A jury in Essex County, New Jersey, returned a $55 million verdict to a woman who suffered amputations of both legs when a truck hit her.
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.
