The family of a 24-year-old Omaha, Neb., woman who was killed in a 2010 crash when her vehicle slammed into a city maintenance truck while its crew was working on a street has agreed to a $300,000 settlement with the city and the state of Nebraska to resolve their claims. The settlement between the family…

A Luzerne County man who suffered serious neck and back injuries when his pickup was hit by a commercial truck in November 2009 will receive a $900,000 settlement from the company that owned the truck. Michael Spadine was driving on Cherry Street in Montrose, Luzerne County, on Nov. 3, 2009 when his pickup truck was…

A 76-year-old Montgomery County woman whose doctor allegedly failed to react quickly enough to discover an apparent stroke suffered by the patient in 2004 has been awarded a $6.3 million verdict by a jury in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. Myrna Rawdin had gone to see her physician, Dr. Mark B. Real and…

The family of a 4-year-old boy who was killed when their Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicle burst into flames after being rear-ended in a March 2012 crash has been awarded $150 million in damages by a Georgia jury. The boy, Remington “Remi” Walden, of Bainbridge, Georgia, was a passenger in the 1999 Jeep that…

A former construction worker has been awarded an $850,000 settlement after he was allegedly struck and severely injured by a forklift that was being operated by another worker at a job site at the Plymouth Meeting Mall back in 2008. Karl Lange, who was 56 years old when the incident occurred on Dec. 23, 2008,…

If something should happen to you, is your family protected? Do you have adequate life insurance coverage? And perhaps most importantly, do you have a will that states how your assets should be distributed and a living will that provides information about the kinds of medical treatment you wish to receive if the need arises?…