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"A man has filed suit against the driver who he claims rear-ended him while he was driving east on Highway 50.<br /> <br />Kent Loepker claims he was driving his Cadillac east on Highway 50 on July 23, 2008, at about 5 p.m. when he stopped for traffic. According to the complaint filed March 9 in St. Clair County Circuit Court, defendant Eliza Traylor was also driving east on Highway 50 when she failed to stop for the traffic and struck Loepker.<br /> <br />Because of the collision, Loepker incurred medical costs, suffered disability and loss of a normal life, experienced pain and suffering, sustained an aggravation of his pre-existing medical conditions and risks developing a future illness, the suit states.<br /> <br />Traylor negligently failed to watch for vehicles slowed or stopped on the road, failed to slow her speed to avoid a collision, failed to devote reasonable attention to her driving, failed to drive around Loepker's car to avoid a collision, followed Loepker's car too closely, drove too fast, failed to reduce her speed to avoid a collision and failed to promptly apply her brakes to avoid an accident, the complaint says.<br /> <br />Loepker is seeking a judgment in excess of $50,000, plus costs.<br /> <br />John A. Stevenson of Lackey and Stevenson in Centralia will be representing him.<br /> <br /><i>St. Clair County Circuit Court case number: 10-L-107. </i>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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