Recent Court Cases Raise Questions about Trucking Safety
January 8, 2006

Ft. Worth Star-Telegram: "In what one attorney says is an indication of a 'disturbing pattern of dangerous activity' by the nation's trucking industry, a Fort Worth waste-disposal company became the second local trucking firm this month to be hit with a multimillion-dollar payout after one of its vehicles was involved in a fatal crash. IESITX agreed to pay the family of Jimmy D. Jordan of Fort Worth $2.25 million in an out-of-court settlement reached late Thursday. The waste-disposal company and the family were scheduled to go to trial in a Tarrant County civil court next week, according to Steven Laird [ATLA Sustaining Member], an attorney representing the Jordan family. Jordan was killed in a March 2004 accident on Interstate 30."