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Bill Luckett loses lawsuit that awarded $30M to teen

A DeSoto County Circuit Court jury on Friday awarded a $30 million judgment to a teenager who received permanent brain damage in a traffic collision three years ago.

The jury found that APAC-Tennessee Inc. -- a road-paving company that hired gravel-truck driver Chad McCarty -- was 70 percent responsible for the wreck.

The other 30 percent was split between McCarty and the company that loaded the gravel, which settled out of court.

McCarty pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated assault and was put on 15 years probation.

Circuit Court Judge Robert Chamberlin presided over the trial. Attorney Bill Luckett represented APAC-Tennessee.

Commercial-Appeal
8/15/9

Posted August 17, 2009 - 5:35 pm
3 Comments:

Let’s see how fast we get WHIPLASH as the Miss. Supreme Court overturns that one!!!!

Posted by fly13 on 08-20-2009 at 08:21 PM [link]

fly, the court does overturn these awards quick. In your opinion what would be the reason in this instance? And why hold a trial if the MSC, feels personally offended that individuals receive reasonable compensation.

Posted by Falcon on 08-21-2009 at 09:19 AM [link]

Happens to the best of them.  If Luckett would have had a good case it would have settled.  Any lawyer that says they never lose is lying. I don’t want Luckett as my governor but I would hire him as my lawyer.

Posted by reasonably prudent person on 08-21-2009 at 09:56 AM [link]
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