{"id":3674,"date":"2014-05-23T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=3674"},"modified":"2014-05-22T21:42:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T02:42:51","slug":"726000-jury-verdict-death-driver-rear-ended-stopped-flatbed-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/726000-jury-verdict-death-driver-rear-ended-stopped-flatbed-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"$726,000 Jury Verdict in the Death of a Driver Who Rear-Ended a Stopped Flatbed Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Oct. 29, 2008, Jonas Zigmantas was driving a flatbed truck for trucking company A.V., Inc. <\/a>The truck was traveling northbound on Illinois Interstate 294<\/a> around 9:30 p.m. Zigmantas stopped his truck because he was involved in a minor property damage crash with a Honda Accord, which was driven by Michael Hawkins, near mile marker 2.<\/p>\n

The Accord had sideswiped Zigmantas\u2019s truck. Instead of pulling the flatbed semi-trailer over to the shoulder of the four-lane highway, Zigmantas stopped in the third lane of traffic, got out of his cab to check damage to his truck, walked to the shoulder to see if Hawkins was injured and told him to call the police.<\/p>\n

After some time out of the truck, Zigmantas got back in, but he did not move the truck to the side of the road or put out any reflective hazard warning triangles or flares behind his parked flatbed trailer.<\/p>\n

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On Oct. 29, 2008, Jonas Zigmantas was driving a flatbed truck for trucking company A.V., Inc. 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