Werner is beneficiary of the voice of reason.

I'm thinking you're not a fan of boiled blood.....

Not just Texas, all over the country.

 

https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1460821/230493.pdf

 

Absolutely ridiculous that it took this long for rationality to prevail, "loser pays" tort reform would help.

 

It's not the judge, it was good work by the plaintiffs lawyer using precedent to expand the scope and lousy work by Werners attorneys to.keep the trial focused on the actual cause.

In this case, everything hung on the Driver being a trainee without being supervised. The plaintiff successfully argued the proximate cause WAS the cause-in-fact to the lower court judge, who instructed the jury in accordance to that argument. Had the Driver been considered a "driver" instead of a "trainee", the case wouldn't have been able proceed the way it did. But he was a trainee, he did fear being fired for not delivering on time, and between his and the 'training managers' testimony I'm surprised the jury didn't order Clarence Werner exhumed so the 'victims' could punch his corpse in the face.

 

It’s all covered in the link I dropped for those willing to read and learn. I read every word of it and learned a lot.

Tired of being challenged (not by you) so I’m taking a different approach.

 

Werner's greed got them in a mess and exposed them. Team training is not appropriate training, it's exploitation. They sent a clear message to all those companies that partake in such greedy endeavors, especially those that receive training subsidies from the government and fail to manage their driver turnover. While I disagreed with the initial ruling in this particular case, I also understand the reasoning.

 

C.L. is alive & kickin'