The comedian Tracy Morgan has filed a lawsuit against Walmart Stores in which he claims the company was partly responsible for a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike last month that seriously injured him and killed another comedian.
The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in United States District Court in New Jersey, a month after a Walmart truck slammed into the back of a luxury van carrying a group that included Mr. Morgan, 45, severely injuring several others and killing James McNair, a comedian known as Jimmy Mack.
The suit says that Walmart was negligent in the ownership and operation of its truck, which was a “substantial contributing factor” in the crash on June 7.