Our law firm represented the estate of one brother who died in a tragic truck crash, and his brother, who survived the crash. The two brothers were on a motorcycle headed home from band practice. It was a bit foggy but they were familiar with the area. The road they were on had one lane going each way. They were first rear-ended by a drunk driver, causing them to spill out into the roadway already with serious injuries. Shortly thereafter, a fully-loaded 80,000lb dairy truck came barrelling down the foggy road driving too fast for the conditions, and ran over one brother. The other brother got hit while trying to dive out of the way.
Liability was hotly contested, as the trucking company wanted to allege that it was all the first impact with the drunk driver that caused the death and injuries. They denied that the second surviving brother even got hit by the truck. However, after we litigated the case aggressively they decided to go from very, very low settlement offers to a $3 Million global settlement for the family to address all claims.
