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Bridgeport Attorney Helps Clinch $425K
For Mom and Daughter Injured in Crash

By Robert Storace

P Danbury Superior Courthouse. Photo: Google
laintiff counsel Nate Nasser went to trial with have his clients speak in front of Danbury Superior
mother and daughter clients injured in a car Court Judge Ronald Kowalski.
accident, but he faced a biomechanical defense “Their testimony was so, so compelling,” Nasser
expert who claimed that based on his analysis of the said Friday. “The judge said throughout his ruling
rear-end collision the women could not have been that each of the plaintiffs was very credible.”
injured from the crash. Kowalski issued his ruling for the plaintiff ’s on
Nasser, a partner with Ventura Law in Bridgeport, Monday. He awarded $98,800 to driver Nancy Ro-
said considering the damage to the plaintiff ’s car driguez and $326,084 to her daughter, passenger
and the medical reports of his clients, the defense Alexa Rodriguez. The total amount awarded to the
expert’s analysis of the two-car accident was way off. family was $424,884. Nasser said the defense coun-
But, Nasser said, to cement his case he decided to sel has agreed not to appeal.

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