The family of a 34-year-old Missouri man who was killed in 2015 when his vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle at high-speed has reached a $7 million settlement in the case. The victim, Aaron C. Overman, was sitting in his car at a red light on March 27, 2015, at the intersection of U.S. 24…

The family of a 50-year-old woman who died in 2012 from a pulmonary embolism after being treated for a broken leg following a skiing accident will receive a $7.7 million verdict after a Philadelphia jury ruled in their favor in a medical malpractice case in May. The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the…

As she walked into a Massachusetts convenience store in November 2010, 43-year-old Kimmy Dubuque was struck and killed by an SUV that accidentally was driven forward by its 81-year-old driver from the parking lot into the storefront. Her survivors have been awarded a $32.4 million verdict by a Massachusetts jury in connection with Dubuque’s death,…

The family of a 14-year-old boy who drowned in an apartment complex swimming pool in Swatara Township near Harrisburg in June 2015 has reached a $6 million settlement with several defendants in connection with the boy’s death. The boy, Benjamin Dodoo, died June 17, 2015, while he swam in a pool at the Aspen Hill…

A Beaver County woman who was a passenger in a car that was hit head-on by a drunk driver in New Brighton, Pa., in July 2012 has been awarded $1.19 million in damages by a jury in her underinsured motorist (UIM) claim against an insurance company. The victim, Britney Alviani, was a passenger in a…

More than $70 million in settlements are expected for the families of five nursing students who were killed in April 2015 when the two vehicles they were traveling in on a Georgia highway were struck from behind by a tractor-trailer that failed to stop when traffic came to a halt. The students were carpooling to…