Gabriel Goncalves suffered two skull fractures following this accident in which his school bus crashed into a tree in Wolcott in June 2015. A November 2019 jury awarded the boy $23,050,000. Courtesy photo
With just five days remaining in 2019, the Connecticut Law Tribune takes a look at the state’s 10 highest verdicts and settlements over the past 12 months.
The top 10 verdicts and settlements range from $1.9 million to $23 million and include six vehicle crashes, including two fatalities. In addition, there were two medical malpractice cases; one fall on ice with serious injuries and—earlier this month—a multimillion-dollar wrongful death settlement for the estate of a teenage girl who was murdered by a peer in her high school.
