Pierce County jurors have awarded $10.7 million to the relatives of five people from Arizona who died in a Highway 509 crash in Tacoma three years ago, according to The News Tribune.
Notably, the verdict found both drivers liable, but jurors rejected the plaintiffs’ claims that the city or Washington state contributed to the crash by tolerating a hazardous road design, and should pay damages, The News Tribune reported.
The crash happened on a Sunday morning, July 16, 2023, in Tacoma’s industrial tideflats where Highway 509 crosses Alexander Avenue East…