A motorist who underwent neck and arm surgery for injuries he sustained when his vehicle was struck from behind was paid a $1.05 million settlement in his Monmouth County suit, Ottaviano v. Donato, on Jan. 8.

Stefano Ottaviano, then 60, was stopped on Newman Springs Road in Shrewsbury on May 3, 2016, waiting to make a left turn onto Hance Avenue when his vehicle was rear-ended by a pickup truck operated by Anthony Donato and owned by Donato Contracting.