Judgment reinstated in Toby Keith's father's death
Recording artist and recipient of the Artist of the Decade award Toby Keith performs at the American Country Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Dec. 5, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nev. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Posted: 01/31/2012
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma Supreme Court has reinstated a $2.8 million judgment for the family of country music star Toby Keith in the 2001 interstate crash that killed Keith's father, H.K. Covel.
The state's highest court handed down the decision Tuesday. It reinstates damages awarded by a McClain County jury in 2007 but later reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals.
The judgment went against Elias Rodriguez and Pedro Rodriguez, doing business as Rodriguez Transportes of Tulsa, and Republic Western Insurance Co. of Arizona.
Evidence presented at trial indicated that Covel, of Moore, was northbound on Interstate 35 when his pickup truck was bumped by another vehicle, knocking it across the center median. It was then hit by a southbound bus owned by Rodriguez.
Keith's family alleged the bus's brakes were defective.
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