During the evening of Dec. 22, 2015, plaintiffs’ decedent Jose I. Naranjo, a businessman, was driving in the left northbound lane of U.S. Route 12, near its intersection at Low Road, near Naches, Wash. His pickup truck struck the rear portion of the left side of a tractor-trailer that was being driven by Jose Inzunza, who was executing a left turn onto the southbound side of Route 12, from the westbound side of Low Road. Naranjo suffered a fatal injury. Naranjo’s widow, Maria Naranjo, his children, Griselda Naranjo, Araceli Gonzalez-Naranjo, Jose M. Naranjo and Oscar Naranjo, and his stepchildren, Carla Silva-Naranjo and Luis Naranjo, sued Inzunza; Inzunza’s employer, CR GTS Inc.; the owner of CR GTS, Carlos Gonzalez; the warehouse whose goods Inzunza was transporting at the time of the accident, Kershaw Fruit & Cold Storage Inc.; and the company that owned the goods, Westlake Distributors Inc. The lawsuit alleged that Inzunza was negligent in the operation of his vehicle, that CR GTS and Gonzalez were liable because the accident occurred during Inzunza’s performance of his job’s duties, and that the remaining defendants were vicariously liable for Inzunza’s actions. Gonzalez and Kershaw Fruit & Cold Storage were dismissed, and plaintiffs’ counsel negotiated a settlement of the claims against Westlake Distributors. The settlement’s terms were not disclosed. The matter proceeded to a trial against Inzunza and CR GTS. Plaintiffs’ counsel noted that the accident occurred while Inzunza’s rig was stopped, largely in Route 12’s median, but extending across the left northbound lane. Plaintiffs’ counsel contended that Inzunza should not have begun to turn until he had ensured that he could safely complete the turn. Plaintiffs’ counsel also noted that a stop sign governed Inzunza’s entrance to the intersection. Plaintiffs’ counsel further claimed that Jose I. Naranjo could not have avoided the collision. Plaintiffs’ counsel claimed that another northbound motorist was traveling to the immediate right of Naranjo, thereby preventing an evasive maneuver. Plaintiffs’ counsel also contended that darkness and snowy conditions hindered Naranjo’s ability to see the stopped rig. Inzunza did not appear at the trial, and the court admitted unanswered requests for admissions. Defense counsel contended that Inzunza was not liable for the accident., Naranjo suffered a fatal injury. He died at the scene of the accident. Naranjo’s family claimed that he was a loving husband and father who had raised his stepchildren since they were infants and were the only father they had known. Naranjo’s survivors sought recovery of wrongful-death damages that included $1.7 million for past and future loss of household services. The defense’s economic expert opined that the survivors’ loss of household services was $234,000.