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Jury says U-Haul must pay $84 million to injured man

Amerco's U-Haul International Inc. must pay $84 million to a 74-year-old man who was injured when the truck he rented ran over him, a jury said.

The man, Talmadge Waldrip, parked the truck on a "slight incline" and the parking brake failed, said his attorney, Ted Lyon, in a phone interview. Waldrip said U-Haul failed to maintain the truck, causing the accident.

"The truck's parking brake did not work at all," Lyon said. "He stepped out of the truck and it rolled right over him."

A Dallas court found U-Haul negligent and awarded Waldrip $84.25 million, including $63 million in punitive damages. The verdict is the 11th-largest jury award this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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