{"id":6949,"date":"2018-12-17T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6949"},"modified":"2018-12-17T11:20:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T11:20:31","slug":"15-5-million-jury-verdict-for-several-killed-or-injured-in-fatal-crash-caused-by-intoxicated-driver-negligent-entrustment-claim-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/15-5-million-jury-verdict-for-several-killed-or-injured-in-fatal-crash-caused-by-intoxicated-driver-negligent-entrustment-claim-included\/","title":{"rendered":"$15.5 Million Jury Verdict for Several Killed or Injured in Fatal Crash Caused by Intoxicated Driver; Negligent Entrustment Claim Included"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a party, Vivence Bugilimfura drove seven of his friends home in his employer\u2019s van. He had been drinking. He crashed the van into a concrete highway divider. All but one of the passengers who were in their early 20s were ejected from the van. Two of the passengers suffered fatal injuries, and the others\u2019 injuries ranged from a bruised lung to multiple fractures. The medical expenses of those who survived ranged from approximately $26,300 to $496,100.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit on behalf of the injured and deceased passengers alleged that Bugilimfura and his employer, All Citizens Transportation, were liable for the crash. The plaintiffs argued that All Citizens negligently entrusted the van to Bugilimfura, who had only recently received his driver\u2019s license. The plaintiffs also maintained that Bugilimfura was driving while intoxicated. The lawsuit did not claim lost income.<\/p>\n<p>The jury signed a verdict for the plaintiffs who were either injured or killed in the amount of approximately $15.4 million finding the defendants joint and severally liable. Essentially, the verdict means that All Citizens Transportation could pay the entire amount of the jury\u2019s verdict.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/15-5-million-jury-verdict-for-several-killed-or-injured-in-fatal-crash-caused-by-intoxicated-driver-negligent-entrustment-claim-included\/#more-6949\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a party, Vivence Bugilimfura drove seven of his friends home in his employer\u2019s van. He had been drinking. He crashed the van into a concrete highway divider. All but one of the passengers who were in their early 20s were ejected from the van. Two of the passengers suffered fatal injuries, and the others\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,5,177,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-accidents","category-car-accidents","category-negligent-entrustment","category-wrongful-death"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>$15.5 Million Jury Verdict for Several Killed or Injured in Fatal Crash Caused by Intoxicated Driver; Negligent Entrustment Claim Included &#8212; Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After a party, Vivence Bugilimfura drove seven of his friends home in his employer\u2019s van. 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