SEATTLE TIMES: Skylar Seward was 15 in 2013 when the car she was riding in swerved left and went off the roadway on Interstate 5 near DuPont, Pierce County, colliding with an unprotected concrete pillar in the freeway median.

The News Tribune: A woman left quadriplegic at age 15 by a wreck on Interstate 5 in DuPont has agreed to settle her lawsuit against the state Department of Transportation for $28 million, her attorneys said Monday.

SEATTLE TIMES: Three years ago, a bicycle accident on a Seattle bridge turned physically strong and active attorney Mickey Gendler into a quadriplegic. He was recently awarded $8 million from the state, the highest payout to an individual since 2003.

SEATTLE PI: The state Transportation Department has agreed to pay $8 million to a bicyclist who was paralyzed after his tire got caught in a gap between two steel grates on the Montlake Bridge.

SEATTLE TIMES: A man who was paralyzed in a bicycle crash on the Montlake Bridge is suing the state. Michael Gendler hopes to force the Transportation Department and State Patrol to turn over records about similar accidents for a lawsuit seeking money for his injury.