Settlement Prior to Trial for Truck Accident Case On January 22, 2009, a 49-year-old female was driving home after dropping her daughter off at work when a large commercial truck struck the rear end of her vehicle. After enduring months of treatment, including physical therapy and various epidural injections in her lumbar spine, she underwent a lumbar fusion surgical procedure. Just before the case was ready for trial, we negotiated a settlement with the Defendant for $890,000.00.