Bowman & Smith P.C. Attorneys At Law

Fatal Collision Settled for $1 Million

A four year boy with four brothers and sisters were crossing a street in a crosswalk going from a park to the side walk on the opposite side of the roadway.  A pool man,  driving a company pickup truck, was looking for next house where he needed to service a pool.  He started to turn to the right on a street before the spot where the children were crossing.  He then noticed that he was turning on the wrong street, so he turned back to the left to continue going straight.  He accelerated and at that point the children had crossed the roadway except for the 4 year old boy who was struck and killed. It was clearly established that the driver was in the scope and course of his employment and the company was liable for the accident. The case settled for the $1,000,000.00 policy limits.