Liability was not an issue after defendant Aristotle Proskinitopoulos rear-ended Alcione Goncalves’ Ford F-150 truck in Fairfield in August 2017, as the driver admitted to being distracted because he was changing the radio station.

Even though the defense didn’t take issue with accepting responsibility, it pushed back against what Goncalves did soon after the two-car collision, claiming she had surgery too soon on her lower back.

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