{"id":7905,"date":"2021-04-12T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=7905"},"modified":"2021-04-12T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:06:29","slug":"9-million-settlement-for-wrongful-death-in-failure-to-perform-adequate-background-check-in-tractor-trailer-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/9-million-settlement-for-wrongful-death-in-failure-to-perform-adequate-background-check-in-tractor-trailer-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"$9 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death in Failure to Perform Adequate Background Check in Tractor-Trailer Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marikate Maggio, an 18-year-old student, was driving a Mini Cooper on a highway when she arrived at an intersection with a traffic light. She attempted to turn left when a tractor-trailer driven by Miguel Garcia-Moreno crashed into her vehicle. Maggio suffered traumatic injuries and died twenty minutes later. She was survived by her mother.<\/p>\n<p>Maggio\u2019s mother, individually and on behalf of Maggio\u2019s estate, sued Garcia-Moreno\u2019s employer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.48forty.com\">48Forty Solutions LLC<\/a>, claiming negligent retention and choosing not to perform a proper background check on Garcia-Moreno or providing him with adequate supervision and training.<\/p>\n<p>The Maggios maintained that the dashcam would have showed Garcia-Moreno had run a red light. The Maggios also alleged that the defendant trucking company had written up Garcia-Moreno three times for preventable collisions in addition to other preventable incidences that allegedly occurred while Garcia-Moreno was working for other trucking companies.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/9-million-settlement-for-wrongful-death-in-failure-to-perform-adequate-background-check-in-tractor-trailer-crash\/#more-7905\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marikate Maggio, an 18-year-old student, was driving a Mini Cooper on a highway when she arrived at an intersection with a traffic light. She attempted to turn left when a tractor-trailer driven by Miguel Garcia-Moreno crashed into her vehicle. Maggio suffered traumatic injuries and died twenty minutes later. She was survived by her mother. 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