Recent Case Results

At Papcsy Janosov Roche Trial Lawyers, we possess extensive experience negotiating, settling, and trying cases in the Norwalk, Stamford, Bridgeport and New Haven courts, as well as experience throughout all Connecticut and New York courts. We pride ourselves on the results we have attained for our personal injury and criminal defense clients. Our attorneys have had multiple verdicts reported in the National Verdict Reporter, as well as the Personal Injury Yearbook, and have argued cases before the Supreme Court of Connecticut. If you have a personal injury or criminal defense case, Papcsy Janosov Roche Trial Lawyers has the proven track record of success to match.

Expertise Equals Results: Papcsy Janosov Roche recently won a $4.1 million dollar result for the family of a 13-year-old child that was run over and killed by a Town of Stratford employee while driving a Town dump truck. Using our experience suing municipalities in past high-value cases, and utilizing our resources and experts, we were able to bypass the Town’s immunity and prove that it was responsible for the poor maintenance of the vehicle and the insufficiencies of its driver.

Over 3,500 pages of motions, thousands of dollars in expert fees paid upfront by the firm, and over a thousand work hours drove the value to the point of achieving a result that was featured in a full-page article in the prominent Connecticut Law Tribune, as well as receiving statewide media attention. Papcsy Janosov Roche Trial Lawyers donated a portion of their fee to help set up a charity in the young man’s name.

Significant Verdicts and Settlements Achieved

• Gersch v. NYSA Insurance, et al $1,225,000.00 result for broken leg in pedestrian case involving a motor vehicle. , 2020
• $425,000.00 car accident result back and neck injuries , 2020
• $320,000.00 premises liability case for rotator cuff injury , 2020
• Henry Cartagena v. City of Bridgeport – $1,500,000.00 recovered by pedestrian on sidewalk struck after a multicar collision alleged to have been caused by a malfunctioning traffic light. Testimony from over twenty five of fact, and the over ten expert, witnesses to prove the sole direct and proximate result of a breach of the Defendant’s statutory duty under C.G.S. §13a-149. (CT Law Tribune Article-Best Settlement and Awards Section-above), 2018
• Estate of Peter Strimska v. Tinnen – $1,300,000.00 result for boy ran over in driveway. Original report did not find the Defendant at fault, but able to prove negligence on behalf of defendant driver through expert accident investigation and reconstruction., 2018
• Fernschild v Commissioner of Motor Vehicles – CONNECTICUT APPELLATE COURT DECISION (CERT DENIED)- Case taken up to the Connecticut Appellate Court, pro bono, that overturned and clarified all previous decisions, and set the law requiring police officers to describe in their police reports what person’s words or conduct constitute a finding of a “refusal” under the DUI statute, 14-227. This is now the seminal case on this issue in Connecticut., 2017
• Estate of Prada v. Town of Stratford, et al – $4,110,000.00 settlement prior to trial. 13 year old boy wrongful death case. Town kept in the case directly, as well as the driver of the Town truck, 2013
• Johnson, et al v. City of Stamford, et al – $918,000.00 settlement reached prior to suit for an 18 year old who was sexually assaulted by his female teacher, surpassing all immunity issues. , 2016
• Clarke v Warner – $250,000.00, Plaintiff was able to receive a full $250k recovery for post concussion symptoms related to a scooter hitting a car at a parking lot. (CT Law Tribune article above), 2017
• Deleon v. Delacruz – $1,000,000.00 policy tendered, plus proved liability against multiple other cars involved in a prior accident that caused pile up and emergency personnel to be present causing the Plaintiffs car to collide with them. Total settlement value: $1,225,000.00, 2012
• Estate of Pauta v. TCHE Bagual, tender of $1,000,00.00 policy when claim was denied by insurance company under New York Law, 2013
• Yazdzik v. Dipippo – $300,000.00 policy tendered for woman with exacerbation of a pre existing neck injury reguiring surgery, 2013
• Young v. Owens, $300,000.00 full policy settlement for a woman who had her leg severed by a car backing into her in a parking lot, 2015
• Tartaglia v. Gray, et al: $215,000.00 result for a motor vehicle case where the plaintiff had soft tissue injuries and a herniated disc, 2015
• Multiple verdicts and settlements reported in the Personal Injury Yearbook, and National Verdict Reporter on a yearly basis, 2001
• Veronica Norris, ppa for minor Marcus Lee v. Thomas – $175,000.00 settlement ($214,234.00 total value) for asbestos claim where Plainitiff lived in multiple locations and had to prove causation at particular apartment, 2013
• Julio Poveda, et al v. MAK Restaurant Group, et al: $648,000.00 result against an underage driver and the bar that she became intoxitated at before crashing on I-95 causing the injuries, 2014
• Estate of Jesse Lewis, et al v. Estate of Nancy Lanza – $1.5 million dollar policy tendered: one of two initial lawyers, later joined by others from the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, to initiate an action against the mother’s estate for the negligent storing and entrustment of weapons later used by her son in the Newtown, Sandy Hook, school shootings. The case was handled pro bono by Attorney Papcsy, 2015
• Trujillo v. Santamaria – $450,000.00 arbitration award for a woman that suffered an exacerbation of a neck injury that we successfully linked to a later neck fusion surgery from an incident at the defendant’s home where the Defendant fell into a pool and hit the Plaintiff in the head on the way in, 2016
• Estate of Jesse Lewis, et al v. Town of Newtown, et al:, representing families who lost children in the Newtown, Sandy Hook