OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A jury in Texas has issued a nearly $90 million verdict against Omaha trucking company Werner Enterprises.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that the award was handed down Thursday in a lawsuit brought by the family of a Houston boy who died in a 2014 crash with a Werner truck on Interstate 20 in Texas.
Werner says it will appeal the $89.6 million verdict.
Seven-year-old Zack Blake died in the crash, and his 12-year-old sister suffered a traumatic brain injury that left her a quadriplegic. The children’s mother, Jennifer Blake, and an older son were seriously injured.
The lawsuit says Werner disregarded safety policies during a winter storm that produced freezing rain.
But Werner says it was the Blake family pickup truck that went out of control, crossed a median and hit the Werner truck. Werner says the semitrailer was traveling well below the posted speed limit at the time of the crash.
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Information from: Omaha World-Herald, http://www.omaha.com
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