Jessica Girard sustained serious back injuries after Eric Plourde’s Chevrolet Silverado K1500 LT hit the back of Lizette Guzman’s car, which then struck the back of this red Kia Sportage that Girard was driving. Courtesy photo.
A 44-year-old New Britain woman who sustained back injuries from a 2016 rear-end collision has settled her case for $3.2 million.
A chain-reaction crash on South and Fulton Streets in New Britain culminated with Jessica Girard undergoing five back surgeries in less than two years. The back pain, her attorney said, is so severe that Girard can’t sit for more than an hour at a time and can’t walk for more than 30 minutes at a time. She underwent her first back surgery one week after the crash, and had a fifth—a lumbar fusion of the spine—in July 2018. She incurred $540,000 in medical expenses, and was forced to leave her job as a data entry worker for a medical records company, according to her court pleadings.
