A jury awarded more than $16 million to a woman who claimed that she injured her spine in a motor-vehicle accident in Jacksonville.

On Dec. 15, 2018, plaintiff Jessica Long, 26, a retail store’s employee, was driving on Interstate 295, near its interchange at State Road 21, in Jacksonville. Her vehicle’s rear end was struck by a trailing car that was being driven by Virjona Gjuraj. Long claimed that she suffered injuries of her back and neck.