Personal Injury Law

Woman Awarded $556K for Injuries in Truck-Car Accident

By Louthian Law Firm

Mississippi?s Starkville Daily News reports the county?s largest verdict of its kind since 1992 has been awarded to a woman for her injuries in a 2004 accident.

The jury awarded a woman $566,800 in damages in her lawsuit against Star Transportation Inc. and Loraine Clark, driver of the truck.

The lawsuit stated the plaintiff was a passenger in a car that was stopped at an intersection, preparing to turn onto the highway, when Clark drove the truck at a high rate of speed through the intersection without stopping.

The car and the truck collided twice ? once on initial impact and once when the car went into a counter-clockwise spin. The truck driver failed to recognize the intersection was a four-way stop.

The plaintiff suffered multiple injuries and was diagnosed in 2007 with chronic regional pain syndrome.

If you have been in a South Carolina car accident, it?s important to make sure you understand your legal rights. You may be able to recover money for medical bills, lost wages, funeral costs, as well as compensation for wrongful death or permanent disability. Contact the experienced car accident attorneys at the Louthian Law Firm for a free evaluation of your case at 1-866-410-5656 or fill out our confidential online consultation form.

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Full post as published by South Carolina Lawyer Blog on July 08, 2009 (boomark / email).