Slattery vs Estes Express Lines
Jun 01, 2015OUTCOME: Settled for $40.8 million
In this motor vehicle negligence action, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants were negligent in causing a collision that killed the driving mother and seriously injured the two minor passengers. ... The defendants denied the allegations and disputed the nature and extent of the plaintiffs’ alleged damages. On the date of the incident the female decedent, mother of the two minor plaintiffs, was operating her vehicle on the Ohio Turnpike. The minor plaintiffs, ages 12 and 15 were also passengers in the vehicle at the time of the collision. The defendant driver was operating a tractor pulling triple trailers all carrying loads. The vehicles were traveling in a construction zone where the roadway narrowed. The defendant’s truck and trailers collided into the rear of the decedent’s vehicle. Estes Express Lines Trucking Company involved in a fatal truck crash accident. As a result of the collision, the mother driver died at the scene. The 15-year-old minor plaintiff sustained a traumatic brain injury and was taken from the scene of the collision by LifeFlight. The other minor, the 12-year-old son, sustained multiple fractures including a broken pelvis and multiple facial fractures. The plaintiffs brought suit against the defendant driver and the trucking company alleging negligence. The defendants denied the allegations and disputed the nature and extent of the plaintiffs’ injuries and damages. The parties engaged in extensive informal discovery and participated in two mediation sessions. The parties agreed to a settlement of all the plaintiffs’ claims for the total sum of $40,800,000 during the second mediation. Matthew Slattery, Peter Slattery and Edward Slattery individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Susan Slattery vs. Estes Express Lines, Inc. and Douglas Bouch. Case no. 1116-CV-13913; Judge Justine Del Muro.