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Sansone v. Clifford

Citations

  • 219 Conn. 217
  • 592 A.2d 931
  • 1991 Conn. LEXIS 301

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding of no bad faith where employee never submitted a bill and did not make written demand for payment of his salary.
  • court had discretion to deny mandamus because plaintiff would derive no practical benefit from it
  • double damages and attorney fees are inappropriate in absence of showing of bad faith, arbitrariness or unreasonableness
  • “[I]n an action for wages brought pursuant to General Statutes § 31-72, awards for double damages and attorney’s fees are inappropriate in the absence of the trial court’s finding of bad faith, arbitrariness or unreasonableness.”
  • “[i]n an action for wages brought pursuant to General Statutes § 31-72, awards for double damages and attorney’s fees are inappropriate in the absence of the trial court’s finding of bad faith, arbitrariness or unreasonableness” [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • `[i]n an action for wages brought pursuant to General Statutes § 31-72 , awards for double damages and attorney's fees are inappropriate in the absence of the trial court's finding of bad faith, arbitrariness or unreasonableness' [internal quotation marks omitted]

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Judges: Shea

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