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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 47a-7

Citation
Section 47a-7
Parent Document
Bourke v. Stamford Hospital, 696 A.2d 1072 (1996)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
1996-11-07

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The plaintiff supports this argument by insisting that the statutory language allowing recovery of actual damages is plain and unambiguous and that the definition of actual damages is clear and well established. Actual damages are generally defined as “[djamages in compensation for the loss or injury suffered rather than those allowed by way of punishment of the defendant or deterring others.” Ballentine’s Law Dictionary (3d Ed. 1969); see DeNapoli v. Cooke,