Tri-State Motor Transit Co. v. Nicar

OPINION

ELLIS, Justice.

Tri-State Motor Transit Co. appeals a judgment in favor of three persons injured when its eighteen wheel tractor-trailer was involved in a collision. We affirm.

Tri-State’s truck first collided with a pickup truck driven by Kenneth Nicar and then crashed into Daniel Miller’s car which was stopped for a red light at the same intersection. Kristie Folsom was a passenger in Miller’s car. All three appellees sustained injuries of varying severity. Ni-car suffered neurological injuries which resulted in permanent disability. The jury awarded him a total of $868,500 in damages.…