DocketNumber: No. CV 97-0567569-S
Citation Numbers: 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 16179
Judges: O'NEILL, JUDGE.
Filed Date: 12/15/2000
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/18/2021
The statute provides that after judgment in a civil action a court may allows the recovery of interest "as damages for the detention of money after it becomes payable." This has been interpreted to be limited to CT Page 16180 situations where the retention was "wrongful." Cecio Bros., Inc. v.Feldman,
The damages here were uncertain until this court entered judgment. Thus the defendant did not wrongfully withhold the full amount found to be due. This case is a good example of the reason that courts lean to cases where the debt is liquidated to decide interest due under our statute even though it is not necessarily controlling. Slattery v. Maykut,
The court, in its discretion cannot find that the "demands of justice" here require prejudgment interest and thus none is awarded.
Norris L. O'Neill, J.