Trucking Cargo Injury Claims

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2016/05/04/407521.htm

A truck doesn’t have to hit you to be responsible for accident injuries.

In Utah a father and 4 year-old daughter were killed in a traffic pileup caused by a doghouse falling from a vehicle.  The surviving parent filed a wrongful death lawsuit based on the trucker’s negligence in securing a doghouse that he was carrying.  The doghouse fell from his truck, causing a multi-vehicle accident, which ended when a tractor trailer smashed into the rear of the car carrying her husband and daughter (their dog died as well).

Of course, this isn’t a North Carolina case, but this could happen here.  It seems like a very viable case, particularly in light of the fact that there are at least two potential defendants – doghouse truck and tractor trailer.  One might argue that having two defendants is worse than just one, as it leads to too much finger-pointing.  But with these facts I think a jury will want blood for this family, and they’ll pick one or both and hammer them.  I hope so, anyway.