{"id":7831,"date":"2021-02-08T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=7831"},"modified":"2021-02-08T17:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T17:01:23","slug":"u-s-district-court-rejects-defendants-causation-defense-in-tractor-trailer-death-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-district-court-rejects-defendants-causation-defense-in-tractor-trailer-death-case\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. District Court Rejects Defendant\u2019s Causation Defense in Tractor-Trailer Death Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Archibald was a diabetes patient who had called his wife to say he was coming home from work early because he was feeling ill. Archibald was driving along a westbound rural road in southern Illinois at about 9 p.m. Suddenly, he encountered a hazard: A tractor-trailer owned by Orbit Express was blocking both lanes; other westbound drivers had managed to avoid the tractor-trailer.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours earlier, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/www.orbitexpress.ca\/\">Orbit Express<\/a> truck driver tried to turn around and got stuck when a rear tire on his big rig went into a ditch. Although the tractor\u2019s headlights made it look like it was moving east, the trailer completely obstructed the westbound lane. Archibald reportedly crashed into the trailer at full speed, with no swerving or breaking. He died a few months later; before his death, he had been unable to explain what had happened.<\/p>\n<p>Orbit Express moved for summary judgment on this tort claim filed by Archibald\u2019s widow. Orbit Express focused on the causation requirement.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-district-court-rejects-defendants-causation-defense-in-tractor-trailer-death-case\/#more-7831\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Archibald was a diabetes patient who had called his wife to say he was coming home from work early because he was feeling ill. Archibald was driving along a westbound rural road in southern Illinois at about 9 p.m. Suddenly, he encountered a hazard: A tractor-trailer owned by Orbit Express was blocking both lanes; [&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":[150,38,111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evidence","category-federal-law","category-semi-trailer-truck-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. District Court Rejects Defendant\u2019s Causation Defense in Tractor-Trailer Death Case &#8212; Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"James Archibald was a diabetes patient who had called his wife to say he was coming home from work early because he was feeling ill. 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