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Wynne continued: “Just him Bugai, Wynne said, incurred
telling his story, letting our client about $32,000 in medical expens-
tell his piece, won the case for us es. Today, Wynne said, Bugai has
and enabled us to get the $100,000 difficulty lifting and driving.
policy limit.” “He also has a limited range of
The case settled on June 8. Plaintiff’s co-counsel William motion in his left shoulder,” the
According to the Wynne and Wynne helped secure a attorney said.
$100,000 settlement for
the January 2019 lawsuit filed his client, a retired IBM Representing Adams is Brian
in MIddletown Superior Court, Smith, an attorney with Berchem
Adams was driving drunk when executive injured in a 2017 Moses in Milford. Smith did not
he drove through a stop sign on car wreck. respond to a request for comment

Brush Hill Road in Middletown Tuesday.
in February 2017 and smashed In court pleadings, the defense
into the passenger side of Bugai’s said Bugai’s negligence caused the
Chevrolet Blazer. accident in that he “failed to keep
“My client was going 40 miles a proper lookout” and “was inat-
per hour and felt the other car was traveling 30 to 40 tentive to his surroundings.”
miles per hour and ran the stop sign,” Wynne said. The next step in the case, Wynne said, is to litigate
“My client’s vehicle spun around 180 degrees.” for payment through Bugai’s own underinsured mo-
Police cited Adams with running a stop sign, and torist policy, which stands at $250,000. Considering
driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Bugai already received $100,000, Wynne said he’d
Bugai, a 72-year-old Middletown resident, was seek $150,000 for his client from the underinsured
wearing a seat belt and driving alone, Wynne said. policy.
Both cars were totally destroyed, Wynne said. ¦

Bugai, his attorney said, needed left shoulder sur- Robert Storace covers legal trends, lawsuits and
gery to repair a rotator cuff tear. He also had injuries analysis for the Connecticut Law Tribune. Follow
to his left hand and fingers and to his cervical spine, him on Twitter @RobertSCTLaw or reach him at
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