A man who underwent spinal surgery after a rear-end accident was paid a $1.2 million settlement in his Morris County suit, Weintraub v. Cook, in May.

On Oct. 2, 2014, Morris Weintraub was driving southbound on Interstate 287 in Hanover Township, and, while stopped in traffic, was struck from behind by another motorist, Edward Cook, said Weintraub’s lawyer, Todd Leonard, who heads a firm in Denville.