T.S. v. E.J.

How courts have described this case

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

• ‘‘[i]t is axiom- atic that the burden of proving damages is on the party claiming them’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “[although it is the jury’s right to draw logical deductions and make reasonable inferences from the facts proven ... it may not resort to mere conjecture and speculation” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• \[a]lthough it is the jury's right to draw logical deductions and make reasonable inferences from the facts proven . . . it may not resort to mere conjecture and speculation\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• ‘‘[a]s a general rule, facts must be pleaded as a special defense when they are consistent with the allegations of the complaint but demonstrate, nonethe- less, that the plaintiff has no cause of action’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• ‘‘[a]s a general rule, facts must be pleaded as a special defense when they are consistent with the allegations of the complaint but demonstrate, nonethe- less, that the plaintiff has no cause of action’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “It is axiomatic that the burden of proving damages is on the party claiming them. . . . When damages are claimed they are an essential element of the plaintiffs proof and must be proved with reasonable certainty.” [Internal quotation marks omitted.]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).