Darr
BENTON – Rebecca Anderson of Arkansas can’t escape litigation over a fiery fatal double accident she started, Senior U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert ruled on May 5.
He denied summary judgment on her claim that the insurer of her parents relieved her liability by paying the $25,000 limit in their policy.
Gilbert found the original defendant in the suit, Daimler Trucks, was entitled to a determination of the proportion of liability.
Daimler Trucks filed a counterclaim against Anderson after the estate of Illinois truck driver Victor Morris sued Daimler Trucks.
Attorney Lanny Darr of Alton, representing Morris’s son Kaleb as estate administrator, seeks to hold Daimler Trucks liable for design defects.
Kleffner
BENTON – Daimler Trucks seeks permission to investigate a $25,000 settlement of a fatal crash as a possible trick to shift liability from the person who caused it.
Daimler expressed suspicion in U.S. district court on Jan. 19, as a wrongful death defendant pursuing a third party claim against driver Rebecca Anderson.
“Daimler should not be saddled with liability for Ms. Anderson’s reckless conduct,” wrote Daimler counsel Michael Kleffner of Kansas City, Mo.
“There is a question whether Ms. Anderson was texting prior to the subject accident.”
He claimed she belonged on the verdict form so jurors could determine the relative fault between her and Daimler.