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…

A Luzerne County family has been awarded a $6.25 million medical malpractice jury verdict in connection with the 2009 death of their two-year-old daughter following a stomach ailment. The child, Lauren Marie Readler, died Oct. 26, 2009, after being treated for stomach troubles and released from Harrisburg Hospital months before in July 2009, according to…

An Indiana woman who suffered severe brain injuries and partial paralysis when the car she was riding in struck a jackknifed tractor-trailer on an icy road at night in January 2006 has been awarded a $32.5 million verdict by an Indiana jury. The victim, Kristen Zak, who was 31 years old at the time of…

A 42-year-old bicyclist has reached a $2.6 million settlement from several defendants after he was struck and seriously injured by a mattress truck as he was riding his bicycle on a street in Radnor Township, Pa., in March 2012. Chester McKee had come to a stop sign at an intersection and had the right of…

The Memorial Day holiday weekend is symbolically the official start of the summer season as Americans take time to honor our nation’s heroes of wars past and take time to relax with family and friends. We here at MyPhillyLawyer wish you a wonderful weekend, but we also want to remind you to be careful as…

A former school bus driver who underwent spinal surgery in July 2008 has been awarded a $4.88 million verdict in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas after a post-surgical infection left her paralyzed. After a seven-day trial and three hours of deliberations, the jury in the case determined that her medical treatment was substandard. The…