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Torts/Personal Injury

Feb. 12, 2025

Woman rear-ended by truck gets $34M after jury trial

The plaintiff said she was severely injured when a Systems Services of America truck rear-ended her minivan, causing traumatic brain injury and requiring multiple surgeries.

Woman rear-ended by truck gets $34M after jury trial
Nicholas Rowley

A Los Angeles jury awarded $21 million to a plaintiff who said she was severely injured when a Systems Services of America truck rear-ended her minivan, causing traumatic brain injury and requiring multiple surgeries.

The award totals some $34 million after augmentations stipulated by Code of Civil Procedure §998, according to Nicholas C. Rowley of Trial Lawyers for Justice in San Francisco, who represents the plaintiff.

"This was greedy, despicable insurance company...

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