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 Morgan's limousine was struck by a Wal-Mart truck in June and
the actor and former "Saturday Night Live" performer spent weeks
in rehabilitation after the accident. The crash killed comedian
James McNair.
Morgan's attorney, Benedict Morelli, said Morgan was left with a
traumatic brain injury and several broken bones, the Times of
Trenton reported. Three other passengers were injured.
"We are hoping and praying to get him back to the way he was,"
Morelli said outside federal court in Trenton, New Jersey. "But
the jury's out."
Morelli said Morgan had been using a wheelchair while undergoing
therapy at home, the newspaper said.
Morgan and the surviving passengers are suing Wal-Mart over the
accident. Attorneys for Morgan and Wal-Mart were in court to
schedule dates in the civil case.
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Morgan and other passengers allege that Wal-Mart knew or should have
known its truck driver, Kevin Roper, had been awake for more than 24
hours before the crash, which meant under the law he should not have
been on the road.
Wal-Mart has argued the injuries suffered by the survivors were
caused wholly or in part by their failure to wear seat belts.
Roper has been charged with vehicular homicide and assault by auto
and pleaded not guilty.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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