$375,000 Injury Settlement - Pedestrian Hit By Commercial Truck

Raleigh Commercial Trucking Accident Settlement Result

In 2023, we represented a client who was injured after he (a pedestrian) was struck by a commercial tractor trailer while walking across a parking lot. Our team of Raleigh trucking accident lawyers confidentially settled the case against the commercial driver and trucking company for $375,000.00.

Our client was walking through a Love’s Travel Stop in Marion, North Carolina on August 30, 2021 when a commercial truck driver turned into the parking lot and ran-over our client. The accident was captured on video surveillance and revealed that the driver of the commercial vehicle never stopped or slowed before driving over our client with his vehicle.

Our client luckily survived the incident but suffered leg crush and nerve damage as a result of the incident. After a series of nerve-release surgeries, our client has regained most of the function of his legs, but his continued recovery will be a challenge. Fortunately, we secured enough in settlement for him to obtain surgery in the future if needed.

As part of the litigation, the commercial truck driver admitted that he never saw our client before hitting him.  The defense lawyers and insurance carrier argued contributory negligence (a common defense that is described in more detail here) on the grounds that our client should have seen the tractor trailer and gotten out of the way before he was struck  Our team of trucking accident lawyers argued that as a pedestrian in a parking lot, our client had the right-of-way and had no duty to pay such special attention to vehicles approaching him from rear, particularly given the number of other vehicles traveling through the parking lot.  Additionally, we argued that the commercial trucking driver had the last clear chance to avoid the accident, which defeats a contributory negligence defense.

This is just an example of one of the recent results by our team of trucking accident lawyers in Raleigh, NC. With decades of collective experience, our injury attorneys have helped clients across North Carolina and South Carolina recover millions in damages against insurance companies, large corporations, employers, and the powerful.

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