Telman v. Hoyt

Citations

• 194 Conn. App. 377

Syllabus

The plaintiff sought to recover damages from the defendants for, inter alia, fraud, in connection with false representations made during the defendants' sale of certain real property to the plaintiff. After the defen- dants were defaulted for failure to plead, a hearing in damages was held, after which the trial court awarded the plaintiff damages that included $4000 in attorney's fees. Thereafter, the plaintiff filed a motion to set aside the verdict as to damages and for additur, which the court denied. On appeal to this court, the plaintiff claimed that the court abused its discretion when it denied her motion for additur as to her attorney's fees. Held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the plaintiff's motion for additur as to attorney's fees; our rules of practice provide for a motion for additur in connection with a jury trial, not with respect to a hearing in damages to the court, and having construed the requested additur as a motion for reconsideration, this court concluded that the trial court could have reasonably decided as it did and did not abuse its discretion. Argued September 18—officially released November 19, 2019