Missouri appeals court upholds $800,000 award in delivery van crash case
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A Missouri appeals court upheld an $800,000 jury verdict in favor of Amy Bolandis following a traffic accident. It was determined that the delivery van driver failed to check for…
A Missouri appeals court has upheld an $800,000 jury award for a woman injured when a delivery van pulled into her path after a truck driver waved it forward. The court found there was no evidence that the woman was driving too fast, and it rejected the defence argument that she shared fault for the crash. The case, Amy Bolandis v. Thomas Bateman and UniFirst Corporation, turned on a simple but important question. Could the driver who pulled out blindly into traffic blame the other motorist for travelling at a normal speed? The Missouri Court of Appeals said no, as per report on Justia U.S. Law.
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