Ten years ago, on Nov. 15, 2004, Gene Mikale Erickson, then 25, was killed in a car crash when his fiancé lost control of the 2004 Saturn Ion car they were traveling in and crashed into a tree near Tyler, Texas. The fiancé, Candice Anderson, who was 21 at the time of the crash, pleaded…

A 43-year-old New Jersey man recently received a $5 million settlement in connection with a 2013 ferry crash in lower Manhattan in New York City that left him severely injured. John Urbanowicz suffered a skull fracture and brain injuries and underwent multiple surgeries to treat his devastating injuries after the ferry crash, according to a…

As she relaxed on the backyard deck of her rental home on in Rossville, N.Y., on July 21, 2011, Lorraine Gallo leaned on the deck’s railing and was severely injured when the railing broke and she fell to the ground below. Gallo, now 55, suffered neck, back and knee injuries from the fall, which occurred…

Mazda Motor Corp. has been ordered by an Alabama jury to pay a total of $9.9 million to a young woman who survived a fiery November 2010 car crash and to the family of her 15-year-old passenger who was killed after being trapped in the burning wreckage. Following a three-week trial, the jury awarded $6…

A 27-year-old Lehigh County man will receive a $3.8 million settlement to compensate him for severe injuries he received when two tractor-trailers smashed into his SUV on a Pennsylvania Interstate highway in July 2010. Kyle Kelly, who was 23 at the time of the crash, was driving home from work in his SUV early on…

Toyota Motor Corp. must pay a $12.5 million verdict in California after a jury ruled that a victim in an SUV crash was severely injured due to a poorly designed lap belt in the center rear seat of a 1996 Toyota 4Runner. The victim, Chelsie Hill, who was 17 years old at the time of…