A Bridgeport Superior Court jury has delivered a $25 million verdict against the State of Connecticut arising out of an accident involving a state trooper whose cruiser crashed into a pedestrian, severing the man’s leg.
The jury found Trooper Darren Pavlik 65 percent responsible and the pedestrian, Melvin Gordils, 35 percent responsible, in the May 2010 accident, which occurred on the Route 8 and Route 25 connector in Bridgeport. That results in a $16.25 million net verdict for the plaintiffthe highest verdict ever delivered against the state, according to Stratton Faxon, the law firm that represented Gordils.
