Deceased woman’s daughter files wrongful death lawsuit
The daughter of a deceased Smock woman has filed a wrongful death suit in the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas against the driver and company of the vehicle that struck and killed the woman late last year.
On Tuesday, Attorney James Davis filed the motion, naming Michael D. Greene and Texas Eastern Transmission as defendants in the suit on behalf of the estate of Melinda M. Wood and Wood’s daughter and her estate administrator, Brandi Wood of Dunbar.
On Oct. 21, Wood, 40, was walking in the parking lot of the Exxon station along Pittsburgh Street in North Union Township to begin her shift as a cashier at the station’s convenience store at 6:38 a.m. when Greene, driving a 2011 Ford F-350 truck, failed to see Wood and struck her as she was walking.
Wood was thrown to the pavement and sustained injuries that included blunt force trauma, a skull fracture, a fracture to an area at her neck and back, bleeding in the brain and other serious injuries that led to her death.
Greene was an employee of Texas Eastern Transmission and was driving the truck in his capacity as an employee at the time of the incident.
Davis stated in the lawsuit that the fatal injuries to Wood was allegedly a direct and proximate result of negligence and carelessness of Greene.
Davis further stated that Greene failed to keep his vehicle under proper and reasonable control, operated the vehicle in such a manner to cause it to collide with Wood and operated the vehicle without the regards to the safety of pedestrians in the parking lot, etc.
Davis is seeking damages, including loss of income from Melinda Wood expected in her lifetime, hospital and medical bills, funeral expenses, all other damages allowed under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death law and legal costs.
Along with Brandi Wood, Melinda Wood had two surviving daughters.