Claim: Trucker was warned about wheels before they came off – $3,550,000 Settlement 
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Published: September 19, 2011
Tags: Henrico County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death
On the morning of the incident, plaintiff’s decedent was on her way to work. The rear tandem wheels of a tractor-trailer owned and operated by the defendants disengaged from the trailer and crashed into decedent’s vehicle, resulting in decedent’s death. Approximately five minutes before the incident, another motorist had flagged the driver of the tractor ...
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