NEGLIGENCE RESULTING IN DEATH OF MOTHER AND SON NETS $900,000 SETTLEMENT
Attorney
(866) 735-1102 Ext 645
A mother in her twenties and her six year old son were killed in a motor vehicle collision which occurred when the defendant truck driver backed a semi tractor-trailer from his driveway into the roadway in front of the mother and her son.
A mother in her twenties and her six year old son were killed in a motor vehicle collision which occurred when the defendant truck driver backed a semi tractor-trailer from his driveway into the roadway in front of the mother and her son.
Lawyers for the estate of the two dead people claim that the defendant truck driver violated several safety rules and regulations and backed the semi tractor-trailer to his right, which was his blind side. In addition, they claimed that the truck driver should have had a spotter to assist him in backing out into the road way.
The insurance company for the truck driver argued that since the only heirs to the estates of both of the dead victims were the driver's mother, no economic loss had been suffered as a result of their death. The insurance company also argued that the young mother was herself negligent and the truck driver made a claim against the estate for his own injuries.
Wrongful death cases are perhaps most difficult to value. How does one place the value on the life of a mother in her twenties and her six year old son? Because their death was instantaneous, they had no medical bills and the funeral expenses for both were less than $12,000.00.
The case arose out of Green County and would have been tried in Snow Hill, the county seat. It is difficult to predict the value that a Green County jury would place upon the lives of these two unfortunate victims.
$900,000.00 is a lot of money however; it seems to be a low value to place on the lives of two human beings.
For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.