Judge Orders $15M to Indiana Crash Victim’s Family

December 10, 2010

A federal judge has awarded $15 million to the family of one of four people killed in a 2005 crash on the Indiana Toll Road caused by a truck driver.

District Judge Theresa Springmann found Net Trucking of Burbank, Ill., was negligent by letting Stanislaw Gil drive more than legally allowed and altering log books.

The judge awarded the damages to the wife, son and estate of Dimitry Karpov of Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Karpov was killed when Gil caused the chain-reaction crash near Bristol.

Gil is serving a 14-year prison sentence on reckless homicide convictions.

Court documents say Net Trucking hasn’t responded to the lawsuit for more than a year. Springmann ruled that the company fraudulently transferred assets after the crash.

No current telephone number was listed for Net Trucking.

Information from: The Journal Gazette

Topics Legislation

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  • December 13, 2010 at 9:52 am
    Agent says:
    I think if people only knew how much altering of log books was going on, they would be shocked. The trucking business is essential to the economy to get goods from one place ... read more
  • December 11, 2010 at 7:49 am
    wudchuck says:
    i used to be one for 7 yrs, otr trucker and driver trainer.... as a trucker you hold a professional license to drive the huge rigs, many cases the weight is close to 40 tons. ... read more
  • December 10, 2010 at 6:09 am
    Dark Raven says:
    Driving drunk and kill 4 people, 14 years sounds light. There are awards and then there are awards. If the deceased had a good job and was say 30, the wife and child lost 30 t... read more

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