A federal judge said a jury should decide whether a nationwide travel center and auto repair shop should be hit with punitive damages for failing to properly fix a tractor-trailer before allowing it back on the road where the brakes later caught fire.
U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann of the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled in Wilson v. TA Operating to deny the defendants’ motion to dismiss punitive damages claims from the case, finding witness testimony raised serious questions of whether a mechanic had been properly trained, or whether adequate safety measures had been put in place.
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