Family members of Christa Burchett are filing a wrongful death lawsuit after the accident on icy roads that killed her and a pregnant woman last month.

Burchett's teenage daughter, acting through her father, is now suing a professional truck driver and a trucking company for millions of dollars in punitive damages.

An attorney representing 15 year old Olivia Burchett says $10 million dollars is the least she should get from the driver of the coal truck that hit her mother, and from the company he worked for. The lawsuit says Leslie Spence and M & R Trucking acted in a quote "grossly unsafe way," citing mechanical problems with the truck and driving too fast for road conditions. The suit also refers to citations for failure to make sure the truck was properly inspected and maintained.

Spence's attorney says his client plans to enter a not guilty plea in court next week. He declined to comment on the lawsuit.

An attorney representing M & R Trucking did not immediately return our calls, but company officials say Department of Transportation workers found no problems during a safety audit last week.

M & R officials say our phone call to them was the first they had heard about the lawsuit and they declined to comment specifically about the allegations.

Department of Transportation officials could not be reached to confirm the findings of their audit at M & R Trucking.