Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Spencer Lucas and Marguerite Sanvictores have obtained a $3,993,509.60 settlement for an 88-year-old man who suffered paralysis after his vehicle was rear-ended by a big rig on the freeway as he traveled to his niece’s wedding with his sister-in-law. The defendant driver was in the course and scope of his employment at the time of the incident, operating a tractor trailer owned by Defendant and towing an enormous piece of industrial Caterpillar construction equipment.