Plaintiffs attorney John Nazzaro knew he had a strong case in representing a Groton couple severely injured when a drunken driver crashed into their pickup truck head-on in Ledyard in July 2018, causing a fiery crash.

But the New London attorney said that while liability wasn’t an issue, the defense was still pushing back on some issues, most notably related to plaintiff Eric Thompson’s preexisting back condition. Thompson’s wife, Melanie, the passenger in the pickup truck, was also injured.