RomanR/Shutterstock.comFHP Officer Awarded $1 Million in Rear-End Crash
The officer sued her insurer, State Farm, after she was hit by an uninsured motorist.
March 09, 2020 at 03:18 PM
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MOTOR VEHICLE
HILLSBOROUGH CIRCUIT COURT
A judge awarded more than $1 million in damages to a Florida Highway Patrol officer who claimed she was injured in a line-of-duty traffic accident.
Jacquelyn Rux, then 38, was stopped at a red light in Hillsborough County when her unmarked SUV was struck from behind by a car whose driver was uninsured on Jan. 9, 2017. Rux sued her own insurer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., claiming that accident caused herniations and bulges of spinal discs and required surgical fusion of her neck.
During trial, State Farm presented a biomechanical expert who opined the accident could not have caused Rux's injuries, but the jury awarded her more than $1 million.
Case: Rux v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Case No.: 17-CA-008651
Plaintiffs attorneys: Megan Cummings and Maryann Furman, The Nurse Lawyer, Palm Harbor
Defense attorneys: Michelle M. Bartels, Tampa, and Michael E. Brand, Miami, Cole, Scott & Kissane
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