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Fatal Truck Crash Results in $36.3 million Verdict

By Michael Phelan

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On a clear day in April 2004, Thomas Steven, father of eight kids and owner of a plumbing supply company, was driving his Chevrolet Suburban and obeying the rules of the road. At the same time, a driver of a Swift Transportation tractor-trailer drove 65 mph across three sets of rumble strips designed to warn of an approaching stop sign, ran the stop sign, and crashed into the Suburban, killing Mr. Steven. Swift Transportation conveniently could not locate the driver logs it was required to keep under federal regulations, which no doubt would have shown that its driver was fatigued due to logging too many continuous driving hours. Like most tractor trailer truck accidents, this one was likely caused by driver fatigue.

Full post as published by Richmond Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer on December 05, 2007 (boomark / email).

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