Creem v. Cicero

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “ ‘Generally, nominal damages are fixed without regard to the extent of harm done and are assessed in some trifling or trivial amount’ ”
• “[a]s a general rule, it is manifestly unjust for the jury to fail to award damages for pain and suffering when it awards special damages”
• nominal damages are generally fixed without regard to the extent of harm done and are usually assessed in a trivial amount, often only one cent or one dollar
• no error in setting aside jury's verdict for plaintiff in the amount of \$00\ and ordering a new trial unless defendant filed additur for nominal damages of $100.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Childs v. Bainer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-15· cited 106×
• Jeffries v. Johnson
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1992-05-05· cited 30×
• Trumpold v. Besch
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1989-06-15· cited 23×
• Roberson v. C.P. Allen Constr. Co., Inc.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2010-05-07· cited 20×
• Marchetti v. Ramirez
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1996-03-26· cited 20×
• Musorofiti v. Vlcek
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2001-08-28· cited 20×
• Connecticut National Bank v. D'Onofrio
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1997-08-19· cited 18×
• Childs v. Bainer
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1994-08-02· cited 14×
• Brennan v. Manlapaz
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1989-07-11· cited 12×
• Geryk v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1989-09-05· cited 10×
• Gladu v. Sousa
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1999-04-20· cited 10×
• Rogers v. Delfino
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1988-03-29· cited 9×
• Fazio v. Brown
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1988-05-03· cited 9×
• McKee v. Erikson
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1995-03-07· cited 9×
• Brown v. Smith
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-03-29· cited 8×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Floyd v. Fruit Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1957-12-03· cited 144×
• Birgel v. Heintz
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-04-19· cited 129×
• Katsetos v. Nolan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-04-20· cited 119×
• Harry A. Finman & Son, Inc. v. Connecticut Truck & Trailer Service Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-08-26· cited 69×
• Zarrelli v. Barnum Festival Society, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1986-02-25· cited 49×
• Bambus v. Bridgeport Gas Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1961-03-14· cited 35×
• Dimmock v. City of New London
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1968-07-09· cited 32×
• Hearl v. WATERBURY YMCA
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-05-04· cited 26×
• Shea v. Paczowski
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-06-09· cited 22×
• Hammarlund v. Troiano
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1959-06-03· cited 14×
• Goodman v. Metallic Ladder Manufacturing Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-05-27· cited 9×
• Buden v. Dombrouskas
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1960-11-22· cited 9×
• Gerrety Co. v. Palmieri
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-06-09· cited 9×
• Malmberg v. Lopez
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-09-22· cited 7×