A $4.6 million settlement has been reached for a 56-year-old New Jersey woman who was seriously and permanently injured when her car was struck by a vehicle being driven by a volunteer firefighter who was responding to an emergency call in 2018. The victim, Melinda Baker of Mantua, N.J., was driving on Mantua Pike at…

The families of two boys who were severely injured when they were struck by a Jeep as they walked with their families to a July 4 fireworks display in 2016 in California will receive a $30 million settlement from the city of Morgan Hill, where the accident occurred. Michael Patton, who was 13 at the…

The family of a 43-year-old hospice nurse who was killed in 2012 when a dump truck being operated by a driver who was under the influence of marijuana smashed head-on into her minivan has received a $32 million verdict from a jury in Anderson County, Kentucky. Marie Garmon was driving her minivan on Sept. 7,…

A New York State couple who were badly hurt in 2014 in a two-car crash at an intersection that was known for being dangerous have received a $400,000 settlement in connection with the case. Donna Wells of Gouverneur, N.Y., was driving a 2011 Nissan Murano SUV west on County Route 14 in St. Lawrence County…

The family of a 56-year-old Kentucky woman who was killed in February of 2017 when her car was struck by a concrete truck near a construction site has reached a $3.75 million settlement with the company that owns the truck. The victim, Dale Leonard, was driving her near Versailles Road in Lexington, Kentucky, on Feb.…

A California woman who was struck by a police car in a parking lot as she tried to find her dropped cigarette on the ground next to her car has reached a $260,000 settlement with the Santa Rosa Police Department in the case. The 29-year-old woman, Laure Friedell, had stopped at a convenience store on…