Truck driver is run over by his own rig during altercation over truck making a turn on private business property. $9.3 million. Fresno County.
Summary
Long after city abandons a road often used by big-rigs, business places barriers to trucks and demands payments from truckers using the property to turn around at the end of the road. During a fight with business's general manager, trucker is run over by his co-driver.
The Case
- Court and Case Number: Fresno County Superior Court / 18CECG04044
- Type of Case: Course and scope of employment, Dangerous Condition of Public Roads, Highways, Dangerous Condition Private Property, Premises Liability
- Type of Result: Jury Verdict
The Attorneys
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Attorney for the Plaintiff:
Miles Sears & Eanni by Richard C. Watters and Lyndsie N. Russell, Fresno.
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Attorney for the Defendant:
Ericksen Arbuthnot by David Frankenberger, Fresno. (For Hiller Aircraft Corporation.)
Overstreet & Associates by Chester Walls, Fresno. (For City of Firebaugh.)