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wrist, because that is what she used Bartlett continued: “We high-
to make her living as an accountant lighted the impact this had on my
and a professional gardener. client’s life and worked with them
Bartlett held out for more. The to increase their offer to some-
defense agreed to pay the plaintiff When the insurance thing we could negotiate with.”
$225,000 on Nov. 20. The carrier adjuster offered $163,000
was MAPFRE Insurance and the of the $250,000 insurance In addition to her left wrist, the
check was received Wednesday plaintiff also had injuries to her
morning. policy, Bartlett knew he neck; upper back; head; chest; and
had an ace in the hole with an allergic reaction to the surgical
Defense counsel Angela Ciot- his client’s injuries to her hardware that was put in her left

tone of Mazzocca & Associates in left wrist, because that is wrist. A second surgery was re-
Westborough, Massachusetts, said what she used to make her quired to remove that hardware,
Wednesday: “I do feel the settle- living as an accountant and Bartlett said.
ment was fair given the plaintiff ’s Almost three years after the acci-
two surgeries, given her occupa- a professional gardener. dent, McMahon-Schriefer still has

tion and her life expectancy.” “pain in her left wrist, limitation in
According to Bartlett and the her range of motion, and she can’t
March 6 lawsuit filed in Torrington lift heavy objects,” Bartlett said.
Superior Court, McMahon-Schriefer, a 59-year-old McMahon-Schriefer incurred about $94,000 in
Brookfield resident, T-boned a vehicle Kenneth Allen medical expenses.
Jr. was driving. Police said Allen was at fault because In court pleadings soon after the accident, the de-
he pulled in front of the plaintiff ’s vehicle and McMa- fense wrote McMahon-Schriefer was negligent for
hon-Schriefer wasn’t able to stop in time. Allen was her own accident in that she “failed to keep a proper
given an infraction for failure to yield the right of way. and reasonable lookout for other motor vehicles
The accident occurred in March 2018 in Roxbury. upon the highway.”
Bartlett said that when first presented with the ¦

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