THIS JUST IN: Wayne County

Dec. 14
James York vs. Murrow's Transfer Inc.; Scott Emsley Harris, an individual; Dunlow Emergency Rescue Squad Inc.; and Wayne County Commission, a political subdivision of West Virginia Counties Group Self - Insurance Risk Pool Inc.
PA- Pamela A. Lambert; J- James Young
* York was a paramedic for the Wayne County Commission and Dunlow Emergency Rescue Squad. On Dec. 20, 2007, he was caring for a patient while Thomas R. Beckett drove the ambulance. According to the suit, as Beckett approached a curve he saw the trailer attached to Harris' 2000 Freightliner tractor was on his side of the road and almost came to a complete stop in an attempt to avoid a collision, but the trailer crashed into the ambulance. York claims to suffer severe and permanent injuries and is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and medical expenses in an amount in excess of $30,000.
Case number: 09-C-261