Three wrongful death lawsuits were filed Tuesday on behalf of Caitlyn Baggett, Emily Clark and Abbie DeLoach.
In addition, another lawsuit was filed in the name of Megan Richards, one of two young women who survived a tractor trailer crash that left five nursing students dead on Interstate 16 in Bryan County on April 22.
All seven nursing students were en route to the final day of nursing clinical rotations at a Savannah hospital when the crash occurred.
According to the lawsuit, the force of the impact caused by Total Transportation/US Xpress’ 18-wheeler crushed the Ford Escape into the rear of an 18-wheel fuel tanker, forcing the fuel tanker onto the shoulder of the highway and tossing the Escape into the air where it rolled several times.
Plaintiffs also named US Xpress, as parent company of Total Transportation of Mississippi, and its respective insurers New Mountain Lake Holdings, LLC and Mountain Lake Risk Retention Group, Inc.
In addition, plaintiffs named Greywolf Logistics, Inc., a Georgia- based trucking company, alleging that these defendants were negligent in causing the first wreck earlier that morning which resulted in the stalled traffic.