Shrager, Spivey & Sachs

Managing partner Robert Sachs obtained a $2.1 million settlement for the family of a husband and wife killed in a tractor trailer accident. The couple were talented artists returning from a craft show. The hazardous driving conditions at the time included fog, drizzle and a vehicle fire on the side of the road. As the couple approached the “white out” caused by the vehicle fire, they could not see the truck that had stopped ahead of them. Rather than using his brake pedal – which would have lit his brake lights – or his safety flashers, the driver used only his engine brake. Meanwhile, the tractor trailer behind the couple failed to slow from his full highway speed. It was impossible to know whether the couple hit the truck in front of them first or not; however, there was no doubt that when their van was hit from behind, the resulting “overrun” impact was fatal. Most tragically, the wife was found to be four months pregnant at the time of the accident. Attorney Sachs used indisputable evidence from the scene of the accident to negotiate a $2.1 million settlement for the couple’s estates.