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According to a recent article featured on Yahoo News, beloved American actor and comedian, Tracy Morgan, is still fighting to recuperate from a severe brain injury following a car crash earlier this year on June 7th. At this time, it has not yet been determined if he will make a full recovery and be “the Tracy Morgan he once was”.
On June 7, 2014, Morgan and several of his friends had been on their way home from a show in Delaware, when a Wal-Mart truck crashed into them. One person was killed and three were injured (two seriously). Following the accident, Morgan spent multiple weeks in a hospital, as well as in rehab.
As per Benedict Morelli, Morgan’s lawyer, the former Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock star endured a traumatic brain injury, as well as a broken leg, nose and ribs.
Attorneys have recently been in court to schedule Morgan’s lawsuit against Arkansas based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Morgan was not present at the proceedings.
“When you have a traumatic brain injury it takes a very long time to find out how you’re going to do and how much you’re going to recover,” Morelli said. “You just don’t know. So that’s where he is. He’s still fighting and trying to live his life at the same time and trying to get better, and he’s just not better. We’re hoping and praying to get him back to where he was. But the jury’s out.”
According to the article, Morgan sued for punitive and compensatory damages in late September; however, Wal-Mart has responded, claiming that the victims’ injuries were in part caused by the fact that they weren’t wearing their seatbelts.
Kevin Roper, the Georgia truck driver named in the lawsuit, has been charged with “death by auto and four counts of assault by auto in state court.”
Back in June, a preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board released that Roper had been driving 65 mph right before crashing into the back of the van. The legal speed limit on that specific stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike is 55 mph; however, it had been lowered to 45 mph that night due to ongoing construction.
To read the entire article featured on Yahoo News, please click here.
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