A New Springville, N.Y., woman whose car was struck by a New York City Transit express bus as she drove in Eltingville, N.Y., in August 2009 has reached a $250,000 settlement with the transit company and its driver. Tara Prussack, now 39, was driving her car at 7:45 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2009, on Richmond…

A California woman has received a $2.5 million settlement for serious injuries suffered in 2012 when a mass transit bus struck her while she rode her bicycle home from a gym in Emeryville, Calif. The victim, Cara McClendon of Oakland, suffered a brain injury and a shattered face in the crash, which happened July 17,…

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia is reviewing its internal processes closely after a baby was given a “potentially lethal” chemotheraphy overdose early in October due to an alleged dosage calculation mistake by a staff member. The incident was originally reported by NBC10, and occurred when “a miscalculation led to a daily dose that…

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…