A motorist who claimed she sustained spinal injuries necessitating surgery after her vehicle was struck from behind by a truck in traffic on Interstate 80 settled her Bergen County suit, Unkasekvinai v. Sohi, for $1.75 million on Dec. 11.

On July 19, 2016, Christine Unkasekvinai, then 36, had left work and was driving eastbound on I-80 near Totowa, in the center lane. When traffic slowed, Unkasekvinai struck the vehicle in front of her and in turn was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer driven by defendant Karamjit Sohi, according to court documents and plaintiffs lawyer Adam Epstein of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman in Roseland.