Company Ordered To Pay $381K To Woman Injured In 2016 Northport Dollar General Car Crash

TUSCALOOSA, AL — A Tuscaloosa County jury last week returned a $381,000 verdict in favor of a woman injured in 2016 when a car crashed into the Dollar General store located in the Northwood Crossings shopping center on McFarland Boulevard in Northport.

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Prince Glover Hayes — the Tuscaloosa law firm representing the woman — said on Wednesday that the verdict was against Dolgencorp.

Dolgencorp owned and operated the Dollar General store at the Northport shopping center on the evening of March 2016, when a silver Kia Spectra slammed through the front of the store, seriously injuring one woman and resulting in minor injuries for the driver.

In a previous settlement, the law firm saw their client awarded a total of $1.55 million from the dealership where the driver of the vehicle purchased the Kia Spectra involved in the incident, the driver of the vehicle and their client’s uninsured motorist carrier.

While a settlement was reached regarding the uninsured vehicle and driver involved, there was no settlement agreement reached with Dolgencorp, resulting in the case going to a jury trial.

Attorneys with Prince Glover Hayes argued that Dolgencorp was negligent and/or wanton by failing to correct a defective condition on its premises by adding safety devices such as heavy barricades or bollards to prevent vehicles from crashing into its stores.

"[Attorneys Matt Glover and Blake Williams] worked diligently on this case," the injury law firm said in a statement. "They took and defended numerous depositions of parties, experts and witnesses. They filed written interrogatories and requests for production. They prepared a mediation presentation and were successful in reaching a settlement with the car dealership."

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