English, Lucas, Priest, & Owsley, LLP

Trucking Negligence

ELPO represented a mother and two young children who were traveling on I-65. A tractor trailer struck their car, causing it to overturn and trap them. The mother’s fiancé, who was driving, was killed. Extensive discovery revealed the truck driver was improperly trained and violated Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. The trucking company failed to investigate the driver's history, which included multiple violations. The clients sustained minor physical injuries but unimaginable psychological trauma. ELPO demonstrated the severity of their injuries through expert testimony and psychiatric medical treatment.

Trucking Negligence

ELPO represented the surviving wife and children of a farmer who was run over by a truck driver while grain was being delivered. The trucking company attempted to blame the farmer, but accident reconstruction and analysis of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations proved the truck driver was at fault.

Trucking Negligence

An 81-year-old man was killed when a tractor-trailer ran a red light and struck his car. The truck driver claimed his light was green, but accident reconstruction and witness interviews established the truck driver was at fault.

Trucking Negligence

A man in his mid-70s, an active farmer, was killed when a tractor-trailer ran a red light and struck his vehicle. The truck driver was behind schedule. ELPO exposed the trucking company’s negligence in hiring, training, and supervising the driver. The defense tried to minimize damages due to the victim's age, but ELPO established a significantly greater value for the man's remaining life.

Trucking Negligence

A young father was killed in a collision between a waste management truck and a heating and air conditioning truck. Both drivers were at fault: one abruptly pulled into a left turn lane, and the other was following too closely and rear-ended the first truck, pushing it into oncoming traffic where it struck the client's vehicle head-on. The man was survived by his wife and three young sons.

Trucking Negligence

A truck driver lost a metal post on I-65 and left it. A second tractor-trailer driver swerved recklessly to avoid it, losing control. This caused a collision involving two other vehicles, killing six people in one vehicle and one in another. ELPO represented the natural father of three children killed and the surviving spouse of a woman killed. The case involved significant accident reconstruction issues. Defense tried to minimize 'loss of earning capacity' claims for elderly and children victims.