New Mexico jury awards $47M in tanker truck crash lawsuit

CDL & Trucking News · · Source: FreightWaves · By Noi Mahoney · 2 min read at the source

A New Mexico jury awarded $47 million to Austin Drewry Jackson and his mother following a collision between their pick up truck and a tanker truck near Carlsbad in 2022. (Photo: Courtesy)
A New Mexico jury awarded $47 million to Austin Drewry Jackson and his mother following a collision between their pick up truck and a tanker truck near Carlsbad in 2022. (Photo: Courtesy)

A New Mexico jury awarded $47 million to a pick up truck driver and his mother following a 2022 tanker truck crash near Carlsbad.

Reported by Noi Mahoney for FreightWaves (Nuclear verdicts), originally published October 19, 2026.

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Topics: Nuclear verdicts, Trucking, New Mexico, tanker trucks

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