A 53-year-old California man who lost a leg and suffered other serious injuries after being struck by one of two careening fire trucks in April 2014 has been awarded a $15 million settlement from the cities which operate the fire companies that were involved in the collision. Kenneth Thai was waiting to cross the street…

A 27-year-old missionary student who was paralyzed in a 2009 vehicle rollover crash has been awarded a $26 million court settlement in Montana. The victim, Jeremy Vangsnes, was on a 10-week mission trip assignment in Yellowstone National Park on July 21, 2009, when a Jeep Cherokee he was riding in drifted off Interstate 90, drove…

A district court judge in New Mexico has upheld a $165.5 million jury verdict that was awarded in January to the survivors of a 2011 crash that killed a 22-year-old mother and her 4-year-old daughter when a FedEx tractor-trailer smashed into their vehicle. The crash, which occurred on June 22, 2011 on Interstate 10 near…

A $2.7 million settlement has been reached for the sole survivor and the estates of seven victims who were killed when a runaway truck trailer struck the minivan they were riding in on a New York state highway in 2013. The crash, which happened May 29, 2013, killed seven people, including four children, when the…

MyPhillyLawyer now offers a free mobile app for your smartphone or tablet that provides basic legal information, contact details in an emergency and a helpful accident report capability so you can collect and fill in all the important information that’s needed  if you are ever involved in a vehicle accident. The MyPhillyLawyer app is available…

The deadliest holiday on America roads each year isn’t New Year’s Eve or St. Patrick’s Day, both of which are typically tied to drinking and celebrating. Instead, the deadliest holiday on roadways in the United States by far is July Fourth, according to government statistics. With that in mind, we here at MyPhillyLawyer want to…