Idaho Company Agrees For $5M Settlement In Fatal Crash

Idaho Company Agrees For $5M Settlement In Fatal Crash

Introduction

Daughters of a woman who got killed in a drunk-driving crash in December 2017 got a settlement of $5 million by an Idaho company.

The truck driver crossed the centerline of the U.S. Highway 93 and collided with the lady's car, resulting in her death at the scene of the accident. The truck driver was identified as an employee of a truck driving company owned by Advanced Heating and Cooling, a business name assumed by BSR Ventures. 

On investigation, it came into notice that the truck driver was drinking at a bar in Shoshone before the crash, and he even pleaded for the violation of the law. The lawsuit filed by the lady's family even stated that the company was aware of the previous DUI convictions of the truck driver. The judge then sentenced him 15 years of prison and suspended his driving license.

Earlier, a Burleigh County jury awarded a settlement of more than $1 billion in total damages to a survivor and families of two women killed in a 2015 car crash in Mandan.

The incident took place on 27th June 2015 when the ladies were travelling at the Mckenzie Drive exit on the Bismarck Expressway. The man rammed into the car in which the ladies were travelling, resulting in the death of two women and a traumatic brain injury for the lady who was driving the car.

The dead victims' family was awarded $295 million in punitive damages along with $36 million each. The woman who was driving the car got compensatory damages of $170 million.