Georgia Jury Awards $21.6 Million To Man Hit By Pickup Truck

Mealey's (June 10, 2019, 9:19 PM EDT) -- DALTON, Ga. — A metal recycling worker and his wife were awarded $21.6 million on May 10 for severe injuries he sustained when he was hit by a pickup truck trying to avoid a tractor-trailer blocking the highway as it left the business.  A Georgia jury held the tractor-trailer driver and his employer liable for 99.9 percent of the award (Donald Monroe, et al. v. Lane’s Equipment Rental Inc., No. 16CI833-J, Ga. Super., Whitfield Co.)....