A massive Texas wreck involving more than 130 separate collisions has led to a $44.1 million nuclear verdict that will mostly hit truckload carrier New Prime.
The February 2021 highway disaster took six lives, including that of Christopher Ray Vardy, who filed suit in Dallas County court against the driver of the New Prime truck involved in the wreck, Steven Ridder. The impact of the crash, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board, stretched for approximately 1,100 feet of vehicles that had slammed into each other in the chain reaction on interstate 35 near Fort Worth.
An attorney close to the litigation said there are other lawsuits still being pursued in the courts arising from the cascade of crashes that took place in wintry weather…