The $3.6 million wrongful death judgment to the widow of a mechanic who was crushed by a tractor-trailer was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit this week.
Trans National Trucking, which owned the vehicle, argued on appeal that the mechanic carried some “contributory negligence” for the accident. It also argued that the district court had erred by barring it from referring to the man’s previous conviction during trial and by letting the jury see photographs of his body after the accident.
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