This case involved an eighteen wheeler which rear-ended a vehicle occupied by the plaintiff, allegedly resulting in a herniated disc and a forced retirement of the plaintiff. The defendant driver of the eighteen wheeler was legally drunk at the time of the accident. The plaintiff demanded policy limits of $1 million dollars. The case was settled after three days of trial for $160,000.
Conners v. Simpson, et al., Case No. 99-3005, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. May 2003.