Mumpower files $1.5M lawsuit in Interstate accident

Jason Mumpower, chief of staff at the state comptroller’s office, has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking $1.5 million in damages as a result of “extensive injuries” suffered in an Interstate 81 wreck, reports WJHL.

Mumpower was driving north on I-81 in Sullivan County on Nov. 2 when he was struck by a tractor trailer. In the suit, the truck driver is accused of driving too fast for the conditions at the time to avoid the crash with Mumpower’s vehicle. Mumpower was one of five people taken to the hospital in that crash and others that slowed traffic for hours.

Mumpower said in the suit that he has “incurred extensive medical expenses and out of pocket expenses as a result of this accident.”  Mumpower told WJHL a few weeks after the crash that he had metal plates in his arm, cracked ribs and pelvic injuries, among other things.

Defendants in the suit are Pavel Gheleniuc, Sopranos, Inc., and Gogu Trucking Express Corporation.