{"id":791,"date":"2013-03-19T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury-robertkreisman.lawblogger.net\/?p=791"},"modified":"2013-03-19T07:56:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T12:56:41","slug":"cook-county-jury-verdict-for-2-4-million-for-truck-crash-pitchford-v-knight-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/cook-county-jury-verdict-for-2-4-million-for-truck-crash-pitchford-v-knight-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County Jury Verdict of $2.4 Million for Truck Crash; Pitchford v. Knight Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clanton Pitchford, a truck driver, was in Tucson, Ariz., in 2006 and spent a night in his semi-trailer truck parked at a truck stop. The accident that caused this lawsuit was the collision with the rear end of Pitchford\u2019s truck and a Knight Transportation truck traveling at about 5 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Pitchford, 59, was sleeping in a raised bed behind the driver seat of his tractor when the collision took place.\u00a0 He was tossed around, but did not fall out of the bed.\u00a0 The accident caused Pitchford low back pain, which he did not have before this incident.<\/p>\n<p>Pitchford went to a local emergency room five hours later and was diagnosed with a lumbar strain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/cook-county-jury-verdict-for-2-4-million-for-truck-crash-pitchford-v-knight-transportation\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Cook County Jury Verdict of $2.4 Million for Truck Crash; Pitchford v. 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