The families of four Texas women are seeking more than $1 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit filed late last month against San Antonio-based H-E-B.
The suit, filed in Bexar County District Court, maintains the operator of a tractor-trailer that stuck the women’s vehicle was driving at a reckless speed. The truck was hauling a load of potatoes for H-E-B, according to allegations in the legal filing.
On Nov. 5, Lakeisha Brown, 19; Myunique Johnson, 20; Taylor White, 27; and Breanna Brantley, 30, were traveling south on U.S. Highway 87 in the Texas panhandle just south of Dalhart when an 18-wheeler driven by 39-year-old Guadalupe Daniel Villarreal rear-ended the women’s Nissan Altima. The impact caused the car to spin 180 degrees, killing all four inside, the complaint alleges…