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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\"></p>           Two Jefferson County residents have filed suit against the National Academy for Professional Driving, alleging they were injured when a vehicle's steering device failed.<br /><br />Kimberly Seago and Darleen Wisby claim they were participating in a driver safety training program for the Beaumont Police Department on May 22, 2009, when the incident occurred.<br /><br />\"The NAPD course coordinator negligently selected a mechanically unsound 2007 Ford Crown Victoria in which to conduct a tactical drivers course,\" the suit filed Dec. 27 in Jefferson County District Court states. <br /><br />\"While maneuvering a set of safety cones the vehicle's steering mechanism failed and Wisby lost control of the vehicle and struck a concrete barrier protecting a light pole.\"<br /><br />At the time of the incident, Seago was riding as a passenger in Wisby's vehicle, the complaint says.<br /><br />Because of the accident, Seago and Wisby claim they experienced physical pain, mental anguish and disfigurement; lost wages and their earning capacities; and incurred medical costs.<br /><br />Seago and Wisby blame the NAPD for negligently failing to provide a safe vehicle for use on the course, for failing to provide a vehicle with a safe steering mechanism and for failing to provide adequate supervision. <br /><br />NAPD also negligently designed the tactical driving course and failed to provide a safe place to conduct the training, according to the complaint.<br /><br />In their complaint, Seago and Wisby are seeking actual damages, plus pre-judgment interest, costs and other relief the court deems just.<br /><br />Kent J. Lisenby of The Lisenby Law Firm in Fort Worth will be representing them.<br /><br />The case has been assigned to Judge Milton Shuffield, 136th District Court.<br /><br /><em>Case No: D189-024</em><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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