$30M Awarded To Teenager In 2006 Truck Accident

In August 2006, 16-year old Ethan Bryant was badly injured in a crash in which his car was hit by a truck unable to stop at an intersection. While his friend sitting in the passenger seat was killed at the scene of the accident, Ethan went into an eight-month coma and now suffers from multiple disorders. The gravel truck, unable to break at the intersection’s red traffic light, was overloaded by approximately 20,000 pounds. The jury found the paving company that commissioned the truck driver 70 percent responsible for the crash, and in the end awarded Ethan Bryant and his parents $30 million.