A teenager who struck her head on the pavement after falling from a truck tailgate has received a $100,000 settlement, reports the Missouri Lawyers Weekly. The lawsuit claimed that the girl suffered a brain injury causing a diminished capacity for taste and smell in addition to behavioral problems. The defendant, also a teenager, was driving the truck for his employer, a Missouri electric company. The defendant had claimed that the plaintiff of purposely jumped from the tailgate, making her comparatively negligent, according to the Missouri Lawyers Weekly.