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Dec. 9 Trial Set on Lawsuit From 100-Vehicle Crash

Trial is set next month on a lawsuit filed by children of a suburban Houston couple killed on Thanksgiving Day a year ago in a 100-vehicle pileup on a foggy stretch of Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas. Two sons and …

Insurer Must Cover Driver in Vermont Fatal Crash

A jury says an insurance company must honor the policy of a Vermont man who was convicted of murder in a drunken driving crash that killed a woman in 2010. The insurance company Geico had filed a lawsuit in U.S. …

Charges Upgraded in Texas Wreck That Killed 5

Authorities say multiple charges of intoxication manslaughter have been filed against a South Texas woman who they say triggered a two-vehicle accident that killed five. The Brownsville Herald reports 32-year-old Margaret Gil initially was charged with criminal negligent homicide before …

Driver Killed in Bizarre Kansas Turnpike Crash

A bizarre crash in Wichita involving a pair of empty school buses has left one man dead and two others under arrest. KAKE-TV reports the accident happened early Wednesday on the Kansas Turnpike. The Highway Patrol says one school bus …

Metro Legal Costs Jump Due to 2009 Crash

Metro has paid out $173 million in legal claims in the past five years, and the number jumped as the agency started to settle lawsuits stemming from a deadly 2009 crash. The Washington Examiner reports that the transit agency’s annual …

Minnesota Driver Distracted by Sex Gets Prison Time

A Minnesota man made a tearful plea for leniency before a judge sentenced him to just over four years in prison for a crash that killed two people, including a woman with whom he allegedly was having sex while driving. …

Nebraska Crash Lawsuit Invokes Fetal Death Law

Lawyers say a Nebraska law extending legal protections to fetuses at any stage of development is being invoked for the first time in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by parents of a family killed in a September car wreck. The federal …

Family Drops Lawsuit in Fatal Tennessee Crash

The family of a young man who died in a crash which a former state trooper did not stop for has dropped a $10 million lawsuit. Charles Van Morgan was fired in February after investigators found he drove by the …