Ankitaben Parikh was struck in a parking lot by a tractor-trailer driver who got lost
MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- A woman severely injured after being hit by a tractor trailer in her employer's parking lot settled her lawsuit for a total of $5.35 million, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Ankitaben Parikh, 35, of North Brunswick, was struck by a truck operated by Frock Brothers Trucking in the rear of Taro Pharmaceutical in South Brunswick in September 2014, according to her attorney Edward Capozzi, of Brach Eichler in Roseland.
Parikh typically parked in the front of the Commerce Drive building when she arrived at work, but was told go to the back the day of the accident because the main lot was being remodeled.
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The truck stuck the woman as she walked toward the building after parking near a loading dock. The driver had pulled into the lot to ask for directions after getting lost.
Her injuries included a fractured pelvis, multiple rib fractures, a fractured sacrum, two fractured vertebrae in her spine, a fractured right hip and fractures in each ankle. She had several surgeries.
Taro Pharmaceutical settled for $1.9 million prior to the trial, while Frock Brothers agreed to a $3.45 million payout three days after the trial began in late February.
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