Toby Keith’s family awared $2.8 million in wrongful death lawsuit
Toby Keith and his family were awarded $2.8 million in damages in the wrongful death lawsuit they filed, involving his late father, H. K. Covel.
According to the Associated Press, a jury returned the verdict against the operators of Rodriguez Transportes of Tulsa and the Republic Western Insurance Co., finding that Covel would not have died if the company’s bus had been equipped with properly working air brakes.
According to evidence presented at the wrongful-death trial, the charter bus that slammed into Covel’s vehicle on I-35 was “in urgent need” of brake repairs before Covel was killed. The Rodriguezes reportedly had been advised of the brake problem before Covel’s truck crossed the center divide and collided with the bus.
The verdict was returned last week. “The jury found no fault on the part of Mr. Covel in the wreck that claimed his life,” the family’s attorney said.
