On October 24, 2025, a $1,400,000.00 settlement was approved by Judge Jeffrey A. Goffinet for the wrongful death of a 37-year-old man in a trucking crash in Williamson County. The deceased left surviving him a widow as his only next-of-kin. The family was represented by Michael Tarpey of Napleton & Partners.
The defendant freight broker was alleged to have negligently hired a trucking company with a poor safety record and unqualified drivers. The defendant trucking company and its employed drivers are alleged to have acted negligently by failing to pull the truck off the highway, negligently parked the tractor-trailer on the shoulder of the highway, absent an emergency, and failed to place warning cones and flares to prevent any collision with oncoming traffic. Due to this negligence, when the decedent’s vehicle experienced a mechanical emergency, he attempted to pull off to the shoulder of the interstate and unexpectedly collided with the defendants’ vehicle. This crash resulted in his death. Both the freight broker and the trucking company jointly settled.