DocketNumber: No. CV 93 53116 S
Citation Numbers: 1995 Conn. Super. Ct. 6348
Judges: RITTENBAND, J.
Filed Date: 6/30/1995
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/17/2021
The court concluded in such decision that the fraud and fraudulent conveyances committed by the defendants offend public policy, are immoral, unethical and unscrupulous and constitute a reckless indifference to the rights of others and/or an intentional, malicious and wanton violation of those rights. One of the purposes of punitive damages is to serve as a deterrent so the reckless disregard for other's rights etc. aforementioned will not occur again by the defendants.1
The statutes do not provide a specific standard for determining the amount of punitive damages. However, one of the ways approved by the court in Staehle v. Michael's Garage, Inc.,
The court could easily have assessed $98,702.62 as equal to the compensatory damages in this case without interest, attorney's fees, etc. However, in light of the 10% interest from March 13, 1992 forward assessed against the defendants for detention of money after it became payable under General Statutes §
Rittenband, J.