A Mississippi trucking company must pay $44 million to the widow of a man killed in a February 2021 pileup on Interstate Highway 35, a Dallas County jury ruled Friday.
Christopher Ray Vardy, 49, of Boyd, was driving in the southbound lanes of the I-35 TEXpress section on Feb. 11, 2021, during that year’s ice storm, according to a statement.
Vardy was killed when an 18-wheeler, owned by New Prime Inc. and driven by Steven Ridder, rear-ended Vardy’s vehicle as it was stopped due to the crashes ahead…