One life gone. Another life ruined, a prison sentence in the wings. Two families broken apart. All due to one moment of texting and driving. It happens often nowadays, and it can be prevented easily. Here is the latest story. It was Sept. 28, 2016. Dr. Yuwen Wang, 39, a scientist for a fragrance maker,…

A motorcyclist who was severely injured when he was struck by a car that switched lanes without warning on a Los Angeles highway in 2018 has been awarded a $21.5 million jury verdict in a California court. The motorcyclist, Matthew Rada, now 28, of Culver City, California, was riding his motorcycle on Feb. 8, 2018,…

A motorcyclist who was seriously injured in 2015 by a flying highway work zone construction barrel that was flung into his motorcycle by a nearby dump truck has been awarded an $8 million damage verdict by a Georgia jury. The motorcyclist, Ronnie Stevens, now 41, was riding his Harley-Davidson Street Glide motorcycle on Interstate 75…

A Connecticut woman who suffered serious injuries in April 2018 when a car being driven by a drunk driver smashed into the side of her car has reached a $1.9 million settlement in the case. The plaintiff, Loreta Vaichus, 58, of Woodbury, Connecticut, was driving her Toyota Corolla on Spring Road in Middlebury, Connecticut, when…

An Allegheny County jury has awarded a $2.1 million verdict to a western Pennsylvania man who was badly hurt and left permanently paralyzed and wheelchair-bound when his minivan was struck head-on by a vehicle that crossed the centerline of a road in June of 2015. Donald Berger, 62, was driving east on Hulton Road in…

A $4.6 million settlement has been reached for a 56-year-old New Jersey woman who was seriously and permanently injured when her car was struck by a vehicle being driven by a volunteer firefighter who was responding to an emergency call in 2018. The victim, Melinda Baker of Mantua, N.J., was driving on Mantua Pike at…