Baldwin County

(2) SANDRA P. HUMPHRIES vs. ANDERSON TRUCKING SERVICE, INC., SUNBELT FURNITURE XPRESS, INC., and JERRY PORTER (Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Alabama)  

County/Docket #/Judge: Baldwin / CV-2009-901496 / Charles C. Partin

Plaintiff(s) Attorney(s): Gregory B. Breedlove and Lucy E. Tufts of Cunningham Bounds, LLC, Mobile, AL

Defendant(s) Attorney(s): Charles F. Carr, Jeremy P. Taylor, and Keith S. Rivers of Carr Allison, Daphne, AL

Age/Sex/Occupation Of Plaintiff: n/a / F / n/a

Cause Of Injury: Negligence/Motor Vehicles/Pedestrian Crushed Behind Tractor-Trailer. Plaintiff Sandra Humphries claimed that on Sept. 2, 2009, defendant Jerry Porter was operating a tractor-trailer in the scope of his employment with defendant Sunbelt Furniture Xpress when he drove it in reverse and crushed plaintiff between the back of the trailer and the edge of a door at a self-storage facility. The tractor-trailer was allegedly owned by Sunbelt Furniture Xpress and defendant Anderson Trucking Service.

Nature Of Injury: Personal injuries; pain and suffering.

Expert Witnesses: n/a

Verdict: $350,000 for Plaintiff on Nov. 7, 2011.

Judgment: $350,000 for Plaintiff on Nov. 7, 2011.