Mealey's ( May 8, 2020, 2:23 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — Verizon has agreed to pay $125 million to a woman who was catastrophically injured when a utility pole that it failed to remove and replace for 18 years fell on her while she was waiting at a bus stop. A New Jersey judge approved the settlement May 4, as well as settlements for $250,000 and $25,000 with two other companies (Peter H. Meister, et al. v. Verizon New Jersey Inc., et al., No. ESX-L-4738-17, N.J. Super., Essex Co.)....