The family of a 24-year-old Connecticut motorcyclist has reached a $1.3 million settlement with a school bus company after one of the company’s buses collided head-on with the motorcyclist in September 2012 in New Milford, Conn., killing him. The motorcyclist, Travis Lipton, 25, of New Milford, Conn., was killed on Sept. 24, 2012, after his…

A $12.89 million wrongful death settlement has been reached in the case of a 46-year-old Indiana woman who was killed in September 2011 when the car she was riding in was struck by an overhanging load from a tractor-trailer in the dark of night. The woman, Pamela Beemer, of Elkhart, Indiana, was a passenger in…

A California woman who was fired from her job in a hospital after asking for more time off following a double mastectomy in 2012 will receive a $300,000 settlement to resolve the federal disability discrimination lawsuit that was filed following the incident. The woman, Imelda Tamayo, was an office worker in the endocrinology department at…

A retired Illinois police lieutenant has been awarded a $3.1 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit that was filed after his left leg was amputated in 2010 following treatment of ongoing vascular problems in a local hospital. Donald Johnson, 65, who formerly served on the police force in Loves Park, Ill., was admitted…

The family of an adolescent girl who was severely injured in April 2012 when she fell from a rock formation while visiting a camp facility with a group of Girl Scouts has received a $2.8 million settlement for her injuries and long-term care. The girl, Ashley Bagosy, was 11 years old when she fell while…

A 26-year-old former pizza deliveryman will receive a $240,000 settlement from the driver of a car that smashed into his delivery vehicle, leaving him with severe injuries, back in June 2013 in Northeast Philadelphia. The pizza delivery driver, Mahmoud Ahmad, was hurt on June 2, 2013, when his Acura TL automobile was struck in an…