Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death
$1,200,000
Deams Leach, III was a passenger in a taxi-cab with mental and physical disabilities who passed away as a result of an internal decapitation during a collision between the taxi-cab and another vehicle. Deams, aged 66, was legally blind, nonverbal, unmarried, and had no children. Suit was filed on behalf of his living sisters against the cab driver, the cab companies, and the driver of another vehicle involved in the collision. Plaintiff resolved the claims against the intervening vehicle driver and insurance carriers prior to trial. Plaintiff proceeded to trial on theories of negligence against the taxi-driver, vicarious liability of the taxi-cab companies, and negligent hiring and retention against the taxi-cab companies.
