John Coccomo, III v. Robert Tyndall: A man who was rear-ended on the Merritt Parkway has settled his lawsuit for $1.67 million after suffering ankle and back injuries that required several surgeries.

John Coccomo, III, 42, was driving along the parkway in Fairfield on Nov. 27, 2009 at 12:29 p.m. According to Coccomo’s lawyer, Paul Iannaccone, of RisCassi & Davis in Hartford, Coccomo was driving his Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle at the pace of traffic.