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$60,000 Suit Sought In Murphysboro Wreck Deaths
In Jackson County Circuit Court Herman J. Lorentz and Myrtle Herman seek $60,000 total in wrongful death suits over December wrecks near Murphysboro that killed Moodie Tudor and Clyde Moore. Defendants include Gordon Transports Inc and driver Ervin L. Paden Jr. Each seeks $20,000 for estates of Moore and Tudor. The suit accuses Paden of losing vehicle control and crossing the center line before the crash at the foot of Kinkaid Hill on Rt. 149.
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Jackson County
Rockwood
Murphysboro
Herman J. Lorentz
Walter Clyde Moore
Myrtle Herman
Olis Tudor
Gordon Transforts, Inc
Ervin L. Paden Jr
Paden
Kinkaid Hill
Rt. 144
Rt. 149