Jury believes Tractor trailer accident ruins woman's life
This entry was posted on 11/22/2006 11:57 AM and is filed under Verdicts.
Jury awards $36 million to woman in Lufkin Industries lawsuit Author: JESSICA SAVAGE Staff writer jsavage@coxnews.com
A Carthage jury awarded a California woman $36 million in a civil suit she filed against Lufkin Industries seeking damages from a 2003 motor vehicle collision with an 18-wheel tractor trailer built by the company. Kelleigh Falcon, a 25-year-old resident of Chino Hills, Calif., was severely injured in October 2003 when the Ford Taurus she was riding in struck the side of an 18-wheeler, sending it underneath the trailer that pulled out in front the vehicle she was in, according to a press release