A woman whose back was injured when she was rear-ended by a pickup truck as she waited at a red light reached a $3 million combined settlement against the other driver and his employer, and a garage that worked on the truck’s brakes prior to the crash.

The case was complicated by a number of factors, including that the plaintiff—now 72—had several falls before and after the wreck, and she was in another wreck two years after being hit. There was also a pending motion for spoliation sanctions because the truck’s brakes were repaired after the wreck and the old parts discarded, said plaintiff’s attorney Ben Brodhead. 

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