The family of a 25-year-old Bellevue, Wash., woman who died in August 2013 when her disabled car was rammed by a tractor-trailer on a highway has reached a $750,000 settlement in the case. Alea S. Price died Aug. 26, 2013, when the crash occurred about 4:30 a.m. on Interstate 405 near Bellevue, according to an…

The family of a young child who suffered a brain injury when her oxygen levels dropped precariously during chest surgery in September 2012 will receive a $1.8 million settlement from the Virginia hospital where the procedure was performed. The child, Michelle Zhang, was 21 months old when she was brought by her parents to Carilion…

The parents of a deceased 9-year-old Florida boy is finally going to receive the $12 million a jury awarded following a 2013 trial, after two years of delays. The boy was killed by a car that struck him in January 2011 while he was on bicycle ride with his father. It’s about time that this…

Due to Tort Limits, Texas DOT Pays Only $250K to Crash Victim’s Kin Tort limits in Texas, which mandate a maximum payment of $250,000 for anyone who sues a state entity for damages, have unfairly penalized the family of a Texas woman who was killed in 2014 by a state Department of Transportation (DOT) truck…

An Oregon family whose 11-year-old son was killed in April 2012 when he was struck by a city bus in Vancouver, Wash., as he rode his bicycle has reached a $2 million settlement with the bus company. The boy, Benjamin Fulwiler, died on April 28, 2012 after he collided with the side of a bus…

A 26-year-old woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2012 when she was hurt in a car crash in Wayne, Pa., has been awarded a settlement of $725,000 as part of a JAMS mediation process. The victim, Jillian Schonberg, who was 23 years old at the time of the Sept. 12, 2012 crash, was…