Walmart’s insurance company is demanding that comedian Tracy Morgan turn over documentation – and testify – regarding a multimillion-dollar payout he received after a crash with one of the superstore’s trucks.
The 2014 accident, in which a truck collided with Morgan’s limousine, killed his friend, comedian James McNair, and left Morgan near death himself. Morgan spent nearly two months in the hospital and rehabilitation following the accident, and has spoken about having to learn to walk and talk again as he recovered. Walmart reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum – rumored to be about $90 million – with Morgan a year after the accident.
However, the superstore’s insurer has blasted the settlement as too hasty, according to a report by
The Daily Mail. Ohio Casualty said that Walmart paid out the settlement without ever deposing Morgan or others involved in the lawsuit. Now the insurer is demanding that Morgan be deposed about the accident, along with comedian Antoine Fuqua, who was also in the car. Ohio Casualty is also trying to force Morgan and Fuqua to turn over settlement documents, medical records, and information about Morgan’s income,
The Daily Mail reported.
In addition, the insurer is demanding a list of medicines Morgan was prescribed after the crash, records of any physical and mental examinations he had, and documentation related to his appearances on
Saturday Night Live and the Emmy Awards, the
Mail reported.
“'The depositions of Morgan and Fuqua are relevant and necessary, because they collectively received 92% of the huge settlement of the Morgan action, their depositions were never taken nor were they served with any formal discovery in the Morgan action, and Wal-Mart has relied on the claims of Morgan and Fuqua as the principal reason in contending that the settlement of the Morgan action was reasonable,” Ohio casualty said in court documents.
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