Quincy Jury Awards $411M in Verdict for Paralyzed Gadsden County Veteran
A $411.7 million verdict was returned for a veteran paralyzed in a 45-vehicle interstate pileup in 2018, reports a staff reporter in Tallahassee Democrat’s News.
“It’s a record verdict in what appears to be the area’s first ever trial conducted by video-conferencing.”
“Duane Washington, a former career Army sergeant and Gadsden County resident, was traveling home on his motorcycle via I-10 near Tallahassee in July 2018” when “He came upon a pileup of more than 45 vehicles, caused by a wreck. ”
