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A landmark settlement was reached for a teenager who suffered disfiguring burns on over 65% of her body after a food truck explosion. Of the settlement, $54,350,000, part of a broader $160,000,000 agreement for four victims, was made public. This settlement is notable for being the largest pre-verdict settlement in a Pennsylvania state court for a minor and the second-largest overall.
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A young man, who was on a school field trip, sustained an injury that left him paralyzed. Ken Fulginiti took legal action against the school and successfully secured a confidential settlement amounting to $36,000,000 on his behalf.
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The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed a verdict awarding a forklift operator $12.4 million, which added to a prior $3.5 million settlement, totaled over $22.5 million in compensation. This decision followed a retrial of a 2006 incident where the operator was crushed and partially paralyzed by falling pallets of frozen food after warehouse racking collapsed.