By Marie Luby
WKYT-TV
Copyright 2008 WKYT-TV
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Family members of Christa Burchett are filing a wrongful death lawsuit after the accident on icy roads that killed her and a pregnant woman last month.
Burchett’s teenage daughter, acting through her father, is now suing a professional truck driver and a trucking company for millions of dollars in punitive damages.
An attorney representing 15 year old Olivia Burchett says $10 million dollars is the least she should get from the driver of the coal truck that hit her mother, and from the company he worked for. The lawsuit says Leslie Spence and M & R Trucking acted in a quote “grossly unsafe way,” citing mechanical problems with the truck and driving too fast for road conditions. The suit also refers to citations for failure to make sure the truck was properly inspected and maintained.
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