§ 46a-58
- Citation
- § 46a-58
- Parent Document
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut (state)
- Effective Date
- 2022-04-26
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- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
- Connecticut Judicial Branch v. Gilbert, 343 Conn. 90 (2022)
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2,331 charstion’’ to treat insomnia, anxiety, and chest pains arising
from the alleged abuse.
Ultimately, the referee found that the complainant had
suffered emotional distress as a result of the branch’s
discriminatory treatment. After citing case law for the
proposition that garden-variety emotional distress claims
generally merit $30,000 to $125,000 awards, she awarded
the complainant $50,000 in emotional distress damages.
B
On appeal from the referee’s decision, the trial court
determined that (1) the complainant had failed to pro-
vide certain relevant, nonprivileged, discoverable infor-
mation, in violation of the referee’s orders, (2) there
was no doubt that the branch was prejudiced thereby,
and (3) limiting the complainant’s testimony and recov-
ery to garden-variety emotional distress damages did
not cure the prejudice arising from these discovery
violations. The court justified its decision to vacate the
award of emotional distress damages as follows: ‘‘[The
complainant] withheld clearly discoverable, nonprivi-
leged information without justification and despite the
referee’s order otherwise. . . . [T]he court cannot
allow such unilateral, unjustified and fundamentally
unfair action to go without consequence, particularly
when it prejudices the other side. . . . As a result, the
court must vacate the emotional distress damage[s]
award. The referee should have precluded all evidence
concerning emotional and physical distress unless the
proper discovery was provided. The referee’s decision
to allow garden-variety emotional distress evidence was
made pursuant to improper procedure, was a clear error
of law, and, as such, was an abuse of discretion.’’ (Foot-
note omitted.)
We agree with the commission that the trial court’s
judgment rests on a flawed analysis. The following well
established principles govern our review. ‘‘This court
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