Section 4-61dd

Citation: Section 4-61dd
Parent Document: Commissioner of Mental Health & Addiction Services v. Saeedi, 143 Conn. App. 839 (2013)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 2013-07-09
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7915192/commissioner-of-mental-health-a... ↗

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In discussing, specifically, the term “any other damages,” Representative Robert W. Heagney asked Representative O’Rourke, a proponent of the amendment, “Is there any limitation on the word damages here?” Id., p. 2938. In response, Representative O’Rourke stated that “it means actual damages and that would be limiting.” Id., p. 2939. To clarify the point, Representative Heagney asked, “[W]hen used [in this bill] any other damages [its] . . . legislative intent is to limit that to actually incurred damages and not to some number that the trial referee might determine he thought appropriate without a basis?” Id. Representative O’Rourke confirmed that this was an accurate characterization of the intent behind the term, “any other damages.” Id. What this discussion makes clear is that the legislature *862intended “any other damages” to encompass compensation for economic harm, or as Representative Christopher R. Stone put it, those damages that would “make the employee whole.” Id., p. 2917.

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