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32 ¦ FEBRUARY 24, 2020 VERDICTS & SETTLE MENTS
No Medical Support in Personal Injury Case?
New Haven Lawyer Still Wins $550,000
By Robert Storace
F New Haven Superior Court.
aced with the unusual prospect of having no loomed for his clients. The verdict was lower than what
testimony from treating doctors, and no proof thecouplehadsought,butitsurpassedallthemedicalex-
of medical bills in a jury trial in a motor vehicle penses,whichtheplaintiffalleged,withoutsupportfrom
tort case, plaintiff attorney Mohan Sreenivasan had doctors.
his work cut out for him. Plaintiffs Scinto and Lestrange sued defendant
The New Haven attorney took over represent- Frank Rogers, alleging he’d T-boned their Nissan
ing plaintiffs Daniel Scinto and Jennifer Lestrange station wagon as the couple was driving in Orange
on the day of jury selection. He concedes it was a in 2016, headed toward their retirement home in
gamble, because no treating medical doctor would South Carolina.
testify on the couple’s behalf, an obstacle Sreeniva- Scinto, who was driving, claims the collision
san overcame to secure $550,000 for his clients. worsened his heart condition, resulting in a surgical
This left the attorney to devise a litigation strat- procedure. And Lestrange, the passenger, was claim-
egy hinged on noneconomic damages, as bankruptcy ing injuries to her nose, and trauma to her face.
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