Date: 07-29-2011

Case Style: Susan Landisio v. Kimberly Wilson and the Charter Oak Fire Insurance Co.

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Judge: Richard Burke

Court: Superior Court, New Haven County, Connecticut

Plaintiff's Attorney: Joseph J. Packtor, Jacobs & Dow, L.L.C., New Haven, Connecticut

Defendant's Attorney: John Ciccolo, Law Offices of Mark S. Gilcreast, Hamden, Connecticut for Wilson

Laura Paredez, Law Offices of Cynthia Garraty, North Haven, Connecticut for Charter Oak Fire Insurance Co.

Description: Susan Landisio sued Kimberly Wilson on a auto negligence theory and Charter Oak Fire Insurance Co. on an under insured motorist theory claiming that she was injured in a car wreck on I-91 near exit 8 in New Haven on September 18, 2007. Plaintiff claimed that Ms. Wilson swered into her lane and hit the driver's side door of her car.

Plaintiff's medicals totaled $46,000.

Defendant Wilson claimed that an unidentified driver cut her off and forced her to move to the right to avoid a collision. She denied fault.

Outcome: The jury, after a two-day trial concluding July 22, decided that Wilson was not negligent. Nevertheless, it awarded Landisio $1,515,000. Of that, $1,365,000 was for non-economic damages. The policy limits on her own insurance was $300,000.00.

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