$49M: Jury finds trucking company, driver 'grossly negligent' in deadly Ector Co crash

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- An Ector County jury has awarded $49 million to the family of a Midland man killed in a 2025 crash involving an 18-wheeler after finding both the trucking company and its driver grossly negligent. The verdict stems from the Jan. 27, 2025, crash that killed Steffan Robert Mick, 29, a husband [...]