Trucker takes the Fifth in wrongful death case

By Deborah Elkins
Published: September 9, 2010

Tags: Constitutional, Federal Courts, Judge James P. Jones, Judge Pamela Meade Sargent, Wrongful Death

A long-haul truck driver sued for wrongful death after a collision on Interstate 81 can invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege and refuse to answer questions in the personal injury action, an Abingdon federal court says. The accident happened on a snowy evening in February. Defendant Ezzell Furgerson, driving an 18-wheel tractor-trailer north on I-81 in Wythe ...

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