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Wrongful Death, Product Liability
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Case Details
Tractor-trailer underride crash resulting in the tragic deaths of two young fathers due to a faulty rear impact guard on a Wabash National Corp. trailer.
Additional Notes
Jury awarded $12 million in compensatory damages and $450 million in punitive damages against Wabash National Corp. for negligence related to ineffective rear impact guards. The jury assigned 65% responsibility to Wabash National and 35% to the car driver. Victims were Taron Tailor (30) and Nicholas Perkins (23), who died instantly in 2019. Plaintiffs' attorneys argued Wabash ignored years of research and warnings about guard ineffectiveness.