticed he […]