This document summarizes 8 auto collision cases from Illinois jury verdict reports in May 2014. Case 1 involved a state trooper who was burned alive after his squad car was rear-ended by a semi truck driver who had worked 12 hours and fell asleep. The trooper's family was awarded $10.9 million. Case 2 involved a woman killed when a prison van crossed the center line and hit her car head-on, resulting in Nebraska ending its inmate van driver program and paying $2 million. Case 3 involved injuries to a pilot's finger and shoulder from a T-bone collision, settling for $450,000.