Walmart Settles Lawsuit Filed By Comedian Tracy Morgan Over Deadly Accident

Tracy Morgan in a wheel chair during rehabilitation. He is now walking with the aid of a walker.

Giant retailer Walmart has settled a lawsuit filed by comedian Tracy Morgan, after one of their company's drivers slammed a large truck into the entertainer's van on a New Jersey road. As stated on the Judiciary Report last year, a settlement is the prudent course of action in this case (Tracy Morgan Responds To The Outrageous Claims Of Walmart's Attorneys Who Blame Him For His Injuries In Fatal Crash). It is the right thing to do in light of what transpired.

Walmart released a statement about the settlement, "Our thoughts continue to go out to everyone that was involved in the accident. While we know there is nothing that can change what happened, Walmart has been committed to doing what's right to help ensure the well-being of all of those who were impacted by the accident." Morgan also released a statement on the settlement, "Walmart did right by me and my family, and for my associates and their families. I am grateful that the case was resolved amicably."

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Tracy Morgan Responds To The Outrageous Claims Of Walmart's Attorneys Who Blame Him For His Injuries In Fatal Crash

Tracy Morgan Responds To The Outrageous Claims Of Walmart's Attorneys Who Blamed Him For His Injuries In Fatal Crash

Tracy Morgan in a wheel chair while undergoing rehabilitation to walk properly again after accident

Comedian/actor, Tracy Morgan, has responded to outrageous claims by attorneys representing retail giant, Walmart, laying blame on him for the serious, life threatening injuries he sustained in a fatal crash caused by one of their overworked, speeding drivers. The Walmart driver slammed into the star's limo bus, after he was on the road for 24-hours without sleep. 

Morgan stated in response to Walmart's lawyer's claims, "I can't believe Walmart is blaming me for an accident that they caused. My friends and I were doing nothing wrong. I want to thank my fans for sticking with me during this difficult time. I love you all. I'm fighting hard every day to get back."

Walmart's attorneys are really pushing it in trying to state a seatbelt could have spared Morgan injury in the above posted limo bus their 18-wheeler smashed up 

Walmart's attorneys have made this case that much worse in the court of public opinion, by blaming Morgan for not wearing a seatbelt. However, anyone who has seen the wrecked and crumpled limo bus, that was slammed into by the massive 18-wheeler truck, should have the common sense to deduce a seatbelt would not have prevented injury to the occupants of the practically crushed vehicle. The limo bus was so smashed and knocked over onto its side, all occupants sustained some form of damage and one of Morgan's friends died.

Word of advice to Walmart, get new lawyers. No reasonable set of jurors will feel sorry for anyone but Morgan and his fellow passengers once they see what your driver did to his limo bus. Not to mention, the anger they will feel when reading your lawyers blamed Morgan for the whole thing, rather than accepting responsibility for a criminally negligent, exhausted driver, who was arrested by police for reckless driving.

Walmart's Lawyers Run Afoul Of The Public Blaming Tracy Morgan For Injuries In Deadly Bus Crash

Tracy Morgan

Lawyers are sometimes oblivious to public opinion regarding cases, single-mindedy focused on winning at all cost. However, in doing so, lawyers sometimes end up doing more harm than good to their clients' interests. Case in point, lawyers for Walmart are blaming comedian/actor, Tracy Morgan, for serious injuries he sustained in a fatal accident.

Walmart's attorney, Jeffrey O'Hara of LeClairRyan, wrote in court pleadings that Morgan's injuries, "Were caused, in whole or in part, by plaintiffs' failure to properly wear an appropriate available seatbelt restraint device." In short, Walmart's lawyers are blaming Morgan for his injuries in the crumpled van. 

As a result, the public is ripping Walmart in feedback sections of many websites over their lawyers' insensitive, callous claims. It is damaging Walmart's name with the public in acts that are "pennywise but pound foolish." The bad publicity it is creating is not worth it to the company.

A Walmart driver, who had been on the road for too many hours in a row, driving 770 miles, slammed a massive 18-wheeler truck into Morgan's Mercedes limo van carrying several people, including a friend and fellow comedian, who died in the horrible wreck.

At the end of the day, Walmart's overworked driver, who was on the road 24 hours straight, carelessly and negligently slammed into Morgan's limo bus, a vehicle a mere fraction of the size of the 18-wheeler truck. The absence of a seatbelt is not to blame.    

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Walmart Faults Tracy Morgan for Not Wearing Seatbelt During Car Accident (Exclusive)

On Monday, Walmart delivered its answer in a New Jersey federal court to 30 Rock actor Tracy Morgan's lawsuit arising from a six-car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. Among nine affirmative defenses, Walmart says that injuries "were caused, in whole or in part, by plaintiffs' failure to properly wear an appropriate available seatbelt restraint device." 

Morgan was among several people injured who are now suing Walmart for negligence. In particular, their lawsuit filed in July questions whether Walmart driver Kevin Roper was fatigued at the time of the crash. According to the suit, Roper had commuted 700 miles from his home in Jonesboro, Ga., to a Walmart facility in Smyrna, Del., before beginning his shift. 

Read more Tracy Morgan 'Still Struggling' After Accident, Attorney Says "Walmart knew or should have known" that Roper had been "awake for more than 24 consecutive hours" ahead of the crash...  

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