LaPlante v. Vasquez

Opinion

PETERS, J.

To encourage the settlement of civil cases, General Statutes § 52492a1 imposes sanctions on litigants who reject reasonable settlement offers by authorizing a trial court to order the payment of interest on a judgment if the amount recovered by the plaintiff exceeds or is equal to an offer of compromise tendered by the plaintiff and rejected by the defendant. See, e.g., Branford v. Santa Barbara, 294 Conn. 803, 816, 988 A.2d 221 (2010). The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether, pursuant to § 52492a, the trial court properly awarded interest on the $250,000 judgment…