Richardo Garcia v. Edward J. Fox, et al.: While stopped in heavy traffic on Interstate 95 in Fairfield, passenger Richardo Garcia’s vehicle was struck from behind by another truck on Aug. 10, 2001. He was on the job for Quality Glass Works of Waterbury at the time. The tractor trailer that struck him was owned by Logistics Express Inc., of Orange, Calif., and driven by Edward J. Fox. The impact injured Garcia’s neck, right arm and back. Before surgery, he was given a rating of 12 percent permanent partial disability to his lumbar spine, and a 10.8 percent whole person disability.
Ultimately, said Garcia’s lawyer, Mark F. Griffinof D’Amico, Griffin & Pettinicchi in Watertown, his back impairment was “fifty percent, according to his neurosurgeon, a very serious injury.”
