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Trucking Company Pays $104M After Driver Fell Asleep | Texas News
A jury just awarded $104 million in a wrongful death case after a Mesilla Valley Transportation driver fell asleep at the wheel, killing Orlando Robles. The crash, captured on dashcam, showed the truck veering off I-40 in Oklahoma and slamming into a parked box truck. The family’s attorneys blamed the company’s dangerous culture — including a safety officer’s claim that drivers “don’t need to sleep” — and the verdict, split $27.5M to Robles’ son and $76.5M to his surviving family, sends a powerful message about enforcing rest rules. The family sees it as closure and hopes it prevents future…
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