Fifth Truck Accident Lawsuit Filed Against Trucker Over 2008 Accident
Another truck accident victim is seeking personal injury recovery from trucker Jose Alberto Sarmiento and trucking company Spartan Logistics LLC over a deadly collision involving multiple vehicles that occurred on Interstate 81 in 2008. In this latest tractor-trailer crash lawsuit, William Morgan is seeking $500,000 for his permanent and serious injuries and the damages that his vehicle sustained.
Morgan contends that as a result of his injuries, he continues to experience “great pain” and cannot properly see to his personal and business affairs. He is accusing Sarmiento of operating his truck in a careless, negligent, and reckless manner.
Four other civil lawsuits have been filed over the deadly semi-truck collision. Earlier this year, the family of siblings Ivan Ryman, 4, and Maggie Ryman, 1, sued the trucker and his trucking company for wrongful deaths, as well as for the wrongful death of their grandmother Cordula Elma Lear, 80. The mother of the two children, 40-year-old Serena Vera Lear Ryman, is seeking damages for personal injury. She was driving the car that all of them were in at the time of the deadly truck accident. Separate jury trials for each case are scheduled.
Sarmiento, who admitted to three counts of reckless driving, was ordered to pay a fine and received a suspended jail term.
Lawsuit filed in accident on I-81, NVDaily.com, July 29, 2010
Bond Set for Sarmiento, WHSV, December 2, 2008
Related Web Resources:
Large Trucks, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Even if the person responsible for a deadly truck crash is not ordered to spend time in prison, you may still be able to hold him/her liable by filing your Chicago, Illinois truck crash lawsuit. In Cook County, DuPage County, Will County, and Lake County, Illinois, contact the Law Offices of Steven J. Malman & Associates, PC.
