Deal Lets Driver of Wal-Mart Truck in Tracy Morgan Crash Avoid Jail Time
The man who was driving the Wal-Mart truck that crashed into actor-comedian Tracy Morgan's van on the New Jersey Turnpike in 2014, killing one and injuring several others, changed his plea to guilty Nov. 29 and could avoid jail time.
November 29, 2016NTSB Blames Wal-Mart Driver's Fatigue in Fatal Crash That Hurt Comedian Morgan
The National Transportation Safety Board has unanimously placed the primary blame on a fatigued driver of a Wal-Mart Transportation truck in the June 2014 highway crash in New Jersey that killed one person and seriously injured comedian Tracy Morgan.
August 17, 2015Tracy Morgan Crash: Wal-Mart Driver Fatigue, Unused Seat Belts Were Factors, NTSB Says
A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. driver hit a limo van carrying comic Tracy Morgan last year because he was so fatigued he didn’t notice traffic had slowed ahead of him, U.S. investigators found Aug. 11.
August 11, 2015Tracy Morgan Video: Wal-Mart Has 'Stepped Up'
In his first extensive interview in almost a year, actor-comedian Tracy Morgan told host Matt Lauer and NBC's "TODAY" show audience June 1 that Wal-Mart has "stepped up to the plate in a tremendous way" in apologizing for causing the accident on the New Jersey Turnpike last June that killed one of Morgan's colleagues and left Morgan in a coma.
June 1, 2015Tracy Morgan, Wal-Mart Settle Lawsuit Over Jersey Crash
Tracy Morgan and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. settled the actor-comedian’s lawsuit over a New Jersey Turnpike crash that had left him in a coma for days and killed another comedian.
May 28, 2015N.J. Court Bars Wal-Mart Driver from Tracy Morgan Civil Case
Kevin Roper, the driver of a Wal-Mart truck involved in a crash that injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed Morgan's colleague, has been barred by a New Jersey judge from becoming part of Morgan’s civil case against the retailer.
February 4, 2015Wal-Mart Settles With Family of Comedian Who Died in Crash
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reached a confidential legal settlement with the family of comedian James McNair, who died in a June 7 accident on the New Jersey Turnpike that also seriously injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan.
January 23, 2015Wal-Mart: Tracy Morgan, Other Van Occupants in Crash Weren’t Belted
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. claimed in a court document that the occupants of a van involved in the June crash that killed a colleague of comedian Tracy Morgan were not wearing seat belts at the time of the accident.
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