A young man died on his way to work after an early morning encounter with a logging truck.<\/p>\n
Negligence comes in many forms. In this instance, it caused the death of a 22-year-old man one morning in September 2011. Christopher Grouix loved his job as a carpentry apprentice, and every morning, he looked forward to what he would learn that day. But Grouix never made it to work; he rear-ended a John Deere logging truck and was pronounced dead at the scene. His parents chose to sue the truck\u2019s owner and the trucker behind the wheel at the time of the crash. The driver pled guilty to a moving violation and served six months in jail.<\/p>\n
At trial, the plaintiff\u2019s wrongful death attorney argued that the young man could not have seen the logging truck because the vehicle did not have the mandatory lights required by law. The defendant\u2019s lawyer argued that (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A young man died on his way to work after an early morning encounter with a logging truck. Negligence comes in many forms. In this instance, it caused the death of a 22-year-old man one morning in September 2011. Christopher…<\/span><\/p>\n