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Truck Accident Causing Brain Injury Results in $3 Million Dollar Verdict

Truck - pedestrian accident results in $3,000,000.00 verdict for pedestrian The pedestrian was riding his bike south on the highway when a truck veered off the road and rear-ended him. The pedestrian was thrown from his bicycle and suffered a traumatic brain injury, separated shoulder, fractured ribs, hand, leg, and other injuries. The pedestrian's medical bills totaled $170,000 and his past and future lost wages totaled $250,000.00. The truck driver and truck company denied responsibility, claiming that the pedestrian had came out in front of the truck. The jury gave $3 million including $1 million in punitive damages. Plaintiff’s expert witnesses in this case included Jack Sink, life-care planning, Athens, Ga.; Kendrick Richardson, accident reconstruction, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; and Samuel Macomson, neurosurgery; Michael Hawkins, trauma surgery; and Michael Tucker, orthopedic surgery, all of Augusta, Ga. Defendant’s experts included William J. Kluge, accident reconstruction, Raleigh, N.C.; and Harry D. Smith, biomechanical engineering, San Antonio, Tex. The case is called Hill v. USA Truck, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct., D.S.C., No. 8:06-cv-01010, Jan. 25, 2007.

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