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A New Jersey jury awarded $55 million to a woman who had both of her legs amputated after she was hit by an 18-wheeler.
Following a two-week trial before Superior Court Judge Thomas Vena, the verdict was entered April 11 against Alert Motor Freight and Jersey City Transport, two related trucking companies in Cinnaminson, New Jersey, and the estate of truck driver Paul DePass of Belleville, New Jersey. Lawyers in the case said DePass died of cancer three years after the crash.
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Charles Toutant
Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.
