Family Awarded $2.9 Million

The family of a 14-year-old girl who was killed in a 2004 hit-and-run crash while she was trying to cross a road has been awarded $2.9 million by a Bucks County, Pennsylvania judge.  The case was decided without a jury.

The girl, who was about to begin ninth grade, fell victim to a hit-and-run accident and killed by a 21-year-old who was intoxicated at the time and was driving with a suspended license. The at-fault driver was arrested for hit-and-run DUI and later plead guilty and is still in prison today. No amount of money will bring this precious little girl back to her family.

However, it allows the family to hold on to the fact that the person responsible for killing their daughter is being held responsible and is not just going to be free to do this to other innocent victims.

If you or someone you love have been injured as a result of someone's  carelessness or recklessness, contact Linton & Associates today for your free consultation. We are Alabama injury lawyers that come to you no matter where you are located. We have the knowledge and the resources to hold accountable those that harm you.

My name is Christopher S. Linton, Attorney at Linton and Associates Law Firm in Birmingham, Alabama. We specialize in Personal Injury, DUI Accidents, Wrongful Death, Premises and Product Liability, Auto Accidents and Infant Injury and Death.

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Mobile Jury Returns $40 Million Verdict for Wrongful Death

You May Have A Defective Seat Belt

A Mobile, Alabama jury has returned a $40 million verdict in favor of the parents of a Mobile County teenager who was killed in a car wreck in 2004. The jury award came in a wrongful death lawsuit against Kia Motors and the maker of a seat belt buckle that failed. The girl was ejected from her car on a highway in west Mobile on July 4, 2004.

The high school student was driving a 1999 Kia Sephia that her father had bought for her 16th birthday, just two months prior to the accident. Kia officials knew that the seat belts in the 1999 model were defective but did not include them in a recall. This is yet another example of major corporations putting profits ahead of consumer safety and this conduct is happening in the board rooms of major corporations consistently. However, this Alabama jury sent a message that all of the greedy corporations should listen to, and that is that we are going to hold you responsible if you continue this conduct in Alabama.