$32.1M
Wrongful Death Truck Accident
Case results reflect publicly available information reported by the listed law firms. They are not results obtained by ThatCarHitMe.com. Every case is unique and must be evaluated on its own facts. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. The results shown are not necessarily representative of all results obtained by these firms. No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.
Case Details
In September of 2012, a 43-year-old woman was killed while traveling on Highway 62 in Lawrenceburg. A man driving a dump truck in the opposite direction struck her car head-on. Marie Garmon was a hospice nurse returning from visiting a patient at home when the accident occurred. She died five days after the collision. The truck driver tested positive for marijuana use. The lawsuit was leveled against the truck driver and the driver’s employer, Atlas Excavating & Trucking.
Additional Notes
Evidence presented in the trial showed that Atlas Excavating had not given the driver a pre-employment drug screening. In October of 2019, an Anderson County Circuit Court Jury awarded the estate of the victim $32 million which included $10 million in punitive damages.