Alaimo v. Royer

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• ordering new trial because trial court failed to instruct jury that heightened burden of proof applied in fraud actions
• real estate broker has burden to prove fair dealing where elderly disabled woman gives broker life savings for purposes of investment and broker instead spends money
• real estate broker has burden to prove fair dealing where elderly disabled woman gives broker life savings for purposes of investment and broker instead spends money
• fiduciary relationship existed between plaintiff, 60 year old woman, and defendant who represented himself as knowledgeable real estate broker
• fraud must be proven by “clear and satisfactory evidence” or by “clear, precise and unequivocal evidence”
• Section 52-564 applied in a fraud action where plaintiff gave defendant $60,000 which plaintiff expected defendant to invest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).