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Parked driver injured in collision caused by trucker gets $350,000
On June 20, a woman who claimed a cervical injury in a collision caused by a truck driver was awarded $350,279. Melissa Turner was in a disabled car on the side of a highway when a Sandstorm Trucking 18-wheeler jackknifed and struck another parked car. That parked car then struck Turner's car. The defense stipulated to the truck driver's negligence. Turner claimed a herniated cervical disk and post-traumatic stress disorder. She underwent an anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion a year after the crash. The plaintiff's treatment for PTSD began a month after the accident and was ongoing at the time of trial.
