$575,000 Settlement During Trial for Woman Struck by Tractor Trailer

Following three days of trial, our client accepted a settlement in the sum of $575,000. Ronald D. Ingber commenced a lawsuit on behalf of our client, a 21-year-old retail store clerk who collided with a tractor trailer in Nassau County. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant violated statutes prohibiting trucks and commercial vehicles from entering the parkway. Our firm sued the tractor trailer’s driver and employer alleging that the driver was negligent in the operation of his vehicle and that the employer was liable because the accident occurred during the course of the driver’s employment. As a result, our client sustained a disc herniation at L5-S1, with radiculopathy for which she underwent anterior lumbar decompression and fusion surgery.