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TDCJ Pays $80,162.50 to Settle Suit over Truck Collision
On July 20, 2000, Texas state prisoner Richard Wayne Howe, Jr. was driving a TDCJ tractor trailer in Grimes County, Texas, when he made an unprotected left turn causing a tractor trailer owned by HHH Transport to collide with him. HHH Transport filed suit in state district court. TDCJ agreed to settle the suit for a payment of $50,000 to HHH and $30,162.50 to an insurance company. The settlement also covers claims by HHH and the insurance company against Howe.
See: HHH Transport v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 12th Dist. Court, Grimes Co., Tex., No. 28,702
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Related legal case
HHH Transport v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Year | 2004 |
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Cite | 12th Dist. Court, Grimes Co., Tex., No. 28,702 |
Level | District Court |
Conclusion | Settlement |
Damages | 80,162.50 |
Injunction Status | N/A |