Semi Truck & Motor Vehicle Negligence Lawyers
The Rapoport Law Offices, P.C. semi truck and motor vehicle negligence lawyers represent individuals injured and families of those killed as a result of motor vehicle negligence, such as semi tractor trailer truck accidents, automobile crashes, motorcycle collisions and watercraft accidents. The lawyers in our firm have represented clients involved in many different types of motor vehicle accident scenarios, including big rig truck crashes, towing and trailer hitch accidents, and personal watercraft accidents.
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Representative lawsuits handled by the semi truck and motor vehicle negligence attorneys of Rapoport Law Offices, P.C.:
■ $13 million settlement for a lawsuit arising from a semi tractor trailer truck crash which occurred in a construction zone along the Indiana Toll Road.
■ $6.9 million settlement on behalf of the families of two people who were killed, and one person who was severely injured, when the car they were in was hit in the rear, then run over, by a tractor trailer traveling at a high rate of speed in a construction zone on a Wisconsin road.
■ $5 million settlement for the families of two men killed in a trucking accident on Interstate 80.
■ $2.7 million settlement for a partial quadriplegic as a result of a car accident.
■ $2 million settlement for a plaintiff injured when her vehicle was struck by a semi truck which had run a red light.
■ $1.942 million jury verdict, setting a new record in Adams County Wisconsin, for a husband and wife who were injured in a semi truck crash which occurred in Portage, Wisconsin.
■ $1.9 million personal injury settlement on behalf of two men injured in the crash of a television news satellite van equipped by the van manufacturer with the wrong type of tire and sold it in that condition, creating a danger that led to a tire blowout and caused the van to crash head-on into oncoming traffic.
■ $1.8 million awarded in automobile accident case involving the death of an 84 year old man.
■ $1.315 million for the father of a child from southern Illinois who suffered severe injuries resulting in her death after the vehicle she was riding in was struck by a semi tractor-trailer that had crossed the median of the interstate, entering the oncoming lanes of traffic.
■ $1.125 million settlement on behalf of a 30 year old man who was injured when the driver of a van lost control while traveling westbound on Interstate 80 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
■ $1 million settlement, the limit of the under-insured motorist coverage of the defendant, in a case for two teenagers injured when the teenage driver of the car they were passengers in lost control of the vehicle and crashed.
■ Settlement, the amount of which is subject to a confidentiality order, was reached on behalf of the family of a teenager who was killed when a landscaping company trailer hitch failed resulting in the trailer breaking free and colliding with the teenager's car.
■ A confidential settlement was reached on behalf of two persons who were severely injured when a semi-truck collided into the rear of their automobile while it was stopped on a divided highway signaling to make a left turn into their farm.
■ A confidential settlement was reached on behalf of a woman who was injured while riding in a vehicle which was struck by a semi tractor trailer from the A.R.F. landfill in Lake County, Illinois.
■ Rapoport Law Office attorneys have filed a lawsuit on behalf of a woman who was seriously injured while participating in a charity car wash in a grocery store parking lot. While our client was in plain view, a Coca-Cola semi truck driver executing a turn crushed her between the semi trailer he was driving and the vehicle she was washing.