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Trucking Co. Hit With $49M Jury Verdict in West Texas

Late Wednesday evening, a jury in Ector County, Texas, determined the family of a man who died in an 18-wheeler crash is entitled to $49 million in damages. 

Steffan Robert Mick, a 29-year-old married father of two, was killed in January 2025 when an OPG Logistics 18-wheeler, driven by Biorkys Sanchez Fernandez, turned in front of him on a farm-to-market road near Midland. Mick was driving his 2001 Chevrolet Suburban home from work as a maintenance technician at ProPetro Services at 6:36 p.m. while Sanchez was driving a 2016 Peterbilt semitruck, towing an unloaded 42-foot trailer, in the opposite direction.

Michelle Casady

Michelle Casady is based in Houston and covers litigation and appeals — including trials, breaking news and industry trends — for The Texas Lawbook.

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