Tractor-trailer collision; mediation $500,000

Our client was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer that pushed her vehicle into another motor vehicle. The collision occurred on Interstate 84 in Waterbury when our client was slowing down for a construction zone. Following the crash, our client was helped out of her vehicle at which point she realized she could not stand and that she had fractured her ankle. She also suffered fractured ribs, neck pain, back pain, chest pain and headaches. Our client required two surgeries on her ankle. The first surgery required screws to be inserted into her ankle and the second surgery was to take out some of the screws because she was in unbearable pain. Despite the second surgery, she still experiences pain doing simple things such as walking up and down the stairs. The case was settled at mediation for $500,000.