Connecticut Jury Sides with Tedesco in Crash Case

Case Background

On the morning of September 12, 2020, a quiet neighborhood intersection in Wolcott, Connecticut became the setting of a collision that later landed in court. Anthony Tedesco, a Burlington resident, was driving eastbound on Todd Road. John Venditti, of Wolcott, was driving northbound on Garrigus Court. Both roads met at a four-way stop.

According to Tedesco, he had stopped at his sign, looked for oncoming traffic, and then pulled into the intersection. At the same moment, Venditti’s car entered from Garrigus Court. Tedesco claimed Venditti rolled through his stop sign without stopping and crashed into him. The impact, he said, caused injuries that changed his daily life and work.

Tedesco filed a lawsuit in July 2022 in Waterbury Superior Court. He argued that Venditti’s negligence caused the crash, his injuries, and the financial burden that followed.

Cause that led to the dispute

The cause of the dispute centered on whether Venditti obeyed the stop sign at Garrigus Court. Tedesco’s complaint said the Defendant failed to stop, failed to brake in time, and failed to keep a proper lookout. He also argued that Venditti ignored traffic laws and basic rules of safe driving.

Venditti admitted that the vehicles collided but denied running the stop sign. His answer questioned whether Tedesco had truly stopped at his sign and suggested that Tedesco himself caused or contributed to the crash. The case therefore became a contest of two competing versions of the same moment at a small-town intersection.

Injury

After the accident, Tedesco reported injuries to his right shoulder, his neck, and his low