Plaintiffs attorney Pamela Levin Cameron was faced with an uphill battle when she took on the case of Department of Transportation snow plow driver William Julian Jr., whose vehicle was rear-ended in a snowstorm in March 2017.

The problem for Cameron: Julian had stopped at the side of the highway on Route 8 in Torrington to clear snow from his windshield when a private snow plow that Peter Rosko was driving rear-ended the vehicle. The defense attorneys dug in their heels in contending that Julian should not have pulled over on the side of the highway in somewhat blizzard conditions, where he was sure to be hit.