GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – A federal lawsuit was filed on Nov. 4 on behalf of a victim in a deadly crash that happened in Greenville County in January.
The lawsuit alleges that Brandon Tavares Hunter, the driver of a Sherwin-Williams tractor-trailer, backed his trailer across the southbound lanes of White Horse Road in front of a pickup truck during an early-morning delivery. The truck was hit, killing the driver, Leonard Harding McPeak Jr., on the scene.
Janice Lynett Cornett, individually and as representative of McPeak’s estate, accuses Hunter of negligent and reckless driving and his employer, Contract Transportation Systems (CTS), of negligent hiring, training, and supervision. The suit also seeks to hold CTS responsible for Hunter’s actions…