- A Dallas County jury awarded $44 million to a man’s family after a Prime Inc. 18-wheeler rear-ended his truck during a Feb. 11, 2021, ice storm.
- Jurors ordered $24.1 million compensatory and $20 million punitive damages, finding the truck traveled too fast for conditions and the truck driver lacked adequate winter training.
- The verdict followed a two-week trial in Dallas County’s 44th District Court over the death of Christopher Ray Vardy, 49.
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A Dallas County, Texas, jury last week awarded $44 million in damages to the family of a man killed when his truck was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler during the 2021 winter ice storm that devastated the entire state.
The jury ordered Springfield, Mo.-based trucking company Prime Inc. to pay $24.1 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in punitive damages for the Feb. 11, 2021, death of Christopher Ray Vardy, according to a statement provided by the family’s attorney, Frank L. Branson. The verdict came at the end of a two-week trial in the 44th District Court, according to a spokesman for Branson…