Lawsuits settled in crash that killed Kaitlyn Duffy, injured Sabrina Mundorff
The furniture company that employed the driver agreed this week to pay Duffy's family
Records in
The families were limited in how much they could collect because of the "woefully inadequate" assets and insurance coverage that the company had, according to their attorneys,
"This was never about the money," Goodove said. "It was an attempt to gain some justice for our clients and to prevent another family from having to go through something like this."
Duffy, 18, was killed
Duffy and Mundorff had spent the day at the beach with friends and were driving home. The two were set to graduate from
Mundorff remained hospitalized for months before being sent to a rehabilitation center in
Johnson's blood alcohol level tested at 0.10 to 0.11 more than two hours after the wreck, according to a toxicologist. It would have been .12 to .16 at the time of the crash, she said. He also had cocaine, marijuana and the prescription drug Valium in his system. His father, a passenger in the truck, also was injured.
The 32-year-old pleaded guilty earlier this year to numerous charges, including aggravated involuntary manslaughter, DUI, hit and run, drug possession and driving with a suspended license. He was sentenced in September to 47 years in prison, the maximum.
Mundorff's mother,
"All the money in the world won't make up for what we have been through and what the Duffy family has been through," Leger said.
Mundorff also will be required to reimburse their health insurance company with some of the funds she receives, Leger said.
Now 19, Mundorff started school at
"She loves (college) and she's doing great, but she has a lot of issues, and it is much harder for her than it would have been before the accident," Leger said.
Leger started a support group for young people with traumatic brain injuries and their caregivers called "TBI Survivors and Thrivers."
Records in the Duffys' suit show
Settlement funds will go to Duffy's parents and brother. Nearly
After a settlement hearing in the case Wednesday, Duffy's parents, Tammy and Scott, said that while appeals in the criminal case may be looming, the civil settlement was one step closer to peace.
"We're just happy to get this chapter closed,"
Still,
"I don't want it, really," he said of the settlement money.
"I just want her back."
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