The family of a 58-year-old Ohio man has reached a $4.15 million settlement with the City of Marion, Ohio, after he was killed when his vehicle was struck head-on by another vehicle that drove the wrong way on a one-way street which was not properly marked. Francis D. Huffman died from complications caused by the…

A 53-year-old California man who lost a leg and suffered other serious injuries after being struck by one of two careening fire trucks in April 2014 has been awarded a $15 million settlement from the cities which operate the fire companies that were involved in the collision. Kenneth Thai was waiting to cross the street…

A 27-year-old missionary student who was paralyzed in a 2009 vehicle rollover crash has been awarded a $26 million court settlement in Montana. The victim, Jeremy Vangsnes, was on a 10-week mission trip assignment in Yellowstone National Park on July 21, 2009, when a Jeep Cherokee he was riding in drifted off Interstate 90, drove…

A district court judge in New Mexico has upheld a $165.5 million jury verdict that was awarded in January to the survivors of a 2011 crash that killed a 22-year-old mother and her 4-year-old daughter when a FedEx tractor-trailer smashed into their vehicle. The crash, which occurred on June 22, 2011 on Interstate 10 near…

A $2.7 million settlement has been reached for the sole survivor and the estates of seven victims who were killed when a runaway truck trailer struck the minivan they were riding in on a New York state highway in 2013. The crash, which happened May 29, 2013, killed seven people, including four children, when the…

MyPhillyLawyer now offers a free mobile app for your smartphone or tablet that provides basic legal information, contact details in an emergency and a helpful accident report capability so you can collect and fill in all the important information that’s needed  if you are ever involved in a vehicle accident. The MyPhillyLawyer app is available…