PHILIPPI — A Barbour County couple says Z&S Trucking is liable for damages from an accident that occurred in 2019.
Ronald Poe and Patricia Poe were in a 2013 Ford F-150 on U.S. 250 in Barbour County on Sept. 12, 2019, when Bradley Wayne Doyle, an employee of Z&S, was driving a 1994 Western Star Conventional 4900 dump truck that was hauling limestone sand, according to a complaint filed in Barbour Circuit Court.
The Poes claim Doyle recklessly operated the dump truck and caused it to collide with their truck, causing an accident to occur.
"The impact of the dump truck caused the Poe Plaintiffs to be violently thrown against the passive and active safety restraints of their vehicle and caused them to be entrapped in their vehicle for approximately 30 minutes," the complaint states.
The Poes both suffered extensive, serious and permanent injuries as a result of the accident and they were both life-flighted to the hospital.
The Poes are seeking compensatory damages They are represented by Jeffery L. Robinette and Martin F. Mazezka of Robinette Legal Group.
Barbour Circuit Court case number: 21-C-13