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$5.5 million settlement; Impaired driver turns into path of oncoming motorcycle
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff//January 22, 2025//
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$5.5 million settlement; Impaired driver turns into path of oncoming motorcycle
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff//January 22, 2025//
Action: Settlement
Verdict or settlement date: Sept. 1, 2024
Date of Incident: April 2021
Nature of Claim: Wrongful death
Amount: $5.5 million
Name of case: Withheld
Case number: Withheld
Court: Withheld
Demand: Withheld
Highest offer: Withheld
Most helpful expert: Withheld
Attorney: David L. Sherlin, of Epstein Sherlin, Raleigh (for the plaintiff)
Insurance company: Withheld
Decedents were riding a motorcycle when they were hit by an SUV that turned left in front of them at a traffic signal. The driver of the SUV was impaired and was operating a vehicle owned by a commercial business. Decedent husband, 55, died at the scene and decedent wife died a short time later.
Decedent husband was survived by two children.
His estate settled its claim for a present value of $5.5 million.
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