23.5 Million Dollar Verdict For Victim Of A Truck Wreck
The Wichita Eagle newspaper reports that last month a $23.5 million verdict was awarded to a man with a severe spinal injury due to the negligence of a truck driver who tested positive for methamphetamine. The injured man had $5 million in medical bills.
I'm sure he would gladly trade all the money to have his health back but since we can't turn back the hands of time it is nice to know that juries appreciate the severity of injuries and are willing to fairly compensate victims of any type of negligence, including negligence of a few bad truck drivers who give the vast majority of honest competent truck drivers a bad name....