Pennsylvania Jury Punishes Contractor for Fatal Kuwait Crash
A federal jury in Pennsylvania has awarded more than $2 million in damages to each of the families of two Navy reservists who died in a head-on crash in Kuwait.
The jury on Friday found a civilian contractor and his employer liable in the deaths of 37-year-old Brian Patton of Nanticoke and 38-year-old David Morgan of Wilkes-Barre.
Patton was killed in the November 2009 crash. His passenger, Morgan, died last year of complications from injuries suffered in the crash.
A lawsuit filed in Scranton named 25-year-old Morgan Hanks, of Newport News, Va., and Combat Support Associates as defendants. The victims’ families claimed that Hanks had a history of reckless driving and the company was negligent in allowing him behind the wheel.
Hanks and CSA maintained the collision wasn’t his fault.
- Florida Man Faked Brain Injury for Years in Attempt to Gain $6M in Insurance
- Ex-Brookfield VP Claims Wrongful Firing Over Charlie Kirk Post
- Depreciation on ACV is OK, Court Says in Knocking Down Class Action vs. Cincinnati
- Bessent Says Hormuz Ships Insurance Program to Start Soon
- Carriers See Higher Claims Severity Amid Medical, Social Inflation and Growth in AI‑Generated Fraud
- SeatGeek Offered ‘Retaliation Insurance’ to Win Ticketmaster Clients
- Carriers Using AI for Claims But Adoption is Fragmented, Report Shows
- Chubb Backing Trump’s $20 Billion Reinsurance Plan for Hormuz