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2026-01-24 16:11:40 -

Family of Lakewood Truck Driver Killed in 2023 Police Chase Files $26 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit
LAKEWOOD, WASHINGTON — The family of a Lakewood-based commercial truck driver who was killed in a 2023 crash has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit, alleging that an illegal and improperly conducted police pursuit directly led to the fatal collision involving his semi-truck. According to court records, attorneys for the family of Bohdan Vetrov, 57, announced Tuesday that they filed...

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2024-04-07 16:40:52 -

$1M lawsuit filed by teacher in recent school bus crash
$1M lawsuit filed by teacher seriously injured in school bus crash with concrete truck in Texas late last month. The accident claimed the life of a 5-year-old on the bus and an adult in a car behind the bus. Since the crash, the concrete truck driver, 42-year-old Jerry Hernandez, has admitted to consuming illicit substances and getting very little sleep prior...

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2024-04-16 11:21:07 -

2nd lawsuit brought against concrete truck driver in fatal bus crash
Six families involved in lawsuit brought against concrete truck driver following fatal school bus crash in Texas several weeks ago. The accident occurred in Bastrop County, Texas in March, and led to the deaths of 5-year-old Ulises Rodriguez Montoya and 33-year-old Ryan Wallace. 42-year-old Jerry Hernandez, the driver of the concrete truck, has been charged with...

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2026-02-15 00:55:27 -

Court Rules Truck Driver’s Heart Condition Does Not Qualify as a Disability Under the ADA, Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — A federal appeals court has ruled that a commercial truck driver’s heart condition does not qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act, affirming dismissal of his discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against his former employer. In Stephens v. U.S. Environmental Services LLC, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the...

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2022-03-16 20:04:59 -

Disability discrimination lawsuit settled after trucking company shells out $75k
A Texas trucking company has settled for $75,000 plus other relief after being sued in a disability discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit against Stevens Transport was filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Its settlement was announced on Tuesday, March 15th. According to Insurance Journal, an applicant applied to work for Stevens Transport at the...

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2026-01-08 16:23:20 -

Families File Wrongful Death Lawsuit After 18-Wheeler Hauling H-E-B Potatoes Kills Four Women on US 87
HARTLEY COUNTY, TEXAS — The families of four women killed in a crash with an 18-wheeler on US 87 last November have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, naming H-E-B, Parkway Transport Inc, Scrappy Trucking LLC, and the truck driver, Guadalupe Daniel Villarreal, as defendants. The lawsuit was filed Dec. 23 in Bexar County and is seeking damages while also asking the court to preserve key...

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2025-04-18 01:21:16 -

Family of Fort Worth Pileup Victim Continues Lawsuit Against FedEx After Reaching Settlement With Tollway Operator
FORT WORTH, Texas — The family of Tiffany Gerred, one of six victims killed in the 133-vehicle pileup on Interstate 35 in 2021, is moving forward with a lawsuit against FedEx after reaching a confidential settlement with the North Tarrant Express tollway operator. The deadly crash occurred on February 11, 2021, during icy road conditions on the TEXPress lanes of I-35W. Gerred, 34,...

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2025-11-05 21:42:07 -

Fourth lawsuit filed against Ukrainian truck driver in deadly Thomasville crash
THOMASVILLE, Ala. — A fourth lawsuit has been filed against a Ukrainian truck driver accused of causing a deadly crash in Thomasville earlier this year. The complaint was filed Tuesday by Horace Bradford Larrimore, who says he was hit from behind by the truck and flipped upside down during the May crash on Highway 43. Larrimore suffered injuries and continues to experience hip pain,...

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2026-01-06 18:36:20 -

Lawsuit Claims Tesla Autosteer Drifted Into Oncoming 90,000-Pound Grain-Hauling Semi, Killing Four in Idaho Crash
DRIGGS, IDAHO — A deadly 2023 head-on collision between a Tesla Model X and an oncoming tractor-trailer is back in the spotlight this week because a new lawsuit filed December 23 was recently moved into federal court, accusing Tesla’s driver-assistance system of letting the vehicle cross the center line and slam into the big rig. According to the newly filed complaint, the crash...

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2025-05-20 14:57:16 -

Lawsuit Filed After Trucker Burned Alive in Wrecker Crash on Transmountain in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — The son of a 65-year-old truck driver who was burned alive inside a heavy wrecker earlier this month has filed a lawsuit against Sheffield Towing Service, alleging gross negligence that led to his father's death. The fatal crash occurred on May 8th at the intersection of Loop 375 and N. Desert Boulevard in northwest El Paso. According to reports from KFox14, Aldo...

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2025-03-22 01:42:45 -

$150 Million in Lawsuits Filed Over Fatal I-35 Crash in Austin That Killed 5 and Injured Dozens
Two major lawsuits, including one seeking over $100 million in damages, have been filed in connection to a deadly 18-vehicle crash on Interstate 35 in North Austin that killed five people and left at least a dozen others injured. One of the lawsuits was filed by Nathan Jonard, a survivor of the March 13 crash, who alleges that driver negligence and corporate irresponsibility led to the massive...

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2025-12-27 17:01:51 -

20,000 Immigrant Truck Drivers Sue California DMV Over Mass Cancellation of Non-Domiciled CDLs
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — The California Department of Motor Vehicles is facing a lawsuit filed on behalf of nearly 20,000 immigrant truckers seeking to block the state from canceling their commercial driver’s licenses after the DMV sent cancellation notices citing expiration date errors on non-domiciled CDLs. The Asian Law Caucus and the Sikh Coalition, along with the law firm...

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2026-01-18 00:25:21 -

Family of Man Killed in Truck Crash Says No Lawyer Will Help Them Sue Washington and California Over CDL Issued to Driver Accused of Being in U.S. Illegally
WASHINGTON STATE — The family of a motorist killed in a December 2025 crash says they have been unable to find an attorney willing to help them pursue lawsuits against Washington and California, arguing state actions helped enable the truck driver accused of causing the fatal collision, according to comments made on Fox News. Jen Jensen, the sister of Robert B. Pearson, said her family...

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2025-11-06 16:47:41 -

Family of truck driver killed during police chase files $26M wrongful death claim against Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — The family of a semi-truck driver who was killed after police pursued robbery suspects has filed a $26 million wrongful death claim against the City of Lakewood, alleging officers violated pursuit policies and state law that led to his death. The deadly crash occurred on June 29, 2023, when police chased two robbery suspects in a stolen Kia following an armed...

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2025-11-20 16:33:30 -

Family sues truck driver and trucking company after 16-year-old killed in I-75 crash in Madison County
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The family of a 16-year-old boy killed in a July crash on Interstate 75 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a truck driver and his employer, alleging negligence and a history of dangerous driving contributed to the fatal collision. Photo credit: Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers Tristan Brown, 16, died on July 20 when a Hills Trucking Company semi-truck slammed into...

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2025-10-19 13:59:55 -

Florida sues California and Washington for issuing CDLs to undocumented truck drivers after deadly Turnpike crash
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit against California and Washington, alleging that both states violated federal safety and immigration laws by issuing commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to undocumented truck drivers, according to documents released Thursday by the Florida Attorney General’s Office. The lawsuit, which asks the...

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