Truck Accidents Kill over 5,000 Americans a year and injure almost 150,000 more.

Many of these accidents are caused by the negligence and greed of truck drivers and the companies that hire them.

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Truck driving injuries often are caused by factors in addition to the carelessness of recklessness of drivers. For instance, truck accident injuries may be caused by:
  • A defect in the truck. In these cases, the automobile manufacturer or supplier may be responsible for the injuries caused under the law of product liability.
  • A repair person. The person who improperly repaired the automobile, resulting in an injury, may also be liable.
  • An intoxicated driver. In such instances, a bar or social host may be liable for server and obviously intoxicated guest who then drives and causes injury.

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    A Tennessee jury awarded $6.65 million in damages last week to the mother of a 17-year-old girl who died in a tractor-trailer accident. Lindsey Garretson was killed August 8, 2000 when a truck driven by Stuart Foy slammed into the back of her car on Interstate 40. Foy failed to slow the tractor-trailer, owned by KLLM Transport Services Inc., when vehicles began braking to avoid a mattress that had fallen off another truck.
    Plaintiff attorneys argued that Foy should never have been employed by KLLM due to his record of reckless driving and several accidents. The jury awarded $1.25 million for Garretson's pain and suffering, $2 million to the victim's mother for her loss, $2.4 million in punitive damages, $1 million for loss of future earnings and $250,000 for Garretson's noncustodial father.

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