Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 901 · 39 active provisions
In any action founded on contract, for the recovery of damages, the plaintiff may offer evidence of any damages that may have accrued from the same cause of action subsequent to the bringing of the action, provided he shall have given reasonable notice to the defendant of the damages which he intends to prove, and may…
In any action for a libel, the defendant may give proof of intention; and unless the plaintiff proves either malice in fact or that the defendant, after having been requested by the plaintiff in writing to retract the libelous charge, in as public a manner as that in which it was made, failed to do so within a reasonab…
(a) In any action on a penal bond, containing any condition which has been broken, such damages only shall be assessed as are equitably due, and judgment shall not be rendered for the whole penalty, unless it appears to be due. (b) If, upon a bond with conditions the breach of which may happen at different times, an ac…
The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, or the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator of such a station or network of stations, or the owner, licensee or operator of a community antenna television system, or the agents or employees of…
(a) In any action founded on tort tried in the Superior Court, if the damages found do not exceed fifty dollars, the plaintiff shall recover no more costs than damages, subject to the provisions of this section. (b) If the title to property, or a right-of-way, or to the use of water, is in question, or if the damages w…
If the court determines that the claim or defense is frivolous, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party in a products liability action.
Punitive damages may be awarded if the claimant proves that the harm suffered was the result of the product seller's reckless disregard for the safety of product users, consumers or others who were injured by the product. If the trier of fact determines that punitive damages should be awarded, the court shall determine…
If a verdict is found on any issue joined in an action in favor of the plaintiff, costs shall be allowed to him, though on some other issue the defendant should be entitled to judgment, unless the court which tried the issue is of the opinion that the defendant had probable cause to plead the matter found against him.
Costs shall not be recovered by the plaintiff in any case in which he has begun an action with counts in fraud only and afterwards amends his complaint by substituting or adding counts in contract. In such case the defendant shall recover his taxable costs, and the court may, in its discretion, tax double costs in favo…
In any case in which an affidavit has been filed by the defendant, or a statement that he has a bona fide defense has been made to the court by his attorney, and the plaintiff recovers judgment, if the court is of the opinion that such affidavit was filed or statement made without just cause or for the purpose of delay…
Costs shall not be taxed, without the written consent of the defendant, for service by an indifferent person of process commencing a civil action, if the court before which it is returnable finds that no sufficient reason existed for the deputation of an indifferent person to serve the process.
In any action commenced by process of foreign attachment or garnishment in which any garnishee is not cited in to disclose, the court may tax and allow, or disallow, all or any part of the fees of the officer for service of the writ upon the garnishee. The fees, if disallowed by the court, shall be paid to the officer…
When two or more civil actions are pending in the same court at the same time for the recovery of the same demand, or against two or more officers, upon receipts for executions arising from the same original judgment, the court shall not allow any costs in any such action, unless it is of the opinion that the commencem…
(a) The plaintiff in any action of foreclosure of a mortgage or lien, upon obtaining judgment of foreclosure, when there has been a hearing as to the form of judgment or the limitation of time for redemption, shall be allowed the same costs, including a reasonable attorney's fee, as if there had been a hearing on an is…
A plaintiff who prevails in any action upon a bond which has been substituted for a mechanic's lien shall be allowed costs and a reasonable attorney's fee.
The costs of an application to dissolve an injunction may be allowed and taxed by the court, according to its discretion, in making the final decree. In any action in which a motion for the dissolution of a temporary injunction is heard before any judge when the court is not in session, the judge shall be entitled to b…
In any action brought to a court of equitable jurisdiction for the construction of a will or for the advice of the court as to the administration of an estate or trust under a will or trust instrument, by any person acting in a fiduciary capacity thereunder, there shall be allowed to each of the parties to the proceedi…
Whenever the plaintiff prevails in a small claims matter which was transferred to the regular docket in the Superior Court on the motion of the defendant, the court may allow to the plaintiff his costs, together with reasonable attorney's fees to be taxed by the court.
(a) In any civil action to recover damages for injury to the person or to real or personal property arising out of a violation of section 46a-58, the court may allow the prevailing party his costs, together with a reasonable attorney's fee to be taxed by the court. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section s…
(a) In any claim or civil action to recover damages resulting from personal injury, wrongful death or damage to property occurring on or after October 1, 1987, the attorney and the claimant may provide by contract, which contract shall comply with all applicable provisions of the rules of professional conduct governing…
(a) In any civil action to establish parentage or to establish, modify or enforce child support orders in temporary family assistance cases pursuant to sections 17b-745, 46b-86, 46b-215, 46b-231, 46b-560, 46b-569 and 46b-570, the court may allow the state, when it is the prevailing party, a reasonable attorney's fee. (…
When a notice is given to an adverse party or his known agent or attorney, or left at his usual place of abode, that a deposition will be taken at a certain time and place, and the adverse party, or his agent or attorney, appears at such time and place for that purpose and the party giving notice does not appear or for…
Costs upon a complaint against a manufacturer under section 52-481, to abate or discontinue a nuisance, may be taxed at the discretion of the court.
All costs incurred in any amicable suit, under chapter 908, shall be borne equally by the contesting parties.
Section 52-255 is repealed.