Trucking company to pay $7.7 million in case of wheel coming loose, striking vehicle

A Michigan jury recently awarded $7.7 million to a man who was seriously injured in 2018 when the wheel came loose from a box truck heading in the opposite direction, jumped the median and crashed into the front of his vehicle.

It took an eight-person jury less than two hours on Friday to find Lower Huron Chemical & Supply Co. of Wayne, Michigan, solely responsible for failing to follow the Department of Transportation’s regulations for the inspection, repair and maintenance of its commercial...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-company-to-pay-77-million-in-case-of-wheel-coming-loose-striking-vehicle

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