FILE: Tracy Morgan's attorney says the comedian is "still struggling" to recuperate two months after a deadly car accident

Record ID: 559648

  • Title: FILE: Tracy Morgan's attorney says the comedian is "still struggling" to recuperate two months after a deadly car accident
  • Date: 11th August 2014
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF TRACY MORGAN AT "TOWER HEIST" PREMIERE IN 2011
  • Embargoed: 26th August 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Accidents,Entertainment,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVAETYUZE2TIZ19ZPAJSC4TLTJF6
  • Story Text: Tracy Morgan's attorney says the comedian is "still struggling" to recuperate two months after a deadly car accident.
    Tracy Morgan's attorney said on Monday (August 11) that the comedian is "still struggling" to recuperate from a New Jeasey car crash that left severely injured in June.
    "He's still struggling, but he's a fighter," said attorney Benedict Morelli to NBC's "Today" show. "He's had issues before that he's fought through, and he's fighting hard."
    Morgan, best known for his roles on TV comedies "30 Rock" and "Saturday Night Live," broke a leg, several ribs and his nose in June when a Wal-Mart Stores Inc tractor trailer slammed into the limo bus Morgan and his entourage were passengers.
    Last month, Morgan left a rehabilitation facility to recover at home and was photographed walking gingerly with help of a walker.
    Passenger James McNair, 62, a comedian known by his stage name Jimmy Mack, died in the crash near Cranbury, New Jersey.
    The driver of the Wal-Mart truck, 35-year-old Kevin Roper, has pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and assault-by-auto.
    Morgan, 45, has also filed a negligence lawsuit against the world's largest retailer alleging that it knew or should have known that Roper was awake for more than 24 hours before the crash and was not in compliance with U.S. trucking regulations.
    Wal-Mart said in a statement to the TV program it would take "full responsibility" if Roper was considered to be at fault and that it was cooperating with the federal investigation.
    Last month, Morgan left a rehabilitation facility to recover at home.
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