The family of a motorcyclist struck and killed by an Amazon delivery van in Tacoma has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the e-commerce giant for an undisclosed sum, court records show.
Robert Barra, 43, died 11 hours after being hit at the intersection of East McKinley Avenue and East 37th Street on Aug. 3, 2023, according to the lawsuit filed two months later in Pierce County Superior Court.
The crash occurred when the delivery van turned left so as to go onto East 37th Street from northbound McKinley Avenue, while Barra was riding south on McKinley Avenue, the lawsuit said. Barra was ejected and thrown against the van in the collision, according to the filing…