Georgia Motorcyclist Awarded $8 Million in Dump Truck Accident

Georgia Motorcyclist Awarded $8 Million in Dump Truck Accident

A jury in Clayton County, Georgia granted a harmed motorcyclist $8 million after he was truly harmed in a bike mishap including a dump truck. On October 12, 2015, Ronnie Stevens was riding his Harley-Davidson Street Glide along southward Interstate 75 when an orange development barrel was tossed in his way, making him crash.


As per preliminary reports, a dump truck possessed by JRK Trucking Inc. from Jonesboro, Georgia — and driven by Donald Parks — was endeavoring "to move into a shut path of movement to go into a building site in the middle of the parkway and carelessly struck an orange development barrel.'"


Accordingly, the orange development barrel ricocheted into Stevens' way, making him crash his bike. Stevens endured a broke wrist and a broke lower leg.


During the preliminary, the jury took around 2 hours to ponder. They at last found that the shipping organization and Parks were both answerable for the accident.


As indicated by Stevens' lawyer, the shipping organization and Parks chose a "high-low arrangement" that had no appealable issues for Stevens, which promised him a settlement.


Stevens was utilized by the U.S. Naval force as a Chief Petty Officer when the mishap happened. In any case, because of the idea of his wounds, he needed to resign 7 years sooner than arranged. His broke lower leg made it unthinkable for Stevens to run 1.5 miles to finish the Navy's actual availability test, which made him ill suited to keep serving in the Navy.


As per his lawyer, Stevens "couldn't go out on boats, he wasn't qualified for advancements, so his profession that he worked for a very long time simply kind of deteriorated over the most recent 3 years after the mishap."


Despite the fact that Stevens wasn't seriously harmed in the mishap, his wounds majorly affected his life.


The cycle to grant Stevens required significant investment since Park, the landfill transporter, left the location of the mishap. This brought about the police recording the first case as a "John Doe" crash and Rogers finding the supposed dump transporter and shipping organization by experiencing the revelation cycle with all the development venture's overall temporary workers.


Since the episode, JRK Trucking's site demonstrates the organization has left business.


The multifaceted nature of this case stands shows why it's critical to employ the most ideal lawyer in case you're engaged with any sort of engine vehicle mishap.