![]() ![]() ![]() Although McConnell himself was entering the intersection controlled by a flashing yellow light in his direction, at a rate of speed of 45 miles per hour (the posted speed limit was 35), the estate’s expert in accident reconstruction testified that even if McConnell had been traveling at the speed limit or 10 miles under, he could not stop in time to avoid the crash. (The company had a policy limit of $1 million with respect to the accident in question.) At a bifurcated trial, the estate’s counsel maintained that Johnson failed to heed a stop sign and two flashing red lights as he entered the intersection at a rate of speed of 26 miles per hour, when he collided into McConnell’s vehicle. Prior to trial, the estate settled with Howard Truckline in an agreement involving confidential terms. In a separate suit, which was later consolidated with the initial action, the estate sued Johnson and Guru Global Logistics LLC, a trucking company alleged to be a controlling motor carrier for Johnson at the time of the crash. McConnell’s parents sued Johnson and the owner of the truck, Howard Truckline Inc. The impact forced McConnell’s car to spin across the intersection where it crashed into two utility poles. 18, 2008, plaintiffs’ decedent Mark McConnell II, 22, was operating a Chevrolet Cobalt coupe westbound on Main Street in Edinburg, when he entered the intersection of a private road, and his vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer operated by Andrew Johnson. ![]()
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