Paralyzed trucker awarded $14.6 million
Paralyzed trucker awarded $14.6 million
Posted: 06/24/2009
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-- A South Florida truck driver has been awarded $14.6 million from an accident that left him paralyzed.
A Broward Circuit Court judge ordered an insurance company Tuesday to pay 64-year-old Derry Brown Jr. Jurors decided the amount of the award.
Brown's attorney says that his client was hauling of sugar in Palm Beach County in 2007 when another driver ran a stop sign, causing him to swerve out of the way.
His attorney argued that had Brown not swerved, the other driver would have died. Brown's attorney says National Casualty Co. denied coverage. So Brown sued for uninsured-motorist benefits after he was left without the use of his arms and legs and left with a pile of medical bills.
An attorney for National Casualty Co. could not be found.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
A Broward Circuit Court judge ordered an insurance company Tuesday to pay 64-year-old Derry Brown Jr. Jurors decided the amount of the award.
Brown's attorney says that his client was hauling of sugar in Palm Beach County in 2007 when another driver ran a stop sign, causing him to swerve out of the way.
His attorney argued that had Brown not swerved, the other driver would have died. Brown's attorney says National Casualty Co. denied coverage. So Brown sued for uninsured-motorist benefits after he was left without the use of his arms and legs and left with a pile of medical bills.
An attorney for National Casualty Co. could not be found.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Copyright 2009 The E.W. Scripps Co. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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