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Article: Verdicts & Settlements September 21, 2009: Rollover crash case settles for $550,000
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- September 21, 2009
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A teenager ejected from the bed of a pickup truck during a
rollover crash has settled his Cooper County case against the driver
for $550,000.
Aaron Imhoff, 17, was a passenger in the bed of a pickup truck
driven by his friend Brett Woods, 18. Woods was driving on Missouri
Route M just outside Pilot Grove at about 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 27,
2008.
Imhoff claimed Woods' truck entered a curve too fast and ran off
the right side of the road. Woods then overcorrected, crossed the
centerline and struck a ditch.
The truck overturned several times. Imhoff and two other
passengers riding in the truck bed were thrown from the vehicle.
Imhoff suffered a femur fracture requiring internal rod
placement, a ...