Posted On: January 19, 2005
$1.7M for Double Fatality Accident
On January, 1, 2003, Rosa Arteaga’s car was rear-ended by pick-up truck which forced them into a spin and into a concrete road median. Both her daughter and her mother were severely injured and died at the scene. The plaintiff claims that Sara Gibson, the woman in the pick-up truck was driving too fast in the rain.
After carefully inspecting the black box in Gibson’s truck, it was revealed that she was traveling at 73 mph with the cruise control, and she didn’t even hit the brake until a second before the crash. Arteaga was awarded $1.7M for her pain and suffering, emotional distress, and loss of her family members.
(This information was obtained from the New Jersey Law Journal)
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