A woman and her two sons in California were awarded $6.7 million in Fresno County, after her husband was killed by a tractor-trailer while filling a bus he had been driving with fuel.
The wrongful death award also included over $500,000 for a nephew who saw the incident occur and as a result has suffered from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The deceased volunteered to drive a bus for the Sierra Pines Church of Oakhurst. When he pulled over on the side of a highway to fill up the gas tank, two approaching semis “became entangled as one attempted to pass the other.” One of the trucks struck the man and the bus.
The lawsuit included both trucking companies: Logos Group Inc. and Triple E.
Read More: http://blog.munley.com/2011/07/california-family-awarded-over-7-million-in-wrongful-death-claim.php
