Walmart crash

Tracy Morgan’s surprise appearance at Sunday’s Emmy Awards may have been a highlight for many, but not for the attorney representing the Walmart truck driver charged in connection with the comedian’s June 2014 multi-vehicle fatal crash. Morgan’s cameo came as he was on hand at the end of the Emmys to present the award for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fatigued Wal-Mart truck driver failed to slow down despite a warning and was responsible for a highway crash last year that severely injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. But the board also said the failure of Morgan and other passengers riding in […]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The children of comedian James McNair, who was killed in the New Jersey Turnpike crash that injured Tracy Morgan, are getting a $10 million settlement from Wal-Mart, court papers show. The documents also show that the children, Jamel McNair, 26, and Denita McNair, 19, are putting part of the payment […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a comedian killed in the New Jersey Turnpike crash that seriously injured Tracy Morgan last summer has settled a wrongful death claim. The out-of-court settlement between Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the estate of James McNair is the first stemming from the June 7 crash in which a Wal-Mart […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Wal-Mart on Tuesday denied claims by lawyers for actor-comedian Tracy Morgan that the giant retailer is stalling a federal lawsuit over a fatal highway crash in New Jersey last summer. In a court filing Monday, attorneys for Morgan opposed a motion by Wal-Mart driver Kevin Roper to intervene in the case. […]