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…

As he headed to work in Tallahassee, Fla., on Oct. 2, 2009 on his motorcycle, Mark Sawicki was run over by a garbage truck that was making a right turn at Call and Monroe streets. The garbage truck had made a right turn in the spot where he was waiting at a stoplight, crushing him…

The family of an Albany, N.Y., truck driver who died in January 2011 when his tractor-trailer rig smashed into the rear of another tractor-trailer that had crashed in front of him on a snowy highway has reached a $3.97 million settlement with the defendants in the case. The settlement in the wrongful death case was…