What began as the largest known plaintiff’s verdict in a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut has ended up as a smaller, though still hefty, settlement.
This past March, a Bridgeport Superior Court jury awarded Bridgeport restaurant owner Melvin Gordils $16.3 million after an accident in which Gordils lost his leg when he was struck by a police cruiser. The state trooper drove away from the accident scene once and then returned, only to pepper the injured man with questions before calling for medical help.
