Collens v. New Canaan Water Co.

How courts have described this case

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• affirming award of punitive damages “[t]he injuries to the plaintiffs were inflicted in a spirit of wanton disregard of their rights”
• “punitive” damages are compensatory in function, and may not exceed costs of litigation
• “ * * * § 52-577 is applicable to all actions founded upon a tort which do not fall within those causes of action carved out of § 52-577 and enumerated in § 52-584 or another section”
• attorney’s admissions in legal brief admissible against client
• attorney's admissions in legal brief admissible against client
• relevant, material admissions by counsel admissible against client

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).