An award of nearly $7.3 million has been awarded to the estate of a state Department of Transportation supervisor who was killed while working on Route 8 near Waterbury in 2012.
On March 22, 2012, 41 year old Daniel DiNardi, 41, of Rocky Hill, parked his vehicle on the shoulder of Route 8 North, just to the north of Exit 29 in the city of Waterbury and was picking up debris from the side of the road and putting it in his DOT truck, which had its emergency lights flashing.
At the same time, Gina Davies was driving a tractor-trailer when she suddenly veered from the northbound lane and onto the shoulder of the road, hitting DiNardi. She said she was distracted by a phantom vehicle and was subsequently charged and convicted in August 2013 of misconduct with a motor vehicle and other offenses. She was sentenced to five years in prison, suspended after two years, along with three years of probation.
The trial lasted about six days in October this year and although Davies denied being at fault, having deliberated for 55 minutes the jury returned a verdict of $7,290,000.
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