A $10 million verdict has been awarded to two grieving\nFlorida families after their two teen-aged daughters were killed in February\n2018 when the pickup truck they were driving in was struck head-on by an RV\nbeing operated by a 99-year-old man on a Florida highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victims, Santia Myriah Feketa, 17, who was driving\na Chevrolet Silverado pickup, and her friend, Britney Lee Poindexter, 16, were\nboth killed on Feb. 6, 2018<\/a>, when the RV, which was being driven\nby 99-year-old Walter Roney, smashed head-on into their truck, according to an\nApril 10 story by The Palm Beach Post<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roney, a trucking executive and developer from\nMichigan, was driving the 40-foot-long RV the wrong way on State Road 70 in\nFort Pierce, Fla, when the crash occurred, the story reported. The road was a\ndivided highway and Roney was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes. Police\nlater determined that Roney did\nnot have the headlights of the RV turned on<\/a> when the crash happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girls were heading to go roller skating when they\nwere killed. Roney died three days after the crash. His girlfriend, 75-year-old\nCarolyn Bruns, was in the RV with him and was seriously injured. They allegedly\nwere driving to the west coast of Florida to have the interior lights and headlights\nfixed on the RV because they were not operating properly, the story reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The families of both teenagers sued Roney’s\nestate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Some members of Roney\u2019s family had previously\ntaken his vehicle keys after they became increasingly worried about his mental\ncompetence and his driving ability in the past, the story reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Roney, who had memory problems, poor\neyesight, limited hearing and a host of other ailments, in 2017 was prohibited\nby his neuropsychologist from driving until he received a medical evaluation\nand passed Michigan\u2019s driving test,” according to court papers filed in\nthe case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Roney had reportedly passed a Michigan\ndriver’s test in January 2018, about a month before the fatal crash, the story\nreported. Despite that approval, the attorneys for Roney’s estate “acknowledged\nthat Roney was at fault for the crash,” the story continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After hearing testimony in the case, the jury\ndecided that each of the four parents of the two teens \u2013 Yvonne and Todd\nPoindexter and Stewart Feketa and Stacy West \u2013 should receive $2.5 million each\nin damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carolyn Bruns, Roney\u2019s girlfriend, also agreed\nto pay $1 million before the trial to the parents of the teenagers to settle\nclaims that she was also responsible for the crash, the story reported.\nAttorneys for the plaintiffs had argued that Bruns was serving as Roney\u2019s “visual\nspotter” and caregiver in the RV and could have taken action that could\nhave saved the girls from the crash, according to the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Legal cases like this one occur around the nation\nevery day and are examples of similar kinds of car crash cases that MyPhillyLawyer<\/em> attorneys regularly\nwork on tirelessly for our own clients. Often, we are not able to discuss the\ncases we are actively working on due to confidentiality requirements, so\nwe discuss other relevant cases in the news such as this one to illustrate the\nlegal situations people find themselves in every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you need a car\naccident injury attorney<\/a>, we here at MyPhillyLawyer<\/em> stand ready to\nassist you with your legal case if you or a loved one is ever seriously injured\nin any kind of car crash, slip and fall, workplace injury or wrongful\ndeath in Philadelphia or anywhere in the United States. We pledge to make sure\nthat you and your family get the compassionate, dogged and experienced legal\nrepresentation that you deserve and expect from a professional legal team which\nworks hard to uncover every fact to bolster your case and maximize your damage\naward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We represent the families of victims who die in such\ntragedies as well, to ensure that their families receive every penny of damages\nthat they are eligible to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Talk to a Philadelphia car crash attorney at MyPhillyLawyer<\/em><\/a> by\ncalling 215-227-2727 or toll-free at 1-(866) 352-4572 anytime\nand our experienced, compassionate, aggressive team of attorneys and support\nstaff will be there for you and your family every step of the way as we manage\nyour case through the legal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n