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Grandparents file wrongful death lawsuit against driver, trucking company

Fatal truck crash kills mother, four children

The paternal grandparents of a 10-year-old girl killed in a tractor-trailer crash in Kansas that also killed her mother and three siblings have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the trucking company and one of its drivers.

Mark and Carrie Brady of Mulvane, Kansas, filed suit in Sedgwick County District Court on Tuesday against L.B. White Trucking Inc. of Wellington, Kansas, and its truck driver, Andrew Specht, 31, of Argonia, Kansas.

Ronald L. White, president of L.B. White Trucking, did not...

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Texas trucking company must face lawsuit over pipeline damage

A two-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the 11th District in Odessa, Texas, ruled that Motley Capital LLC must face a $500,000 negligence lawsuit over alleged damage the company caused to a wastewater pipeline and manhole cover in 2018.

The panel ruled that Gulf Coast Authority (GCA) can proceed with its lawsuit against Motley Capital LLC and owner Marco Davis.

Motley Capital and Davis filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit based on the Texas Citizens’ Participation Act (TCPA). The act...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/texas-trucking-company-must-face-lawsuit-over-pipeline-damage

800 Passengers File Class Action Lawsuit Against Cruise Giant

  • Shine Lawyers have filed a Federal Court class action against the owners of the Ruby Princess.
  • The owners have been sued over the handling of a COVID-19 outbreak onboard the ship.
  • It is seeking compensation on behalf of 800 passengers or their families and estates.
  • The legal firm alleges passengers were not told of the risks on board.
  • Hundreds of people from the Ruby Princess have since been diagnosed with COVID-19.
  • The owner breached consumer guarantees, were negligent and failed in their...

https://mfame.guru/800-passengers-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-cruise-giant/

Carrier ties bankruptcy to soaring insurance rates, fatal crash

Deluxe Express files for bankruptcy protection, citing soaring insurance costs and a fatal crash.

Deluxe Express Inc. of Plainfield, Illinois, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, citing soaring insurance rates after one of its drivers was involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 80 near Laramie, Wyoming, in March 2019.

Deluxe Express and another motor carrier have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man killed in the deadly pileup involving three trucking companies.

In its filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/deluxe-express-cites-insurance-costs-fatal-crash-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-filing

Family of Wyoming man killed in truck crash sues driver, carrier

The family of a man killed two years ago in a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 80 in Albany County, Wyoming, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a North Carolina trucking company and one of its former drivers.

Vidal Madera, 57, of Laramie, Wyoming, died when Tonya Hightower, 48, of Wichita, Kansas, lost control of her rig while traveling westbound on I-80 around 5:15 a.m. on March 21, 2018, drove through the median and hit Madera, who was driving a 2001 Chevy Cavalier in the eastbound...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/family-of-wyoming-man-killed-in-truck-crash-sues-driver-carrier

Lawsuit filed regarding Golden Ray’s wreck removal operation

Attorneys for salvors Donjon-SMIT filed a lawsuit against the USCG last week, aiming to stop salvage operations that are currently underway for the capsized car carrier Golden Ray. The lawsuit relates to USCG’s decision to allow the vessel owner to tender for third-party contractors who were not part of the approved response plan, to dismantle the ship on fixed-price instead of cost-plus terms.

According to the complaint, this decision violates OPA-90 regulations, applied to prevent oil spills...

https://safety4sea.com/lawsuit-filed-regarding-golden-rays-wreck-removal-operation/

Mariner’s family files suit against marine companies involved in river accident

The family of Matthew Brigalia have filed a lawsuit in Orleans Parish (New Orleans) against Elite Towing Inc. and American River Transportation Co. LLC (ARTCO) in the wake of a barge collision on the Mississippi River on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. Brigalia served aboard the RC Creppel, which sank after being struck by another vessel, the Cooperative Spirit, shortly after 5:30 a.m.

That morning, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report that the 69’x30’x10′ towboat RC Creppel and the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/mariners-family-files-suit-against-marine-companies-involved-in-river-accident/

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