Missouri appeals court upholds $800,000 award in delivery van crash case

A Missouri appeals court has upheld an $800,000 jury award for a woman injured when a delivery van pulled into her path after a truck driver waved it forward. The court found there was no evidence that the woman was driving too fast, and it rejected the defence argument that she shared fault for the crash. The case, Amy Bolandis v. Thomas Bateman and UniFirst Corporation, turned on a simple but important question.

Could the driver who pulled out blindly into traffic blame the other motorist for travelling at a normal speed? The Missouri Court of Appeals said no, as per report on Justia U.S. Law. Read more details about it here:What happened on Hall StreetThe crash occurred around 7:05 in the morning on 19 December 2018, on Hall Street in St Louis.

Conditions were dry and daylight was clear, with no rain, snow or poor visibility. Thomas Bateman was driving a commercial Freightliner Step Van for UniFirst and was exiting a parking lot.