Brown Trucking employee Evans Tshongwe was driving a tractor-trailer on I-285 when a van pulled in front of him and slowed to exit the highway. Tshongwe began to slow down, and, according to the defense's account in the pre-trial order, the truck's emergency braking system engaged, causing it to come to a complete stop in the middle of the road. Credit: Jonathan Weiss/JetCity Image/Adobe Stock Brown Trucking employee Evans Tshongwe was driving a tractor-trailer on I-285 when a van pulled in front of him and slowed to exit the highway. Tshongwe began to slow down, and, according to the defense's account in the pre-trial order, the truck's emergency braking system engaged, causing it to come to a complete stop in the middle of the road. Credit: Jonathan Weiss/JetCity Image/Adobe Stock

Plaintiff's attorneys Joe Fried and Michael Goldberg of Fried Goldberg and Karina Deochand and Romi Jayswal of Karma Injury Law recently secured a $16.6 million verdict out of DeKalb County in a case where a trucker's automated emergency braking system failed, causing the truck to stop suddenly and their client to hit him.

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