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Tuesday, May 19, 2015Area:
Lexington, KYJust after 1:00 p.m., witnesses say that traffic slowed on southbound I-75 due to construction down the road. Apparently, the driver of a FedEx tractor-trailer, identified as 41-year-old Toby Caudill, did not slow down fast enough and rear-ended a truck in front of him, causing a chain-reaction crash that affected a total of six semi-trucks and one passenger vehicle. Caudill was killed in the collision. The passenger vehicle was crushed between two trucks, and its driver, identified as Jonathan Roark, 34, was also pronounced dead.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014Area:
Oklahoma City, OKCary Neal Rogers, a UPS semi-truck driver, was outside of his truck that was parked on the shoulder of the turnpike when a second semi driven by Scott Randall Sims was driving eastbound on the turnpike when for an unknown reason, it veered off the roadway and rear-ended the UPS semi. Both Rogers and Sims were pronounced dead at the scene. Sims was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the wreck and was ejected from his vehicle.
King County, WA jury awards $874,400 to motorcyclist after finding UPS to be at fault in a motorcycle collision with a delivery van
Accident Type:
Motorcycle AccidentIncident Date:
Monday, October 15, 2007Result Date:
Tuesday, August 25, 2009Monetary Result:
$1,093,000Topics:
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King County Superior CourtMotorcyclist Kevin Hartley was travelling on 15th Avenue West in Seattle when a UPS courier failed to yield the right-of-way to opposing traffic. Hartley's motorcycle subsequently collided with the delivery van. He sustained multiple fractures, including to his ankle, leg, tibula, hand and wrist. The motorcyclist suffered permanent disfigurement; he now walks with a limp and experiences chronic pain.
The defendent, UPS, contended that Hartley was driving behind the van and struck the back bumper, placing the proximate cause of the accident on him.
The jury found that the courier and the UPS company to be 80% at fault, while Hartley was 20% at fault due to his own contributory negligence. Therefore the award of $1,093,000 was reduced to $874,400.