Personal Injury Law

Utility Co. To Pay $5 Mill. Over Fatal Accident

By Edward Bills

Utility provider PG&E has agreed to pay $5 million to the mother of a 20-year-old woman who was killed in a car accident involving one of the company drivers. The woman and a friend were killed in the wreck in 2006 when the truck driver, a diabetic, blacked out a the wheel after forgetting to test his blood sugar. Under the terms of the agreement, PG&E agreed to record the resolution as a judgment, rather than a confidential settlement. The woman’s mother has also said she will petition California legislators to pass regulations that require companies to more closely monitor their fleet drivers

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on July 08, 2010 (boomark / email).