Texas Appeals Court Upholds $100 Million Judgement Against Werner

So if I hit you and you have less years then I you shouldn’t have been there! If you weren’t I wouldn’t have been hurt! Word it however you want, try to make it about anything you want but who left thier correct lane of travel? Heck they left thier entire side of a divided roadway didn’t they? But it’s the other guys fault? You seriously can’t make any sense of this or promise any light at the end of the tunnel no matter how hard you try. A new driver this time, next time an experienced driver, next time a guy trying to get home from work and next time a battle over which nurse was more vital at thier perspective job at different hospitals?

 

Years experience, is not one or the same as 7 days. Nobody is saying its his fault, besides the court and the people trying to get paid. I imagine it all comes down to pesky ata guidliness. Preventability. Nobody really cares who was at fault, did the driver do everything reasonable to PREVENT the accident? Was the driver PROPERLY TRAINED for the weather he was driving in? That sort of thing is probably what the judges and plaintiffs attorneys are going by. We (us other drivers) think its complete bs the driver is getting blamed for any of it. Would you put someone fresh out of driving school in your truck? I can tell you now the answer would be hell no. Because YOUR INSURANCE wouldn't let you. Megas are self insured, and this is exactly why they are self insured.

 

I honestly don’t care if the guy had zero training at this point. Every year millions of drivers with little to no experiance take thier first drive in bad weather. So from this day forth if any of them are involved in an accident they should be held liable for any injury or death that may occur no matter what type vehickle they drive, weather it be a company vehickle or a personal vehickle, going to, from, or for work or personal usage, no matter if they were under controll or not or on the perceived edge of it, in thier own lane, on thier own side of a divided highway even if the car traveling the other way had to do a dukes of hazard style jump over a river to get in front of them and be hit!

 

Well I am certain there are plenty lawsuits filed caused by the actions you just stated. There is a reason there are so many accident and injury lawyers.

 

When the driver did nothing wrong there should be no law suit filed!
Was the truck out of controll before the car crossed the divider and hit him? The astounding answer is NO so therefore no matter the drivers level of experiance this is nothing more than a law suit with someone who is at fault trying to put blame on someone else and should never have been allowed in court!

 

Noted. Go picket outside the courthouse I guess?

 

So how does one get experience driving in bad weather if they don't actually drive in bad weather to gain that experience? Werner truck minding its own business, other vehicle out of control. Case dismissed! Next case please. Like I said before, Werner should pay $1 for 100 million years if they somehow can't get this thing reduced immensely or completely overturned.

 

I'd sure like to know how the person who was driving the car has the least amount of liability, when he is the person who lost control of his vehicle. Wonder if that driver of that car got any kind of citation at all for his errors in driving his car?

 

From what I remember of the first I read about it he is guilty of driving too fast for conditions, leaving/crossing lane of traffic without even pondering it any cop in my area would be issuing these citations automatically for any incident they would encounter in a wintertime accident around here.

 

That’s just it! A few years ago I would be surprised where they found a judge and jury so gullible to swallow this but listening to some other drivers on here try to somewhat defend it or attempt to shine a good light on any part of it has taken away any hope I had for our country!