A $988,750 settlement was reached on Dec. 29 for a Belleville man seriously injured when he was rear-ended in a crash.

On the accident date, June 29, 2020, Zenny Paulyk was operating a vehicle owned by his employer, MCI Eastern Security Systems in Ringwood. Robert Lopez, also of Belleville, rear-ended Paulyk on Route 21 in Nutley, causing him to hit another vehicle stopped on the shoulder, according to the suit.