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Feb. 13, 2014

Top Plaintiffs' Verdict by Dollar: Hackett v. Silva Trucking Inc.

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Three years ago, a semi-truck jackknifed on state Route 12 in Sacramento County, colliding with the bus that Debra L. Hackett was driving and paralyzing her from the waist down.


The crash, which also caused skull fractures and injured Hackett's spinal cord, limited her ability to interact with her four children and husband. She had to spend more than half of each week in a convalescent facility.


Her experience was a sympathetic one for a jury, excep...

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