$3.7M Settlement for Electrician Injured in Truck Crash

$3.7 million resolution at mediation for injuries sustained in a truck v. truck collision. The plaintiff, an electrician, was on the rear of a flatbed truck on the Whitestone Bridge, and placing down cones, in an effort to close off a lane for construction work, when their vehicle was struck by a water delivery truck, whose driver claimed the brakes failed. Our office moved for summary judgment on liability, which we won, arguing the defendant was negligent and showed no proof of brake failure. Plaintiff, and his colleagues, were thrown from the vehicle and landed in the street. Our client suffered hip injuries, resulting in hip replacements on both sides in the years that followed, and was unable to return to his job in the field.